- counting down to the Jamboree!
Author: Anders Frick
At midnight the first bus with participants arrived to the Jamboree site. Throughout the day all participants will move into the sub-camps in one of three towns: Autumn, Winter, and Summer. They will start a ten day journey filled with cultural meetings, new friends, culinary experiences, and a packed programme. Through Camp in Camp, the Module Activities, the cafés and common areas, an unforgettable experience begins. Today the 22nd World Scout Jamboree starts.
Author: Anders Frick
Tomorrow is the start of the 22nd World Scout Jamboree. Today there was a special “pre Opening Ceremony” for all IST’s at the Jamboree camp site. We covered it on the brand new live page: http://www.worldscoutjamboree.se/live/
Here are three clips from the show. And tomorrow it starts – for real!
By the way, don’t miss the two other movies we published today, about Operation One World and about the Finnish sauna:
Author: Anders Frick
Just listen to the song. One more day to the World Scout Jamboree…!
There is currently a big gathering of 1000 scouts from Switzerland at the campsite Sjöröd, as a part of World Scout Jamboree concept Home Hospitality. Here are all of them in one minute and 13 seconds:
We also have a greeting from Jamboree TV:
By the way, yesterday the biking scouts from Uganda arrived to the camp site:
Author: Anders Frick
Today there are only two more days before the start of the 22nd World Scout Jamboree in Sweden. Time to prepare your tent!
Here are the two scoutfriends Maya and Gustav wants to welcome you all:
The taxi from London to Sweden has almost arrived. Here they are gathered just before the entrance to the camp area. More information at http://www.ukisttaxi.org.uk/
People at the jamboree field are also prepared:
Finally, we have a greeting from the camp radio:
Author: Anders Frick
Cleopatra from Uganda send her greetings to scouts in the world. Today, there are only three more days untils the start of the 22nd World Scout Jamboree:
The jamboree check-in team are prepared for your arrival:
Göran Hägerdal is the Executive Director for the Jamboree, and he also send his warmest greetings:
We are preparing!
Author: Anders Frick
Practise your Swedish. Fika (=have a coffee break) and bada (=go swimming) are two important words in Swedish. Here you can learn more about them:
And while talking about Swedish – here is a clip about how to make a Swedish dalahäst, a wooden horse from Dalarna:
Three scouts from Mainz in Germany made this nice greeting:
We have also got a greeting from Indonesia, featuring “si Jambul”, the mascot of the 50th Anniversary of Gerakan Pramuka (the Indonesian Scout Movement) and some Scout badges from Indonesia:
Author: Anders Frick
Today we have two greetings from UK. Here is the first:
…and here is the second, from Surrey White Lions:
We also got two greetings from Turkey, where the movie is illustrated with the Swedish song “Små grodorna” (in Turkish):
…and here is part two:
Author: Anders Frick
With only 6 more days until the 22nd World Scout Jamboree, we have a greeting from Julius and Erik. They are scouts and their greeting comes from the highest point in Sweden – the mountain Kebnekaise, 2104 meter high:
By the way – now it is less than a week left, and the patrol kits are prepared. Here is a movie from the packing of 3300 patrol kits in Kristianstad:
We also have a film from Ireland:
Another thing, mainly for Swedish readers: Check out Dagens Nyheter from yesterday. They featured the Jamboree on page 8-9 in this PDF file: http://pdf.dn.se/dn-ssf/pdf/files/20110719/20110719_Nyheter.pdf
Author: Anders Frick
Soon the entire world will visit Sweden and the 22nd World Scout Jamboree to experience Simply Scouting. But what does it mean? Take a look and refresh your memory:
We have also got a movie from Warwickshire JTV Unit 79. Check it out!
…and from the Beaver Patrol:
By the way, we tried Google’s searchon function, which automatically created this movie:
Author: Anders Frick
Today there are only 8 more days until the jamboree starts, and here is a new movie from the camp site about how the preparations are going:
If you understand Swedish, don’t miss this web TV clip from the news program Rapport:
http://playrapport.se/video/2482035
The channel TV4 also have a clip from the camp site preparations:
Today, on day “J minus 8″, we once again also have a movie from Ireland:
…and another from San Francisco, USA:
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