1974- Brigadoon as the High School Play. I was the Senior Technical Person so I was at everything from blocking to last show. As part of the show (wedding) the school had a real piper and dancer. I made a comment to my parents and my mother said that some of the genology she had done traced a great(x5) grandfather to Scotland. I started reading about the Campbell Clan which is the one of the Clans in Brigadoon. My father also told be that there was a family story about on his side of the line which was reported to also come from Scotland. After some more reading I connected with the Gunn Clan under my fathers side of the family.

1979- Met someone at work who's mother came from Scotland. She brought me alot of things about my Clans and information on kilts back from a Scotland visit.

1984- Had a chance to buy 2 kilts and I wore it a while to some events but kilts in the Dallas area were not often seen. They went into the cedar chest and pulled out occassionally.

2003- Ran across Monarch of the Glen on a local PBS. Got hooked and remember how much I enjoyed wearing the kilt. Orders Sports Kilt, Utilikilt and made more than 12 kilts (only about 8 wearable due to 'issues' with some). Then I found USAKilts and ordered a few of theirs and by then I was rehooked.

2004- I am currently planning to start back on my 'traditional' kilt I started in the winter. I got side tracked so in another month or so it will become my winter project again.

RLJ-