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23rd March 25, 10:34 AM
#11
 Originally Posted by MacKenzie
So my question for @ OC Richard and any other pipers that do gigs like that: Do people ask or comment about what you're wearing?
I stopped doing solo gigs a few years ago and am no longer competing with the pipe band due to some shoulder issues. When I did do private gigs, I would advise them that I didn't have the full-on military look with the feather bonnet, etc., but could probably find someone for them if that's they were looking for. I would then describe what I would be wearing, with a couple of options depending on the formality of the event. That was OK by most people because they wanted the tunes/sound more than the visual spectacle.
Most gigs, I wound up wearing a long black tie, white button-down collar long sleeve shirt, Argyle jacket with gauntlet cuffs and the typical square silver/chrome buttons and a Balmoral hat (when outdoors - indoors, no hat). Hose were typically my bottle-green hose. I would wear either red flashes or my bottle green flashes. For sporran, I usually wore my full mask badger, but a couple of times I was asked to wear my plain black leather with tassels instead. Kilt was my red Scott until I sold it off. I then wore my band kilt (ancient Henderson) until I got a new green Scott kilt.
John
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