Your Standard Pack Meeting

It's certainly been a season of firsts for The Central Standards. Last night was perhaps the most exciting, though, as we traveled to a land known as Bartlett for a weekly Tiger Cub, Cub Scout and Webelo pack meeting. We had a great time, as the photos surely indicate. The dudes were focusing on music at this week's meeting, so it was an ideal opportunity for them to be exposed to our melodic folk-rock stylings. Gotta start 'em early! We did three sessions for each of the different age groups and played two seemingly innocent and harmless Standards' standards--"Pearl of a Girl" and "Sad Girlfriend".

We spent much of the time answering questions, as illustrated below. By far, the coolest and most difficult question of the night came from a guy in the second group, who asked Ted how long it takes him to learn a sad song. (Presumably, he was referring to a Jeff Capps song.) Naturally, Ted handled it like a champ--expertly dodging the issue of why exactly it may take more or less time to learn a sad song versus a happy one and instead offering his standard response to the far less complex question "How long does it take you to learn a song?" We are certified teachers, after all!