Sly’s Secret Fourth of July Message

July 4, 2022

WHEN: 07/02/2022
QIC: Conductor and Maraschino
PAX: Brotox, Catskill, Chowdah, Montecristo, Rum Runner, Kia, Scrooge McDuck, Bronze Squirrel, Coxswain, Soda Popinski, Texas Instruments, Grommet, Poser, Flapjack, Bogey, Smokes, Hermey, Lightweight, Rebar, Matador, Red Tape, Ipanema (FNM), Marco Polo, Skeleton, Zook, Treehouse, Phil Collins, Homes, Fiddlestick, Vice, Max Power, Ratchet, Python, Red October, TB, Quicken, Point Break (FNG), Slicken, Uzi, Dingy, Yo Yo, Battleship, Stratego, My Wife (FNM), Cherry Baked, Crash Cart, Knope, Sandman, Snowflake, Scapula, Ledecky, Sparkles, Mrs. Wilson, Grand Slam, Houdini, Judge, Boucher, Shake It, Nightshift, Cosmo, Ace, Splits, Nails, Bluth, Spider Queen, Patriot, Halfback, Elwood, Dean Wormer, Singlet, Green Acres, Etch-a-Sketch (FNG), Deep Dish, Captain Jack, Laces Out, O’Shag Hennessey, Count Chocula, Legoland, Yurt, Spam
ME HEADCOUNT: 82
EC HEADCOUNT: 12
COFFETERIA HEADCOUNT: 84

2022 marks YHC’s third time in a row Qing the Fourth of July ME at TBR.  Today was extra special because it just so happened to align with Churham’s region-wide convergence known as The Quarterly Report.  TBR Site Q Emeritus Bump Draft has taken to giving YHC themes.   To give you an idea, 2021 was “Miami Sound Machine’s Fourth-of-July Celebration.”  This year was Sly Stalone’s 4th Extravaganza.”  Although YHC was initially planning on ignoring the assigned theme, Bump and his family fell ill earlier in the week, so YHC gave Bump this small tribute.

 

The Playlist

All songs from Sylvester Stallone’s movies, one of them even featuring Stallone singing with Dolly Parton.

https://music.amazon.com/user-playlists/7891370ef3bf436497e41ce2e7fc9dbfsune?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&musicTerritory=US&ref=dm_sh_hrf1ktfzoRrn4WfBAPs9OyQjh 

 

Warm-a-Rama (all IC)

25 SSHs

10 WMHs

10 Mountain Climbers

10 Slow Merkins

10 Imperial Walkers

10 LBACs

10 Reverse LBACs

10 Slow Squats

Count off and Q briefly explains plan.

 

The Thang

PAX break up into 4 groups based on birthday:

  • Rocky Group:  January, February, and March birthdays
  • Rambo Group:  April, May, and June birthdays
  • Cliffhanger Group:  July, August, and September birthdays
  • Staying Alive Group:  October, November, and Birthdays

YHC was reminded of the awkward truth that procreation is not uniformly distributed throughout the calendar year (one group had 30 while another group had 18).

Groups went to four corners of the fields where each group was greeted with the following Eight Challenges.

Challenge #1

Your team must complete a total of 1,776 Merkins and WW2s (e.g., 1000 Merkins and 776 WW2s).

Modification:  Merkins on Knees.

Challenge #2

Your team must Ricky Bobby around the entire field, singing patriotic songs the entire time.

Modification:  Bear crawl or plank hold.  Hum patriotic songs until your team returns.

Challenge #3

Your team must locate 13 cinder blocks, riffle carry them back to your area, build a sturdy structure out of them, and take a team photo with someone’s phone.  Then return the blocks to their original location.  If another team is using the blocks, move on to another challenge.

ModificationCarry bricks or run slick.

         

Challenge #4

Your team must find a wall and do Balls-to-Wall for 74 seconds (July 4).

Modification:  People’s Chair.

Challenge #5

Your team must do 50 burpees together.  One burpee for each State in the Union.  Bonus points if you can name all 50 states while you are doing them.

Modification:  Bump Draft (Fake) Burpee or Mountain Climbers.

Challenge #6

Your team must locate a place for step-ups and do 100 step-ups together.

Modification:  Dips.

Challenge #7

Your team must sprint (All You Got) to the opposite corner of the field, scream a patriotic word of the team’s choosing (e.g., Freedom) in unison at the team occupying the far corner, and then sprint to your home base.

Modification:  Prisoner Squats until your team returns.

Challenge #8

Your team must complete a total of 1,776 Homers-to-Marge and Rocky Balboas (e.g., 776 Homers-to-Marge and 1000 Rocky Balboas).  Exercises are single count.

Modification:  Core exercise of PAX’s choice.

Teams all finished at roughly the same time, which was a miracle.  Each of the challenges had a word on the back.  PAX were meant to bring them back and attempt to assemble them to reveal a hidden message.  That never happened. 

Circle up for Mary.

 

Mary

Catskill delegated Mary to the following:

 

COT

Announcements:

  • Meat ‘N Cream:  Today, SoDu
  • Knope will be hosting a Quickie Q School at the Falcon on Friday, July 8 (okay, I get the hint!)
  • Join Catskill in donating to Habitat for Humanity.
  • Next Quarterly Report:  Chatham led by Zook,

Prayer Requests:

  • Bump Draft, Banana Skin, and their family

Name-o-Rama (Welcome FNGs Etch-a-Sketch and Point Break and FNMs Ipanema and My Wife)

YHC took us out with reflections on leadership.

COT was immediately followed by an Epic On-Site Coffeeteria catered by Uzi, Lox, and many other PAX.

 

Moleskin

Special thanks to the following:

  • Bitcoin and Chowdah for getting The Quarterly Report off the ground this year;
  • Bump Draft and Spam for being great TBR Site Co-Qs;
  • Catskill for his generosity towards Habitat for Humanity (If you’re able and inclined please consider joining us in supporting this great cause. For anyone who does I will match until my total contribution = $1000:  https://chathamhabitat.org/f3);
  • The 20 2.0s and their energy;
  • The 4 Ms that posted;

  • All of the PAX for coming out (from every sub-region and sub-sub-region in Churham).

Aye!

 

Secret Message

If you made it this far, congratulations!  On the back of every Challenge sheet was a word.  The PAX were supposed to unscramble a secret message from these words.  Either we ran out of time, or YHC’s directions were not too good.  Do not despair.  You can still try your hand here:  https://learnhip.com/scramble/sentence.php?w=0342b022

YHC will donate $100 to the charity of the choice of the first PAX who correctly unscrambles and sends me a DM via Slack.