Divided into two acts, the pageant play started at the very; beginning, Mafeking Night, when' Lord Baden-Powell was employed in his "other career."

Step-by-step the different stages in. the movement's progress are shown to the audience in a series of scenes from practical Scouting to the present day Scout or Guide who might come from any part of the world. In the second act some of the many activities that provide the main source of their work and en­joyment were demonstrated by the Scouts, Guides, Cubs and Brownies.
The rest of the programme in­cluded the serious ceremony of enrolling a. new member; agility work demonstrated by a group of hardy young Scouts wearing only their swimming trunks in a very chilly wind, and the method of erecting a large tent quickly and efficiently.

INTERNATIONAL FINALE

The pageant concluded with a " Parade of the Nations " and Ralph Reader's well-known Gang Show song, "Jamboree." with the full compliment of eight Scout and Guide companies in the local association joining in to present the splendid finale.
The event was devised and pro­duced by Group Scoutmaster E. C. Cooper. The production committee were Miss I. P. Wallis, Miss M. Wood, Messrs. H. E. Gray and G. A. Sorrell.

Transcript of East Grinstead Observer – Acorn to Oaks

The pageant play de­picting the birth and progress of the Scout and Guide movements and presented by Scouts, Guides, Cubs and Brownies from East Grinstead and district at Mount Noddy Recreation Ground, on Friday and Saturday, was very successful.
In spite of the chilly wind of Friday evening quite a large crowd watched the pageant with its 13 scenes. It lasted about two hours. An even larger crowd saw the perform­ance on Saturday.

The pageant play was devised and produced by East Grinstead Group Scoutmaster Mr. Edgar Cooper and traced the history of the movement from the opening scene of
" Mafeking Night," to the finale of a " Jamboree."

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