In Jamie's thread here we all gave good reasons why we enjoyed SCD. I certainly agree with those: good exercise, good company and sheer good fun. But so far as I recall, no one mentioned one obvious reason. Maybe it was just so obvious as not to need saying, but that is not going to stop me now.

SCD gives us the opportunity to dance in the kilt. If you haven't tried this, you don't know what you are missing.

Yes, of course, all here know about the feeling of freedom we get from wearing the kilt. That feeling is just enhanced by any kind of vigorous activity like dancing. The jumping, swirling and traveling at speed demanded by fast reels and jigs - and even the elegant setting steps, spins and turns done in strathspey time - produces even more sensual pleasure when done in a kilt.

Even my English SCD friends have been known to admit that once you have tried dancing in a kilt you don't want to dance in any other kind of clothing, certainly not in trousers. And it seems to be a common experience across the world where SCD is practiced that when a "native" is persuaded to try SCD in a kilt, they are converted to unbifurcated comfort right away.

Now that I have enough kilts to wear one regularly, I do wear a kilt to SCD practice classes as well as to dances. Quite often I am the only man there in a kilt. This is not because the others disapprove in any way or that they won't wear a kilt themselves. Most do wear a kilt to dances. It is just that most have only one kilt and it is kept for special occasions.

I am now at the age where I can largely please myself and while I need little or no excuse to wear the kilt, I will certainly kilt up for any outing that looks as though it might involve dancing, no matter if this is only for a short time, or very informal.

Don't you agree?