The sample scripts here are written for patrol leader installation, but could be adapted for other forms of troop government; i.e. president, vice-president, secretary, and treasurer, or steering committee.

Script #1

Leader: Today we will install our newly elected patrol leaders. The assistant patrol leaders _____ and _____ will present _____ for installation.

Each assistant patrol leader walks with her patrol leader to face the table. Leader gives each patrol leader a lighted candle.

Patrol Leaders (in unison): I light this candle in rededication with my patrol and my troop to our Girl Scout Promise and Law.

Each patrol leader lights a center candle.

Patrol Leaders: I light this candle as a symbol of my promise to do my best to serve my patrol well.

Each patrol leader lights a candle on the left.

Patrol Leaders: I light this candle as a symbol of my promise to do my best to serve my troop well.

Each patrol leader lights a candle on the right.

Leader: A patrol leader wears a cord on her left shoulder as a sign of her office. The cord has two gold circles, which represent two circles of people the patrol leader serves: her own patrol, and the whole troop. Your patrol leaders, ____ and ____, have promised to do their best to live up to your trust. Do you, as members of Patrol _____ and Patrol _____, promise to do your best to be loyal and helpful to your patrol leaders?

Troop: We promise.

Leader: The assistant patrol leaders will now present the cords.

(Assistant patrol leaders pin cords on their patrol leaders, and return to their places.)

Sing "Whene'er We Make a Promise"

Leader: Patrols dismissed to start the meeting.

Mid-Continent Council's Super Ceremonies

TROOP OFFICER INSTALLATION (Script #2)

Troop assembles in a horseshoe formation.

Leader: Please present all Patrol Leaders to be installed.

When all in place:

Presenters: May I present ____, the newly elected patrol leader of ____ Patrol. (steps back one step)

Leader: Are you ready to take the Patrol Leader's oath?

Patrol Leaders: We are.

Leader: Repeat after me:

As a Patrol Leader I will try:

To lead the patrol to the best of my ability;

To keep order in my group at all times;

Speak for my patrol in the Court of Honor and not just for myself;

To do my best to live up to the patrol's trust.

Leader: Members of patrols repeat after me:

As a member of Troop #___, I will do my best to be loyal and helpful to my patrol leader.

As Presenters pin on cords, leader says: The cord of the patrol leader has two golden circles. The smaller circle represents the patrol you lead and serve. The larger circle in the cord is a symbol of the entire troop you serve in the Court of Honor.

Leader gives GS handshake to each patrol leader.

Presenters and patrol leaders return to horseshoe, form a friendship circle, and sing Taps.