GIRL SCOUTS HOLD THEIR OWN TEA PARTY

On May 7th. 2011 the Girl Scouts of the Mountain Rose Neighborhood of the Arizona Cactus Pine Council held their Mother-Daughter Tea Party at the Southern Baptist Temple on South Central Avenue.

The event was chaired by Jean Magley who spent several weeks preparing for the event by contacting local merchants who donated many of the needed supplies to make the event success. Local grocers who donated gift certificates were the three Fry’s Stores, Wal-Mart at 24th Street and East Baseline Road, Safeway. The local home supply stores, Home Depot and Lowes donated plants to help create a pleasant atmosphere. Jean had the support of other volunteers, who helped set the room up for the expected 100 guests. Kim Gammill helped with set-up and tear down. Jean even recruited her great grand-daughter Aubrey, who is planning to be a Daisy Girl Scout in a few months to help set the place settings. Among the things at each place setting was a small envelope designed as a Tea Pot, inside it was a tea bag and a short poem, also on each table were various styles of real tea pots.

I really miss you presence
I like to hear your views
I wish that we could visit
And catch up on the news

Since we can’t do that often,
The one thing that I can see
Is-we can dream together
And have a cup of tea

Jean also planned a Style Show in which 18 girls participated showing, not only their own pretty dresses, but Jean had borrowed several vintage uniforms from the local Arizona Cactus Pine Girl Scout Museum which some of the girls wore. Shelley Lear, council representative wore an official uniform from the past to show the younger ladies. One of the highlights of the Style Show was the presence of four Boy Scouts in uniform from Troop 208 with their Scout Commissioner, Burniece Lyttle, who acted as escorts to the girls as they walked down the runway. The girls enjoyed that and both boys and girls learned the proper way to act/be escorted. Some of the girls got to walk more than once. As each girl came down the runway, her name and a description of what she was wearing was announced over a speaker system by volunteer Theresa Baca, Jean announced he vintage clothing, describing them and the era that they were worn. Another one of Jean’s many volunteer helpers, Molly Kediri furnished piano music for the girls to walk by and another volunteer JoDee Krippene along with her daughter Alexis took pictures of the girls under an arch with ivy on it.

Jean had prepared a program for each guest which contained a list of the Leaders and their assistants for the 26 troops in the Mountain Rose Neighborhood. There was also a place for those attending to put their picture and to have a keepsake to remember the great time they had at the TEA TIME BONDING for Mother and Daughters.