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Winter Camp Legends
Donohue Brothers' Knife Fight
| Origin | Winter Camp I (1977) |
| The Story | At Winter Camp III, we had a 100 dish banquet. It was cooked at Beaver Creek and Clearwater Cabins. Each camper had several dishes to prepare, and the cooking was all done more or less simultaneously. There were hot plates on the tables indoors and there were a number of propane stoves along the front of the BC building which used to have counters for a trading post. There were a few dishes cooked down in Clearwater cabin. It was in many ways, more complicated than the 162 dish banquet. First, there weren't nearly as many adults there (only 3) and we didn't do nearly as good a job of picking things to stagger cooking. At the 162 dish banquet some things were made the day before and either had to be heated or just served room temperature. Even the adults that were there weren't as experienced at cooking as they are now and there wasn't any sort of team construct -- each scout had stuff to do and that was it. Somehow, we managed to pull it off and serve 100 dishes prepared by the twenty-five people who were there. |
| Veracity | This one happened a long time ago and it was a high stress moment. People often report seeing different things in that kind of situation. There may be some exaggeration of what exactly happened. Ron did have a knife and there was a fight. There's no evidence that anyone stabbed or tried to stab anyone else. |
| Trigger | Usually this is told to explain/demonstrate the wildness of the Donohue brothers at early Winter Camps. |
| Positive Message | People change over time since the Donohues aren't really like that anymore. |
| Negative Message | Violence never solves things. |
Last updated by Steve D. on 2021-11-25 11:30:00.
