Landing in Denver

First Meal in the Cafeteria

Waiting in the shade for the start of the Opening Ceremony

The Opening Ceremony included a talk from our OA Leadership and a crazy skit with a AI bot

Program ended with a song and piano played by one of our OA Leaders

Looks like Scouts survived the evening and made it to breakfast

The patch traders were already out early in the morning

Classes were excellent and very crowed on day 1

Julie Seton's grandfather is Ernest Thompson Seton (1860-1946) an internationally renowned conservationist, naturalist, writer, artist, storyteller, outdoor educator and one of the founding pioneers of the Boy Scouts of America.

Julie has a PhD in Rhetoric and Professional Communication and is a excellent Story Teller, which is what she was teaching:

The Art of Story Telling

In case you are wondering, the five key elements of story:

• Plot

• Character

• Setting

• Conflict

• Theme

Nelson Block from Houston TX though techniques in Oral History

These folks are sitting on the Patch Design class

This is a class in Effective Use of Humor in Communication 

James Rahn give a talk on the Funny Factor

High Adventure Booth

LNT Displayed some of their training gear to include waste bags, trowels, plush poop and even a book titled "How to Shit in the Woods"

Wrong way to grab a yoke

Correct way to grab the yoke

SCUBA Class

Lodge Mascots in ta Congo Line

Mascots up front leading the YMCA

Program is starting with intro from Youth Leaders

Comedian Ivan Decker was hilarious

National Awards Ceremony

Live Band - Patrick and the Las Vegas Band

We had Congo Lines with and snaked all around the stadium floor

Closing Time

Several Scouts hung out to gather signatures for key leaders in the OA

Each night we had to walk back to our Dorms on the others side of the campus
We definitely got our steps in

There were plenty of traing options in the morning
This was one of many STEM classes

Leave No Trace Class

Ways to use STEM in OA

Patch Trading Central

Bill Daggett at International Scouting Booth

Velcro Wall

After several fantastic runs, they asked Scouts to line up
This is the best Scouts could do lining up

This is a terrible photo and we didn't take many since we were captivated by the show

This program was excellent, inspirational and quite moving

Hopefully it will be available later for viewing

The stadium was split into 3 sections
Each section would sing their version of a song

Scouts were really moved by the stories shared by fellow OA members

Drone Soccer

Score!

Root Beer Line

Card Fling

Guide reflects on joining the OA

The Finale

Ice cream social after closing program

Some Scouts ate ice cream until they were sick

Denver Airport in the distance