Brownies Promise Celebration, what is it?

annaangeluk_2

As title says, does anyone know what the Brownie's promise celebration involves?

My dd has just had her second week at brownies and is all excited about the promise celebration but we're not sure what it is!

I'd be grateful if someone could let me know what I need to do/buy/organise etc!! I will speak the brownie leader about it but we're on half term next week and I can't stand a giddy 7 year old obsessing about it until next brownies session:rotfl::eek::rotfl:!!

Thanks in advance

Anna x

lainz

I'm a brownie leader and have no idea either!

The Brownie Promise is when the new brownie takes their promise and becomes a Brownie (they also get to wear their uniform) and they get their promise badge, perhaps your daughters unit does some other things as well to make it special.

We normally tell the parents when we are doing Promise night so they can come along and watch them take their promise (they also have Brownies doing their hostess badge on them as well!) I would phone your leader and find out, I would guess that they have mentioned that they will do a promise night in a few weeks (but that bit of info normally gets missed off with 7 year olds!)

Don't panic!

peachyprice

Does your DD mean the Brownie promise ceremony, rather than celebration, which is as lainz says above. Different leaders probably call is different things.

happyfili

Hi Anna,

Will this be the ceremony where she makes her "promises" and becomes a fully-fledged Brownie? As an enrollment ceremony type of thing?

I'm an old ex-Brownie (28) and things may have changed a lot since I was 7 and enrolled in Brownies ( I hope so anyway) :rotfl:

Have you checked out the website? http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/brownies/

In my day it was purely in-session, a bit of flag waving and doing the brownie salute in front of Brown Owl, but it was very special. I don't think parents were there or any extra costs involved as it was done in the normal weekly meeting. However I wasn't allowed to wear the uniform until I was properly enrolled, and that is the one thing I was most excited about!

I hope you little one enjoys Brownies, I still look back on those days very fondly.

*ETA* I'm getting the flag-waving mixed up with Guides, which was in the same community centre, sorry!

xmaslolly76

I can remember taking my brownie promise i was so proud of myself when i got my badge. Its probably changed a bit since then but we basically recited the brownie promise to the snowy owl or was it brown owl (my memory is terrible lol) as we called her we recievd our badges and we were welcomed into the troop or what ever they are called now. I believe we had cakes, squash and few games. I joined the guides as well but then the teenage years hit and i lost interest its a shame really looking back i wish i had stuck with it. Good luck to your little girl hope all goes well and she enjoys herself :-)

lainz

xmaslolly76 wrote: »

I can remember taking my brownie promise i was so proud of myself when i got my badge. Its probably changed a bit since then but we basically recited the brownie promise to the snowy owl or was it brown owl (my memory is terrible lol) as we called her we recievd our badges and we were welcomed into the troop or what ever they are called now. I believe we had cakes, squash and few games. I joined the guides as well but then the teenage years hit and i lost interest its a shame really looking back i wish i had stuck with it. Good luck to your little girl hope all goes well and she enjoys herself :-)

They're always looking for helpers/ leaders

annaangeluk_2

Thanks guys! Peachy, yes I think it was Ceremony. DD is so excited that it was just an explosion of words when she came out that I was really confused by it all!!

Just checking I didn't need to start saving up for something! It's going to be a long few weeks waiting for this to happen as dd is hysterical already! We've gone through the promise about 100 times already, I'll be saying it in my sleep!

Thanks again for your help! (Do your replies count as your good turn for the day?!?!):j

Anna x

elfen

I remember this is the bit where you take your Brownie promise and get to wear your uniform for the first time. You also get your group? (I was a Leprechaun) badge and your pack badge (1st H******e Brownies was me) It's really fun to be honest, you feel like you belong (I was a Brownie, and a Guide, and a Brownie helper whilst a Guide and my mum was a Rainbows helper) Mine was a snowy owl too.

I promise that I will do my best
To do my duty to god
and blah blah

happyfili

I was an Elf, and Sixer for over a year :beer: and I remember having to learn all three verses of the national anthem :j and...and..and having to pass the bronze, silver and gold paths (or another similar colour trilogy :rotfl:). And I remember getting my Brownie handbook as I joined about a girl called Emily...I couldn't put it down!

Wow, I really loved Brownies looking back.

They're always looking for helpers/ leaders

I wonder if they would like any help in my area, will have to take a look.

happyfili

elfen wrote: »

I promise that I will do my best
To do my duty to god
and blah blah

...to serve the Queen
to help other people
and to keep the Brownie Guide law

Do I win a prize? :rotfl::beer:

hermanmunster_3

yep - that's the promise!! I was a pixie .... decades ago when you had to make the tie out of a huge triangle and fold it until it looked like a noraml tie ..... then they brought in the very easy yellow crossed over thingy that pinned together...