Campfire Fire Lighting skits

[rjcluvvt]

This thread was somewhat spun from the thread reagarding campfire fires, as far as I have heard, there arent that many camps that have a "fire-lighting skit" this would qualify as a starting skit that would be comical and in its end result light the campfire, begining the program. My personal favorite is the Dutch Coven, a mock OA call out ceremony, principals come out embodeing the OA cahracters and then perform a Counselor in Training sacrifice. Other than Eagle 1973's Indian Brave with the torch fire lighting, does any other camp have methods and ways to entertaingly light thier campfires?

[CPStaff747]

We have burried a high-grade electrical cable underground so that one end comes up in the actual fire pit, where the wires are connected to a copper coil, and the other end leads to a car battery backstage. You take a couple books of matches and touch them to the copper coil, use plenty of twine and kindling and such. We then do a traditional native american ceremony, talking about the role of the native americans in our area. At the end of this, the person says "At last, bring Fire to our council" and someone backstage connects the cable to the battery, which (if done correctly) will cause the fire to ignite "magically." Its very impressive.