Glengarry

[Stoneyburnpiper]

Rabble,

Wondering if there are or were military factions that wore a red glengarry? I see them offered for sale through various vendors. Or are they more for decorative pipe band looks

cheers

[OC Richard]

Scottish military pipers have long worn dark blue (nearly black) Glens, the exceptions being the extremely dark green ones of The Cameronians and the HLI.

Nearly all civilian pipe bands around the world wear either extremely dark blue, or black Glengarries (or in most cases a mix of the two).

But Glens are made in all sorts of colours! Kelly green, bright Royal Blue, claret, sky blue, and so on. It wouldn't surprise me if somewhere there was a civilian pipe band that wore reds ones- you see all sorts of odd uniforms (especially here in the USA).

I think I recall seeing a military pipe band from Pakistan or Oman or summat wearing red Glengarries (or was it red Balmorals??)

[Stoneyburnpiper]

Thanks Richard, some of the colors are attractive to the eye. I seen it advertised and it made me question and I don't believe I've seen those odd colors myself besides black,navy,green, and possibly khaki . I was thinking maybe it was Canadian possibly?

[JohntheBiker]

Uh, no. Not aware of any Canadian military having worn a red Glengarry.

Red Hot Chilli Pipers perhaps?

[OC Richard]

Here's what I was thinking of: the Royal Oman pipe band with their red Balmorals



I snapped this at a Games a while back, the rare coming together of Glengarries in two unusual colours, royal blue and claret

[Stoneyburnpiper]

Great photo Richard! I must say I'm fond of the red balmoral. Though maybe not a traditional Scottish color for a cap, I think it stands out nicely. I wonder though how was their sound? The guy on the right seems to have his tartan ribbon covering his base drone ;) cool though they came all the way to the states for a games. And the judge himself is wearing the royal blue glen, very nice indeed

[OC Richard]

I wonder though how was their sound?

Here they are!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zRU8jiHg4s

A decent Grade 4 band. Note that they're played matched McCallums.

I saw them in Scotland, at a couple of the competitions our band attended. We all got wet.

[Stoneyburnpiper]

Not bad at all not bad indeed

[imrichmond]

If I'm not mistaken, Oman employs former British army pipe majors as instructors for their pipe bands (army, air force and police bands).

[Stoneyburnpiper]

Costly expenditure, but if you have the means all the power to them. Worlds are cool that they come in from all over the world