18,519
edits
World Scout Jamboree: Difference between revisions
From ScoutWiki, For Everyone, Everywhere involved with Scouting and Guiding...
m
Robot: Automated text replacement (-England +England)
m (Robot: Automated text replacement (-Canada +Canada)) |
m (Robot: Automated text replacement (-England +England)) |
||
| Line 16: | Line 16: | ||
To replace the cancelled event of 1979, the [[World Scout Committee]] determined that an alternative celebration, the [[15th World Scout Jamboree (cancelled)|Jamboree of the Year]] should take place. Several regional camps took place, along with countless Join-in-Jamboree activities - designed to allow Scouts from around the world to participate in an activity that thousands of other Scouts around the world were also participating in at the same time. This ''Join-in'' programme is being reproduced again as part of the [[Scouting 2007 Centenary]] celebrations. | To replace the cancelled event of 1979, the [[World Scout Committee]] determined that an alternative celebration, the [[15th World Scout Jamboree (cancelled)|Jamboree of the Year]] should take place. Several regional camps took place, along with countless Join-in-Jamboree activities - designed to allow Scouts from around the world to participate in an activity that thousands of other Scouts around the world were also participating in at the same time. This ''Join-in'' programme is being reproduced again as part of the [[Scouting 2007 Centenary]] celebrations. | ||
So far, the greatest attendance of all Jamborees was in 1929, where over 50,000 members from around the world descended upon [[Birkenhead]] in the north-west of | So far, the greatest attendance of all Jamborees was in 1929, where over 50,000 members from around the world descended upon [[Birkenhead]] in the north-west of England. This number represented the permanent contingent who remained for the entire event. They were joined by hundreds of thousands of visiting Scouts who participated on a day basis. | ||
The first Jamboree was more akin to an exhibition of Scouting, allowing visitors to see how things were done in other parts of the world. The Second Jamboree was conducted on a camp basis and each successive Jamboree has developed on this format where the programme is typically more activity oriented, with plenty of time for Scouts from different nations to interact and learn about each other in less formal ways than an exhibition would allow. | The first Jamboree was more akin to an exhibition of Scouting, allowing visitors to see how things were done in other parts of the world. The Second Jamboree was conducted on a camp basis and each successive Jamboree has developed on this format where the programme is typically more activity oriented, with plenty of time for Scouts from different nations to interact and learn about each other in less formal ways than an exhibition would allow. | ||
