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Airband CompetitionOckanickon Scout Reservation |
2008 Program and Leader Guide
Overview
Continuing Ockanickon's tradition of non-traditional program, a unit airband competition will be offered each week. This activity is open to both youth and adults and prizes of various degrees will be available to those who are particularly gifted at playing non-existent instruments.
What's an airband?
An airband in the outgrowth of playing the air guitar. Air guitar, or
air anything, is playing an imaginary instrument to the music of a song. The
air guitar became popular with the first wave of British rock in 1970s. An
airband is where a whole bunch people play different imaginary instruments, once
again to a song being played in the background.
How can you score someone on playing an imaginary instrument?
The judges for the airband competition will be looking for four things:
1) Enthusiasm - is your airband playing it's heart out? Even if the song isn't
terribly loud or upbeat, Scout enthusiasm can still shine through. (5 points)
2) Technique - do the drummer's hands hit the imaginary drum hand at the right time
or does he look like an someone that's being electrocuted? Part of airbanding
is presenting that you have a passing familiarity with instrumentation or can at
least fake looking like you do. (5 points)
3) Imitation - does your airband group take look and act like the group that's actually
doing the song? If someone does Jethro Tull, does the flutist do the entire
piece on one leg? Is your cover of the Beach Boys done by kids wearing Hawaii
shirts? (5 points)
4) Enthusiasm - it's Scouting. Doing something loudly with energy only a teenage
Boy Scout can muster can overcome even the greatest of obstacles. (5 points)
What's required for an airband team?
Each team must have between three and six members.
Each unit may submit up to one all adult team, up to one all youth team or a single
mixed team of youth and adult team. If a mixed team is submitted a unit may
submit no other teams.
How can a group sign-up?
Groups may sign-up ahead of time or in camp. No two groups can do the
same song during the same week so it is wise to sign-up early. Before camp,
email your unit number and week attending camp as well as what song(s) your group(s)
would like to do to
questions@ockanickon.org.
Requests will be honored in the order they are received.
When is the competition?
The airband competition will be held along side the volleyball tournament on
Thursday evening in the campfire circle.
Rules
- Each team must have between three and six members.
- Each unit may submit up to one all adult team, up to one all youth team or a single mixed team of youth and adult team. If a mixed team is submitted a unit may submit no other teams.
- The camp will provide a hairbrush as a fake microphone for the lead singer and a stool for the drummer, no other props may be used to represent instruments or sound equipment.
- Teams may have costumes and props assuming that the items are Scout appropriate. Using inappropriate props or costuming will result in disqualification.
- Units must sign-up before Wednesday 5:00 PM.
Bonuses
- Any youth team in a troop where an adult team also performs will receive a two point bonus.
- Any team that performs a song deemed "rarely performed" will receive a two point bonus. No definitive "rarely performed" list exists so there's some guessing involved.
- Teams whose lead singer is the opposite gender as the lead singer of the song will receive a two point bonus. The best of Heart looks a lot better now, doesn't it?
- Your team may inadvertently score bonus points by selecting a favorite song of the judges.
Prizes
Official Ockanickon Associates degrees in Airbandry will be awarded to the top placers in each category as well as to the best over all score. Winner may receive other prizes like those tubes that go "whoooooh" when you whip it around real fast.
Song List
Ockanickon's crack team of music experts has combed over the annals of rock music to find a collection of tunes that are under 4:30, include lyrics, have been approved for content by the FCC and that could be found in the "1000 Greatest Rock Songs" box set. In some cases, radio edits have been used to allow songs to be of appropriate length. Remember: Before camp, email your unit number and week attending camp as well as what song(s) your group(s) would like to do to questions@ockanickon.org. Requests will be honored in the order they are received.
| Song | Performer |
| Dancing Queen | ABBA |
| Dude Looks Like a Lady | Aerosmith |
| Walk This Way | Aerosmith |
| All Out of Love | Air Supply |
| School's Out | Alice Cooper |
| Heat of the Moment | Asia |
| Takin Care of Business | Bachman Turner Overdrive |
| Barbara Ann | Beach Boys |
| Fun Fun Fun | Beach Boys |
| Surfin' USA | Beach Boys |
| Stayin' Alive | Beegees |
| Dancing With Myself | Billy Idol |
| Rebel Yell | Billy Idol |
| Only the Good Die Young | Billy Joel |
| Uptown Girl | Billy Joel |
| Heart of Glass | Blondie |
| Burnin' For You | Blue Oyster Cult |
| Old Time Rock n' Roll | Bob Seger |
| Don't Worry Be Happy | Bobby McFarrin |
| Livin' on a Prayer | Bon Jovi |
| More than a Feeling | Boston |
| Rock and Roll band | Boston |
| Glory Days | Bruce Springstein |
| Summer of 69 | Bryan Adams |
| Kung Fu Fighting | Carl Douglas |
| 25 or 6 to 4 | Chicago |
| Girls Just Want to Have Fun | Cindy Lauper |
| Karma Camelion | Culture Club |
| Died In Your Arms | Cuttin Crew |
| Changes | David Bowie |
| Under Pressure | David Bowie |
| Come on Eileen | Dexy's Midnight Runners |
| Hungry Like the Wolf | Duran Duran |
| September | Earth, Wind and Fire |
| Shining Star | Earth, Wind and Fire |
| Don't Bring Me Down | ELO |
| Evil Woman | ELO |
| Crocodile Rock | Elton John |
| Don't Go Breaking My Heart | Elton John & Kiki Dee |
| Rocket Man | Elton John |
| She Drives Me Crazy | Fine Young Cannibals |
| Signs | Five Man Electrical Band |
| Cold as Ice | Foreigner |
| Hot Blooded | Foreigner |
| That's All | Genesis |
| We Got the Beat | Go-Go's |
| Welcome to the Jungle | Guns and Roses |
| Maneater | Hall and Oates |
| Day-O | Harry Belafonte |
| Jump In the Line | Harry Belafonte |
| Barracuda | Heart |
| Crazy on You | Heart |
| Power of Love | Huey Lewis |
| Higher and Higher | Jackie Wilson |
| Running on Empty | Jackson Browne |
| Mr. Big Stuff | Jean Knight |
| Bungle in the Jungle | Jethro Tull |
| I Love Rock and Roll | Joan Jett |
| Pink Houses | John Mellencamp |
| Don't Stop Believin' | Journey |
| Wayward Son | Kansas |
| Walkin on Sunshine | Katrina and the Waves |
| Rock and Roll all Nite | KISS |
| My Sharona | Knack |
| Funky Town | Lipps, Inc |
| Back In Love Again | LTD |
| Material Girl | Madonna |
| Down Under | Men at Work |
| The Safety Dance | Men Without Hats |
| I Melt With You | Modern English |
| Spirit in the Sky | Norman Greenbaum |
| Hit Me With Your Best Shot | Pat Benatar |
| Big Time | Peter Gabriel |
| Bicycle Race | Queen |
| Don’t Stop Me Now | Queen |
| We Are the Champions | Queen |
| End of the World as we Know It | REM |
| Can't Fight This Feeling | REO Speedwagon |
| Jessie's Girl | Rick Springfield |
| Addicted to Love | Robert Palmer |
| Satisfaction | Rolling Stones |
| Carwash | Rose Royce |
| Tom Sawyer | Rush |
| Workin' Man | Rush |
| Don't You Forget About Me | Simple Minds |
| Tainted Love | Soft Cell |
| Tempted | Squeeze |
| Magic Carpet Ride | Steppenwolf |
| Jungle Love | Steve Miller |
| Rock This Town | Stray Cats |
| Lady | Styx |
| Bloody Well Right | Supertramp |
| Everybody Wants to Rule the World | Tears for Fears |
| Rambling Man | The Allman Brothers |
| Walk Like an Egyptian | The Bangles |
| Hard Day's Night | The Beatles |
| Can't Buy Me Love | The Beatles |
| Twist and Shout | The Beatles |
| Video Killed The Radio Star | The Buggles |
| Just What I Needed | The Cars |
| My Best Friend's Girl | The Cars |
| Should I Stay or Should I Go | The Clash |
| Train in Vain | The Clash |
| Friday I'm In Love | The Cure |
| Light My Fire | The Doors |
| Break on Through | The Doors |
| No Time | The Guess Who |
| You Really Got Me | The Kinks |
| Life During Wartime | The Talking Heads |
| Five O' Clock World | The Vogues |
| My Generation | The Who |
| What's Love Got To Do With It | Tina Turner |
| It's Not Unusual | Tom Jones |
| I Think We're Alone Now | Tommy James and the Shondells |
| Eight Six Seven Five | Tommy Two Tone |
| We're Not Gonna Take It | Twisted Sister |
| Jump | Van Halen |
| Panama | Van Halen |
| In The Navy | Village People |
| Macho Man | Village People |
| Every Have Fun Tonight | Wang Chung |
| Werewolves of London | Warren Zevon |
| Here I Go Again | Whitesnake |
Don't forget to have the judges sign-off as a patrol or troop
activity on your Honor Troop/Patrol application!
Don't stop a rockin'
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