Troop 151

Scouts are invited to this free event to earn their Music merit badge! Kappa Kappa Psi will be holding our 5th Annual Music Merit Badge Project at the University of Washington. Kappa Kappa Psi is a National Honorary Band Service Fraternity. We are heavily involved with promoting music within the community and at the university level. Our Chapter is made up of members from the concert band, symphonic band, and the Husky Marching Band. We will be running several stations that will help fulfill the necessary requirements in earning a Music Merit Badge. For more information please contact me at [email protected], and check out our website for the event.

This event needs merit badge counselors! If you are a Music Merit Badge Counselor and are available please email: [email protected].

Information:
Website: https://sites.google.com/site/kkpsimusicbadge
Date: June 22nd, 2013
Time: 11AM-1PM
Location: TBD, please check on our website

The boys of Troop 151 just experienced a couple of great merit badge opportunities this month.  The first was the Railroading Merit badge.  10 boys took a 2 hour (one way) trip down to just south of Mt. Rainier to spend nearly 8 hours in a real train yard.  They had a great experience learning about the restoration, history, and career paths of railroading from the very dedicated people at the Mount Rainier Scenic Railroad. They got to get up close to some real live steam engines and got a ride on a restored passenger car pulled by an older diesel engine. Really got a scale of how big, complex, and amazing these machines really are.  See some pictures of this trip!

Just a couple weeks later, several Toop 151 scouts were able to attend a 3 hour session at the University of Washington to learn about music, musical instruments, and performers.  Many thanks to the UW marching band for giving their time and energy to the boy scouts to put on this event!  It gave them a bit of knowledge about music, a taste of college, and the opportunity to hear some great musicians.  The best part was the exciting performance provided by the partial marching band that were there.  See a few pictures here.