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Scout Mauricio suggested that we have a singing merit badge.
We will announce the Christmas Carol merit badge later this week, but if you are a budding Burt Bacharach and can compose your own songs, you can earn the Sing a Song merit badge and 25 Karma points.
This is a little different from other merit badges, since you don’t have to produce a photo. But you do have to write an original song, and lead your fellow scouts in song.
You will do this either at The Campfire, or in your Troop’s group.
The song should be related to the joys of Cat Scouting or activities related to it, and should be at least 3 verses long. No rule on how long the verse needs to be. It should be kind of rhymey, though, like most songs are. Rap is not allowed, because it usually incorporates words from the Bad Words List, and encourages hooliganism.
REDEMPTION CODE: singasong
Scout Mau scores 20 Karma points for his suggestion, and more scouts will have their merit badges rolled out in coming weeks. Suggest your merit badge here. Scout Mauricio, we salute you!
Yay Mau! You have come so far! Seems like yesterday you had old boots being thrown at you while you sang off key on the fence. You are now one Singing cat!
Has to be a Christmas song huh? Hummmmmmmmmm, will have to think on this one too.
Just thought on this and reread things, ignore that it has to be a Christmas song. This opens up more ideas.
No this is NOT a Christmas song badge @Gracie. We will announce a Xmas song badge shortly, but this one is just for rousing Cat Scout songs.
I’ll try to come up with something……great idea for a badge Mau!
My brother, Calvin, was a famous rapper over on Catster. I guess he was a hooligan. MOL!
He was a hooligan, but in a good way.
Sounds like fun!
I like to sing wailing, long, operatic songs! Sometimes me and Cuzzin Cavalli do a doo-ett. I usually kind of make it up as I go along, but I’ll see if I can write one down.
We can’t wait to hear it, Buddy!
Good idea Mau, will go work on mine now 🙂 I don’t think all rap songs have to have bad words though 😉
Mau, congrats!
Congrats, Mau, on coming up with an awesome merit badge! I’m gonna start working on my song right now.
Thanks Wally, that was even more fun than writing my Thanksgiving poem. The refrain has been rolling around in my head for quite sometime. Can’t wait to hear and learn your song. Head-butts, Mau
Oh it won’t be as good as yours, Mau.