ArrowTour Pictures

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ArrowTour Pictures

An ArrowTour staff member performs some branding of an OA emblem onto some boots.

Scouts have fun at one of the big attractions of ArrowTour – Gagaball. Basically like dodgeball, but in an enclosed space.

With plenty of small wooden planks, this ArrowTour staff member is showing off the possibilities for branding at this ArrowTour tent.

In addition to having lots of Octoraro 22 memorabilia for sale, the ArrowTour staff brought some of their own memorabilia to sell.

Here was one of several history tents on display for the participants of ArrowTour, visited here by Nathan Christensen and his two children Sasha Christensen and Mia Christensen who would later become Vigil Honor members of the Order of the Arrow.

A special issue of the National Bulletin (OA’s National Newspaper) was on display in the ArrowTour tent at Camp Horseshoe, but the cover photo showed several Octoraro 22 members who happened to be at the very first ArrowTour event on 5/31/2015 at Resica Falls.

Several participants listen to stories about the OA as they soak in the history of the Order in one of the ArrowTour tents.

ArrowTour staffer and former Octoraro 22 Lodge Chief Alex Hughes explains the route of ArrowTour in the Northeast Region, as it snakes back and forth for 2 months across the Mid-Atlantic and New England states.

The ArrowTour site was set up in the newly-restored Picnic Grove area, which despite having just been re-seeded, was hit the night before by a deluge of rain. Needless to say, the area got a little muddy by the day’s end.

Local staff members for ArrowTour line up for food at the Goodman Pavilion.

Steve Miller (left) and A.J. DiAntonio (right) attempt to have a conversation, though the costuming on the right side of the photo makes that effort difficult.

Octoraro 22 showed off its newly-paneled mobile trading post at ArrowTour for the first time.

The great thing about GagaBall is that the arena comes apart and can be put back together fairly easily. Here the ArrowTour staff are constructing the pit.

Mike Steinberger (right) and Alex Hughes (left) team up once more, not to run an entire Conclave, but simply to put up a tent for ArrowTour.

ArrowTour staff members are rolling out the sides of the wall displays before attaching them to the tents.

Though 6 ArrowTour staff members came from the Region, at least another 30 or so were from Octoraro 22’s ranks.

Originally used for the 2010 Jamboree, it looks like this billowy Scout was bestowed a very large OA sash to use and help pinpoint the location of the ArrowTour activities in case the gray tents did not give it away.

2015 Lodge Chief Matt Candy (left) speaks with 2012 Lodge Chief Alex Hughes in one of the ArrowTour tents.

A number of committee booths were on display during ArrowTour to show the good deeds that the host lodge, Octoraro 22, was doing. They were set up in a Horseshoe at the top end of the ArrowTour “village”.

Staffers, Scouters, Scouts and just about anyone enjoyed getting into the ring to tackle the “Dodgeball-esque” Gagaball.

Arrowmen and others got their shirts screened with a few different designs in one of the ArrowTour tents.

After the t-shirt screening was done, each shirt was hung for 30 minutes to dry before the owner could take possession of their newly-dyed shirt.

Here are the ArrowTour guys trying to sell their ArrowTour swag, including patches, patch sets, hats and t-shirts.

The GagaBall ring has some pretty strict rules to it – here are they listed on the side of the ring.

Here are some of the things that were found on the walls of the History Tents at ArrowTour.

This tent helped to explain to non-OA members just exactly what does the OA do? For 100 years, as the tent exclaimed, it has been about cheerful service.

This fun exhibit showed the various Centurion Award recipients for Section NE-6B, which is the section that Octoraro 22 is a part of. Centurion Award recipients are essentially the “top arrowmen” in the history of each lodge as voted on by members of the Key 3 of each OA lodge.

Dr. Gary Stolz brought his wildlife exhibit to Camp Horseshoe for ArrowTour to show off the various hides and skulls of wildlife from this area and beyond.

Several OA members get in front of the “Selfie Wall” to take pictures for their Arrowman Service Awards, which requires members to take a picture at at Centennial Event and have it posted on Social Media (Twitter, Facebook, etc) with the hashtag #OA100.

Luke Carstens and Tyler Rollins help to promote ArrowTour during breakfast at the Camp Horseshoe Dining Hall.

ArrowTour Coordinator for Octoraro 22 Dan Cancelmo gets in Native-American costume to drum up support for the ArrowTour event during breakfast at Camp Horseshoe Week 1.

Here is a look at some more of the t-shirts that were screened at the ArrowTour event at Camp Horseshoe.

The ArrowTour staff bestowed a time capsule to Octoraro 22 that isn’t to be opened for 50 years – 2065.

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Branding2015 – Contributed by Andrew CoeAn ArrowTour staff member performs some branding of an OA emblem onto some boots.GagaBall2015 – Contributed by Andrew CoeScouts have fun at one of the big attractions of ArrowTour – Gagaball. Basically like dodgeball, but in an enclosed space. Branding2015 – Contributed by Andrew CoeWith plenty of small wooden planks,…

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November 27, 2025

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