2013 tartan ID

[OC Richard]

Thanks!

The difference between the overall look of these new kilts to their old kilts is so great that at first I didn't realise they were variants of the same tartan.

Here's a 2013 photo of the new Alberta Caledonian kilt and their previous kilt, here worn by former member Alasdair Briggs.

The blue looks similar to the "muted" blue of House of Edgar, and perhaps the green too.



To better see what changes were made I put House of Edgar's Caledonia beside the rear of one of the new ALCAL kilts.

Note how the change in proportion alters the overall appearance; the blue area is expanded, yet the red stripe reduced.

Also the red area has shrunk and its two white lines have become one.

[OC Richard]

And since the bands are about the music, here's a recording done the same day I took those photos, at the United Scottish Societies of Southern California's 81st annual Highland Games (held in Costa Mesa, Orange County) in 2013.

Colours are bad in all the videos I saw, but still we get an impression of the kilts' overall look.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FaSeLG0w2Y&t=57s

Videos from 2011 and earlier showing the band wearing Caledonia ancient.

[OC Richard]

The overall colours of the new ALCAL kilts have an Edgar-y feel to me.

Here's a band wearing Roxburgh District (muted colours) from HoE.

[PiperPadre]

And since the bands are about the music, here's a recording done the same day I took those photos, at the United Scottish Societies of Southern California's 81st annual Highland Games (held in Costa Mesa, Orange County) in 2013.

Colours are bad in all the videos I saw, but still we get an impression of the kilts' overall look.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1FaSeLG0w2Y&t=57s

Videos from 2011 and earlier showing the band wearing Caledonia ancient.

Brilliant sounding pipe band! It's a shame they're not together (my own selfish first reaction to their demise) although, they've got to do what they think best, of course.