Salutations From Texas!

**hallmarktex** · 20th June 07, 07:35 AM

Greetings all, (or should I say Howdy y'all?) especially to you X-Markers in the DFW area. It's good to be in your company. I've taken two steps forward this fine day by letting you know I've been lurking around for a couple of weeks and also by ordering my first "real" kilt...a USA semi-traditional in the Clark/Clergy tartan.

I discovered my Scottish roots about seven years ago and had set my sights on the seemingly unattainable goal of having a custom, wool kilt made. It seems that the semi-trad from USA will do nicely until my ship comes in (or all the kids quit coming back). Oddly, my motivation for seeking all of you out and going for a good fitted kilt came from a show I'm in where I play a Scotsman and wear a kilt. It's a sport kilt (the costumer had no clue about kilts since they typically outfit 1880s cowboy types) and I enjoy it for what it is, but years of attending Highland games told me it just didn't fit like it should.

Hey, maybe some of you could come to the show when I'm performing. I saw in the archives that Richard Jordan came to our show (kilted) last year and said he had a good time. It'd be great if a few of you could make it out in your kilts and blow the minds of the rest of the cast. We're doing the Murder Mystey dinner theater at the Gaylord Texan and everyone else wears authentic 1880s western wear (of course they think they're dressed perfectly normal, but me in a kilt...). Maybe we could set up a date for a gathering!

Anyway, its good to be in your company.

Mark

**Pour1Malt** · 20th June 07, 07:40 AM

walcome tae the rabble!

**TimC** · 20th June 07, 07:43 AM

Welcome to the madness and the addiction!

-Tim

**McMurdo** · 20th June 07, 07:43 AM

from Toronto, Ontario, Canada

**Chase** · 20th June 07, 07:52 AM

Welcome to the Forum by way of Baghdad, Iraq

**hallmarktex** · 20th June 07, 07:58 AM

Originally Posted by Chase

Welcome to the Forum by way of Baghdad, Iraq

Thank you for the welcome and Thank you for your service!

Mark

**Lambda** · 20th June 07, 08:00 AM

Welcome to the madness Mark!

As always, you're more than welcome to get a hold of us DFW kilties and get together! We've got a monthly kilt night (first wednesday of the month usually) at Tipperary Inn in Dallas if you make your way up there. We'll be posting in the Kilt Night forum soon to let everyone know about it. It won't be the first wednesday of july due to that being the 4th... it will be the second wednesday.

Anyways, Welcome again!

**Panache** · 20th June 07, 08:03 AM

Welcome from San Jose California!

Cheers

Jamie

**Finn** · 20th June 07, 08:06 AM

Welcome from West Virginia!

**hallmarktex** · 20th June 07, 08:09 AM

Originally Posted by Lambda

Welcome to the madness Mark!

As always, you're more than welcome to get a hold of us DFW kilties and get together! We've got a monthly kilt night (first wednesday of the month usually) at Tipperary Inn in Dallas if you make your way up there. We'll be posting in the Kilt Night forum soon to let everyone know about it. It won't be the first wednesday of july due to that being the 4th... it will be the second wednesday.

Anyways, Welcome again!

I joined the forum just a day or so before the June gathering at the Tipp, but I had a previous engagement that night. I'm looking forward to getting out there, but it looks like it'll be September before I'll have a kilt of my own to wear.