The Eagle Court of Honor Handbook Welcome to the Eagle Court of Honor Handbook. This is a compilation of resources gathered from many places. You will find herein most of the Eagle Scout Ceremonies Handbook by Dan Demers, and also the Eagle Scout Court Of Honor Scripts FAQ from Fred Rogers. There was a great deal of overlap between these two documents, so it made sense to combine it all, along with other sources, into a new handbook. Wasn't it Einstein that said he stood on the shoulders of giants. Well, my sincere thanks to Dan, Fred and the many other people who have contributed to this handbook. If you have ceremonies, charges, inspirational messages, poems, tips or complete scripts that would help us all plan Eagle Courts better, please send them to me at
[email protected]. The Eagle Court of Honor Handbook -- 1 -- 18 September 1996 Table of Contents Introduction 3 Acknowledgments 3 Preparing for the Eagle Court of Honor 4 General Pre-arrangements 4 Features Of A Good Eagle Ceremony 4 Small Pitfalls To Avoid 5 Other General Thoughts 5 Eagle Court of Honor Execution 5 Eagle Scout Publicity Plan 6 Invitations 6 Eagle Commendation Letters 8 Troop 16 Eagle Scout Court of Honor Work Sheet 8 Eagle Recognition Ceremonies 11 The Challenge Ceremony 11 Lighting the Eagle Trail Ceremony 14 The Light of the Eagle I Ceremony 16 The Light of the Eagle II Ceremony 19 A Simple Eagle Scout Ceremony 21 Order of the Arrow Ceremony I 22 Indian Theme Eagle Ceremony 25 The Voice of the Eagle Ceremony 28 Parents' Ceremony 29 Citizenship Ceremony 31 Picture