Setting the Stage
March 25, 2008 at 9:58 pm | In People | Leave a CommentLast fall, when leaders Stacy Lewis and Melissa Miller asked the 2nd Riverdale Guides to think about things they’d liketo do this year, the most popular choice was drama badge.
The girls worked for three months writing a play, designing costumes and sets and staging their production, all through their own imagination and hard work.
After much creative brainstorming, the girls took the Puss and Boots story and projected it into the future, having the characters meet up with Peter Pan somewhere in Italy, and setting Neverlandon the planet Neptune! With the help of Whitehorse playwright Chris Pekarik, they wrote the script, ironing out the final details, casting the play and beginning rehearsals during a weekend session at Sprucewind Girl Guide Camp.
While most of the girls have had little or no experience in theatre and drama, they benefitted from the help of a new leader, Heather Read, who is an intern at the Yukon Arts Centre. Under her direction, the girls began exploring their dramatic talents and
learning about the magical world of the theatre.
Heather also introduced them to the working world of the theatre,when she took them for a backstage tour of the Yukon Arts Centre, where, on Monday evening, March 3, the curtain rose on their very own production, to an enthusiastic audience that included
the girls’ family and friends.
Warm Fun in a Cold Climate
March 25, 2008 at 9:55 pm | In General, People | Leave a CommentTags: tradition, Yukon
Forty years on an iceberg out on the ocean wide,
Nothing to wear but pyjamas, nothing to do but slide,
The weather was cold and snarky, the frost began to bite,
I had to hug a polar bear to keep me warm at night!
Our girls love to sing this favourite campfire song year round. While there may not be icebergs here, and we certainly don’t hug polar bears, it has a definite appeal for girls and Guiders alike in this wintry land. Welcome to Yukon Guiding!
Compared to Guiding in the provinces, Guiding in Yukon is quite small. However, what we lack in numbers, we make up for in dedication, enthusiasm and energy, and our leaders work hard to ensure that our girls receive as rich, fun and as meaningful an experience as any other girl in Canadian Guiding.
You may have seen us at a recent camp, such as Guiding Mosaic 2006 and SOAR 07, or even internationally at Our Chalet, Switzerland and Our Cabaña, Mexico. We are proud to be Yukon Guides and to share our northern adventures with you.Winter lasts at least seven months in Yukon, so down jackets,mitts, long johns and snow boots are an essential part of our uniform.
We participate in all types of exciting winter activities, including sledding, snowshoeing, ice-climbing and even tent camping at -30ºC! We sing loudly and huddle together to keep the cold away during campfire.
Throughout the year, we can be seen throughout our communities, singing proudly at parades, selling cookies, fundraising and volunteering at Yukon Heritage Day and Rendezvous celebrations, and going out and about in our units to complete badge work and challenges. The Yukon wilderness is our backyard, and many of our activities focus on the environment and on our territorial heritage, while others take our focus further from home to learn about WAGGGS and international Guiding.
We may be small, but our girls and leaders are always ready for fun, challenge and adventure!
Marie Stevens, ofWhitehorse, is Grey Mountain District Commissioner in Yukon
Our new home!
March 7, 2008 at 9:55 pm | In General | Leave a CommentTags: General, welcome
Welcome to the new online home of Yukon Girl Guides.
This is where you will be able to find out about Guiding in the Yukon, guiding news and upcoming events.
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