Don't know how we stumbled onto the subject of kilts but it's an interesting departure. The links are pretty enlightening and humorous too. I don't have a kilt but know several guys who do. One plays the bag pipes and wears his kilt whenever he plays. The other guy works in a local music shop and his kilt is more of a leather skirt and it goes well with his goth look. I'm seeing more kilts out there all the time.
There was an interesting but sad article in a local paper awhile ago about a highschool kid who was suspended for wearing inappropriate attire to his senior prom. It seems that this guy- a football celebrity too, became interested in his Scottish ancestry and did extensive research. He put together a complete ensemble including kilt and wore it while presenting his report to class. It seems that he made a very positive impression among the students and decided to wear the outfit to the prom. The administration wasn't impressed and his coach made a disparaging remark. The kid was suspended but due to the outrage among the parents and student body, there was a hearing and the suspension was repealed. Instead of celebrating this kid's effort and willingness to step outside of himself a little, the leaders in this school community mocked him. Doesn't it do your hearts good to hear about innovative thinking among our nation's educators?
Like I said, HR has a song out called 'Real Men Wear Kilts'. Les really puts his heart into it, too.
I feel sorry for that kid who got suspended. I know I call it a skirt, juuust to get my husbands goat, but to be honest, it IS part of his heritage. I would NOT want to get in the way of some of the Highlanders on a kick..... One re-enactor I know is as tall as my husband, but has about 80 pounds on him. If he were to paint himself blue, and be found on a battle field.....I'd feel sorry for the fool who'd take him on.
... I'd like to add the bagpipes make an awesome sound. In fact, if any of you kilt wearing dudes can recommend a CD with nothing but the bagpipes playing I'd much appreciate.
Doh! Got one here at home. Well, one that is all 'pipes. HR incorporates the pipes into a few of their songs, also. In fact, had Les play the pipes in honour of a resident of mine several years ago. Was going to get him to play Scotland the Brave', but ended up being Amazing Grace. BTW, Mag...res. was a Navy vet. Was equally appropriate.
cougarnurse wrote:Doh! Got one here at home. Well, one that is all 'pipes. HR incorporates the pipes into a few of their songs, also. In fact, had Les play the pipes in honour of a resident of mine several years ago. Was going to get him to play Scotland the Brave', but ended up being Amazing Grace. BTW, Mag...res. was a Navy vet. Was equally appropriate.
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On the next care pkg. you could send me a CD of bagpipe music. ;)
cougarnurse wrote:The pipes sound like scalded cats......TRUST me! You should hear the noise at the re-enactments; if the Scots are tired and drunk enough.....
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Gotcha, LOL. I know the bagpipes in the Braveheart sound track was very motivating and did not sound like they were coming from someone drunk. ;)
Been doing Living History for the past 13 + years. Saturday nights are pretty lively: Tent Reviews, dancing, late LATE night revelers, drunken historians, and the pipes..... I tell ya...it's a BLAST!
PS...of COURSE the pipers are gonna be sober for a movie sound track!
If you're ever in west central Florida, visit Dunedin. The local high school band has a pipe & drum corps..kilts and all. They are awesome!
Check them out, along with info on the annual games in April:
Jive, I'd like to see the plaid.....just curious to know what clan it might be. :33: If yer a bloody Campbell, I may as well warn ya now....I ain't too fond of 'them' (McDonald by blood and 'adoption')
I have a Survival model in olive drab, and love to wear it as much as possible. Get lots of great comments, mostly from women seems like. And it is a sure fire way to start up a conversation!
Update ... I finally worked at a facility that "allowed" me to wear my kilt on my last night of work. I enjoyed my unbifurcated freedom. Thanks for the support and see you at the next festival.
I live in Tucson now, but I am from So. Cal (the OC) been in Arizona for 3 years now. Back in California I played for the 42nd Highlanders Regimental Pipes & Drums. We wear the Black Watch tartan. Our home base is the Queen Mary, moored in Long Beach, Ca. We would meet for practice and play every tuesday on the ship. I also belong to Clan Fergusson. I love wearing my kilt, if I could I would wear it all the time. By the way, musically speaking, the group Bad Haggis is amazing. The leader, Eric Rigler is the piper that played for the movies Braveheart and Titanic. Its a fusion of celtic, funk and rock. Check it out. Also, The Wicked Tinkers are pretty cool. -John
Well he wasnt hurt, But as we found out him and his friends who also wearing Kilt regalia, were having a spot of fun and were on their way to a club to watch the dancers and have a lap dance or two. Shame on them they were also all married.
Just had a thought: It would be fitting if he were wearing Clan Campbell plaid. Only thing the Campbells are good for is soup. (It's a Clan McDonald thing....the fight at Culloden and all.)
Been a while ... I am working an assignment in Arkansas - the area is very American Indian friendly ... I am wearing my UtliKilt at a local BBQ restaurant - " You must be from the Cherokee Nation, is that tribal."
I didn't know what to say other than I am Black Foot of the clan Mac Gregor. Thanks for noticing my M.U.G. freedom.
I guess it goes to prove that the location doesn't matter, people always respond to a man wearing a kilt.
Oh, if f you haven't checked out the band's site....they have a new CD out. One of the songs is called 'Plaid to the Bone'. Glad to see this bumped up again!
Went to the Renaissance Fair yesterday. Wore Kilts with the family plaid and crest. Sword on my hip, with a matching dagger also. I had forgotten how comfortable a way to dress like that when its 95 degrees and sunny like it was in Waxahatchie, Texas yesterday. Should wear Kilts more often. Trouble is we are surrounded by too many Republicans in Dallas area, who would find fault with it somehow.
My sword and dagger for the outfit were from Angel Sword Handmade Custom Swords. Pricey, but really the best and highest quality. But if you really like swords go and look at their site. They have such an edge to them.
I am look forward to this years Renaissance fair this spring.I have even bought a new sword to show off down there. My Kilt and tunic are clean and ready to go. So am I
Well it is fair time again already. What a way to spend a weekend. Not acting my age having fun. Wearing a kilt, carrying a sword and a dagger. Eating more than I usually do. Drinking ale.
Wow, a lot of old threads on this forum. But that's okay, this one is particularly near and dear to my Celtic heart.
I'm an ADN student in Southern California, own two kilts, Cameron Of Erract, and a Utilikilt in OD Green, and I play the bagpipes. On graduation day, I'd like to lead my graduating class down the aisle while playing a piping tune called "The Nurse's Song". It's a march, so it will be appropriate as opposed to other tunes being a strathspey, jig, or reel.
Anyway, kilts are comfortable, and I wear mine when I can. Work won't allow it, but that's no big deal, there are plenty of opportunities and I go with it when I can.
Living in the northeast where there are large groups of people of English/Irish/Scottish and Welsh descent, I see a lot of kilts but now more than ever. It's not just uniform worn by men in pipe and drum corps or Celtic bands either, these are young guys who seem to be interested in the untraditional. I think it's pretty cool.
A friend of mine found a kilt in a thrift store and bought it for $5.00. It blew me away when he said he found it among women's skirts. So now when my wife and I go to thrift stores, I look for kilts to rescue. Selling a kilt to a thrift shop is like casting pearls to swine.
It must have been meant for him to have because it fit just as if it was tailor made for him. He was blown away when I told him that I paid 500.00 for mine.
Infection control would have nothing to say so long as your knees remained covered... But really, would you want to wear something as nice as a Tartan kilt to work in the germ factory? Maybe scrub manufacturers could create a line of M.U.G for health care workers. What do you think?