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Setting Up With the Events Team
30 december 2023, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
This morning I met my manager who said there wasn't anything for me to do on 'inflatable world' today - my original job. However, she invited me to go and help the events team set up for the opening ceremony, so I happily obliged! I helped set up the lighting, sound, perimeters and fine tuning the final touches of the ceremony.Läs mer
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ResenärDID YOU CONNECT ALL THE WIRES ON THE THIRD PHOTO ?
2023-12-30SvaraÖversätt
Resenär Certainly don't trip over the wires, ooops! 🤔
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Resenär Couple of early birds? 🤣
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Jamboree Opening Ceremony
30 december 2023, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Wow the opening ceremony was a hit! The hall/hangar was packed from wall to wall to officially open up the Jamboree. Just a quick 20 minute event tonight with the main event tomorrow!
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ResenärLOOKS BRILLIANT
2023-12-30SvaraÖversätt
ResenärWOW. How busy is that!
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ResenärGreat set up. Bring on the main event.
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Jamboree Uniform and ID
30 december 2023, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
This afternoon I was finally able to collect my Jamboree uniform and ID! Although when I turned up they suddenly had two IDs for me so I feel as if my things were ready all along.

The green necker is the event necker and then the events team gifted me one of their neckers and woggles. I was also told by my boss that I could join the events team for the entire event if I wished so I snapped her hand off! So tomorrow I'll be helping prepare for a 4 hour New Year's Eve party from 8pm - midnight!Läs mer
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ResenärVERY SMART
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Resenär What a woggle, wow! 👍
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Portal-oo & Golf Buggy
31 december 2023, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
This morning I've helped deliver the portal-oo from the opening ceremony. The kids have all been tasked to find it and have their picture taken with it, we were stopped a good few times just on the delivery route!

I also had the chance to drive the golf buggy around site putting equipment out!Läs mer
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ResenärSOUNDS GOOD FUN 🚽
2023-12-30SvaraÖversätt
ResenärHappy New Year Greg 🥳
2023-12-31SvaraÖversätt
ResenärDefinitely made for "The Doctor". WHO?
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Activity Day 1
31 december 2023, Nya Zeeland ⋅ 🌧 25 °C
Today's main task was to re-configure the event hangar to a suitable format for the NYE party. This involved having to move all of the centre wires from the floor into the roof, which I was delighted with as it meant I could go onto the overhead runway!

Other small tasks in the day included helping set up for a church service and supervising the 'village green'.

I have also observed and been told that in New Zealand, badge trading is a massive deal. Each Troop must bring at least 500 of their own custom made badges to the event which their kids will trade with other kids. I've already been given 6/7 different badges without even really doing much. This whole point was emphasised when it was absolutely teeming down with rain, yet there was a huge group of kids stood getting soaked for ages whilst trading badges.Läs mer
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Calm Before the Storm
31 december 2023, Nya Zeeland ⋅ 🌧 20 °C
Before the NYE party we shown the Lego Movie on the big screen, this presented the perfect opportunity to strap a GoPro up to the ceiling.
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NYE Party
1 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
We entered 2024 with a 3.5 hour party for every child and adult on camp! The team pulled off an amazing night of music and dance and all the kids loved it. We had no complaints at all which apparently is very rare! I learnt how to operate the lights, smoke machines and sparklers on the job but got the hang of it in the end. A night to remember!Läs mer
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ResenärBrilliant. 🥳 Happy New Year 🥂🎉
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ResenärWhat a great way to spend New Year's Eve 🍾
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NYD
1 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 18 °C
New Year's Day was a day off for all the activity bases and we didn't have a show in the evening so we had an opportunity to have a stroll around camp. One of the few things open was our village green, which was especially busy since today was an open day with another fee thousand parents, siblings and younger Scouts paying a visit to the Jamboree.Läs mer
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Trip Out of Town
2 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 20 °C
Today our team took a lunchtime trip into the nearby town of Cambridge. Minor issue was that today was a bank holiday so everything was closed. We therefore settled for a McDonalds lunch and stocked up on supplies from some of the bigger shops.Läs mer
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Adventure Bases
2 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 21 °C
This afternoon we visited the different adventure bases which includes diggers, water slides and 'challenge valley'.
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ResenärIt's like the Croccy trail 😆
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Campfire Night
2 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C
This evening was campfire night. We set up the lights for the stage and the guys on stage entertained the crowd!
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Special Tea
2 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ 🌙 15 °C
Once the pavilion had cleared out the events team dragged some bean bags inside. First of all we watched the news report on the Jamboree (4th story on the 6 o'clock news on Channel 1!) and then enjoyed a sing along to the Greatest Showman with a few drinks decanted into mugs.Läs mer
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Mascot Stealing
3 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
So a big thing at these Jamboree's are mascots. Each team / Troop has its own mascots and the adult / older troops have a habit of stealing mascots from each other. There are many rules involved which I still don't understand.

Regardless, today we went on a mission to steal the Rovers (aged 18-25) mascots from their base at Challenge Valley. This was a success and in the afternoon we took one of the karts up to the base at the far end of site to see what was going on and take pictures of the mascots.

In the evening when the Rovers had gone for a night on the town we snook into their challenge valley base (took the gate off its hinges) and snapped the mascots having some fun.Läs mer
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Gangshow
3 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 21 °C
Tonight on the stage was the gangshow! I forgot to take any other pictures but there were a variety of groups from New Zealand doing skits on stage, including a rendition of '12 days of Scout camp' from which the '5 bars of soap' line drew roars of approval from the crowd everytime.Läs mer
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Climbing Roadtrip
4 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C
Today we took a trip to visit some of the off-site bases. First up was the base with rock climbing, abseiling and zip-lining amongst other things. Our trip here was long than anticipated as the person on directions had 'avoid highways' selected on their maps.Läs mer
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Water Base
4 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 24 °C
We then headed to the water base to observe the activities, lunch and for more mascot antics!
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International Night
4 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Tonight on stage was international night! I'd done some setup in the day to prearrange the lighting colours for each country, so I'm definitely making progress!

We had performances from New Zealand, Australia, New Caledonia, French Polynesia, Cook Islands and a few others. They were all super impressive and it was a great night in a packed pavilion!Läs mer
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ResenärWHAT ABOUT A PERFORMANCE FROM THE UK REPRESENTATIVE ? 🇬🇧
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Ice Block Dispensing!
4 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 19 °C
This evening I drove 4 of us around part of camp in a buggy giving out 'ice blocks' (lolly ices) to many of the kids. We gave out over 1,000 'ice blocks' in around 15 minutes and had to bring the buggy to a complete standstill twice through being absolutely swamped! 15 minutes of madness that will live in the memory for a long time!Läs mer
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Returning the Mascots
5 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C
After a prolonged mascot steal of two days we travelled in a 3 vehicle convoy to challenge valley to return the mascots to the Rovers. They were delivered in our portal-oo which would be based down at challenge valley for the day.Läs mer
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A Day on Camp
5 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 22 °C
Today was a quiet day for the events team so I spent much of the day milling around our village green, exploring camp and giving out our famous Portaloo badges, the kids reactions to being given them were amazing! We then had to pack up our village green and shown Moana on the big screen inside which was exceptionally well attended!Läs mer
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Resenär😎 chill day x
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Fire Spinning
5 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☁️ 20 °C
This evening there was also a fire spinning session for 30 kids and 30 adults! Since I was in the events team I was one of the lucky ones able to participate! The fire was very hot and the flames were big but miraculously I managed not to set myself on fire.Läs mer
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Resenär🔥
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Resenär Oops! 😀
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Closing Ceremony Prep
6 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Today was a busy day for the events team, reconfiguring the stage and prepping for the closing ceremony!

Throughout the week, the infrastructure team have been adding a new accessory to their dining table each day, with today's addition being a full sized boat complete with oars!Läs mer
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Closing Ceremony
6 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 23 °C
Tonight was the Jamboree closing ceremony! We had around 20 minutes of formalities and 40 minutes of disco! Didn't take any pictures myself so have stolen these off the Facebook page.

After the closing ceremony a few of us went and visited a few different troop sites to see what was going on and finished the night in the leaders retreat with an ice cream! Everyone was too tired to even have a drink so we went to bed.Läs mer
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Stage Pack Up
7 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ⛅ 23 °C
Today we spent the full day packing away our glorious stage! We worked through till 5:30 and decided to call it a day with the job almost done.

A sale also started backstage which included absolute bargain deals on all sorts of goods including bikes, tents, stretchers and bean bags.Läs mer
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ResenärThat’s a lot of packing !! Well Done Events Team
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Team Night Out
7 januari 2024, Nya Zeeland ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C
This evening the events team plus a few others headed into the nearby town of Cambridge for food, drinks and McFlurry's in the park on the way home. A great night letting off some steam.
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Resenär Thoroughly deserved, brilliant! 👍😀🍺
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