Cub Showman Badge

Badge requirements

Showman Cub Interest Badge

Do satisfactorily FOUR activities in ONE of FOUR entertainment fields offered:

1. PUPPETRY
   • Write a puppet play.
   • Make a set of hand puppets or marionettes for the play you have written.
   • Construct a simple stage for hand puppets, shadow puppets, or marionettes.
   • Alone or with others put on a puppet show for your Pack.
   • Make two puppets from socks and put on a one-man show.

   OR

2. MUSIC
   • Demonstrate your ability to play four tunes on a musical instrument.
   • Sing two songs alone or with a group.
   • Explain what folk music is and hum, sing, or play a folk song.
   • Name three Southern African composers and a composition written by each one.
   • Draw a staff, clef, sharp, flat, natural note, rest, and explain their use.
   • Lead or take a prominent part in a traditional dance.

   OR

3. DRAMA
   • Recite a patriotic or humorous monologue.
   • Attend a play and describe the story, explaining what you liked and disliked.
   • Read a play and describe the story.
   • Write, produce and join in a one-act play.
   • Describe the difference between opera, musical comedy, and drama.
   • Take part in a Scout show or similar amateur performance.
   • Describe theatre in the round and point out its advantages and disadvantages.

   OR

4. TRADITIONAL ENTERTAINMENT
   • Demonstrate traditional attire.
   • Demonstrate your ability at playing a traditional instrument.
   • Sing two traditional songs.
   • Perform two traditional dances.
   • Explain the story behind two traditional dances.
   • Tell a traditional folk story.

See also

• Cub Interest Badges