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What: Honor
Weekend
Who: Open to all
youth ages 13 years old and older
(past participants are welcome to join us
again as the program contains new and
different classes than last year)
When: May 9-11,
2014 (Mother's Day Weekend)
Where: Crowne
Plaza Hotel and Event Center - Minneapolis
(Plymouth), Minnesota
Cost: $30
Pre-Registration (down payment) [$150.00
balance due not later than April 30, 2014]
This cost includes 2 nights of hotel
lodging, meals, activities, and recognition
items
The Honor Weekend is for those that want to
be the best of the best. Honor Weekend
is a fun-filled weekend of activities and
learning
focusing on honor,
chivalry, manners, social skills,
etiquette, and character enhancement.
Interactive Presentations and Activities
will introduce and reinforce participants
to the the
history of Chivalry and what the
honor of a gentleman and honor of a lady
means. Skills including introductions,
salutations,
flag etiquette, first impressions, how the
words we use define us, dress and
grooming, phone,
texting, and online etiquette, job
interviews and applications,
Introduction to Robert's Rules of
Order, dance rules and etiquette, table
manners and do's and don'ts, religious
etiquette, social awareness and
sensitivities, and much more.
New this year is the Master's Course
available to past participants only who are
15 years or older. The Master's Course
will have a variation of classes from the
standard basic course and will include
Resume writing, job applications, actual job
interviews, driver's etiquette, and dealing
with teen personal relationships. Of course
all the other fun activities of the Basic
Course will be included for Master Course
participants.
The event will be held
at the
Crowne Plaza
Minneapolis
in Plymouth, Minnesota
and youth will be assigned to a patrol
with 5 other male or female youth
respectively. They will share a
multi-room
hotel room for the two nights of the weekend.
They will work within their patrol as well
as in a large group on different
activities and build friendships that will
last a lifetime.
Participants will be provided
meals along
with
great
activities which include an
organized game night
on Friday night and a masquerade
dance
on Saturday evening (fully
chaperoned and structured of course),
culminating with Sunday's Mother's Day
Brunch where the youth will be your
seaters, greeters and server's displaying
their newly acquired skills, knowledge, and
experience. Please consider joining
us.
Participants will receive a
distinguished award called the
Honor Beret which can be worn to help
identify them as one of the best of the
best in civilian or program dress. Of course this honor comes with a
price, you can lose the privilege
of wearing the Honor Beret should you be
identified as not living up to the code of
conduct presented at this Honor Weekend.
Hey
Adults..... fear not for those of you who want to send
your spouse. This event has a very, very,
very limited number of adult participant spots. One patrol of
adults will also be allowed to
participate right along side the
youth patrols. These spots are limited
and will be on a first come first
serve basis. Additionally, those
adults signing up for participation will be
considered for adult staff for next year's
program.
NOTE: The pre-registration cost is non
refundable guarantee to hold a participation
spot for you. The remaining balance of
$150.00 is due not later than April 30,
2014.
There is a mandatory Pre-Course Meeting
being held on Wednesday April 30, 2014 at
the Dan Patch Savage American Legion where
participants and families will learn further
details of the weekend, meet their patrol
leader and fellow participants, and turn in
required health forms and waiver forms.
Information will be provided via email to
all registered participants a few weeks
prior to this evening. |
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