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2nd February 06, 12:23 PM
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I'd like to think the kilt is the Grey Thstle Dubh but that could be hired only from Geoffrey (Tailor) Kilt Hire in Edinburgh - it's probably too grey and not black enough anyway, Derek.
Here it is:
Come to think of it: as far as I know the 'Grey Thistle Dubh' is not yet available to kilt hirers, but their 'Thistle Dubh' (all purples and dark blues) is. It is Geoffrey (Tailor)'s corporate tartan.
[B][I][U]No. of Kilts[/U][/I][/B][I]:[/I] 102.[I] [B]"[U][B]Title[/B]"[/U][/B][/I]: Lord Hamish Bicknell, Laird of Lochaber / [B][U][I]Life Member:[/I][/U][/B] The Scottish Tartans Authority / [B][U][I]Life Member:[/I][/U][/B] The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society / [U][I][B]Member:[/B][/I][/U] The Ardbeg Committee / [I][B][U]My NEW Photo Album[/U]: [/B][/I][COLOR=purple]Sadly, and with great regret, it seems my extensive and comprehensive album may now have been lost forever![/COLOR]/
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3rd February 06, 01:34 AM
#22
 Originally Posted by Derek
Darrell .. I do not think he will have any problems with the school admin for wearing his Cilt to the school prom. In fact, I would think they would have encouraged him to do so.
Iechyd Da 
Derek
Derek is quite right. Kilt wearing at UK school proms seems to be becoming popular. There was a TV documentary series about a couple of years ago about sixth formers (Years 12 and 13, or 12th/13th grade in the USA - I think) at a school in Bolton, Lancashire, England. One of the episodes showed the boys featured in the series getting ready to go to their final school prom, and they were all wearing kilts, and there was no indication that any of them were Scots. I think it would be inconceievable in the UK for any school administator to ban a boy from wearing a kilt at a prom.
The wife of an ex work colleague of mine is Scottish, and their son insisted on going to his school prom in a Kilt outfit.
Rob
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3rd February 06, 11:55 AM
#23
I've never been totally certain what a Prom is, and had absolutely no idea that British schools had Proms!! I am assuming that a Prom is the name given to a social evening of civilised dance? This surely has to be something new(ish)?
OK I left school at the age of 18 in 1954, so I am out of touch with what goes on in schools nowadays (apart from there being a severe lack of discipline!!), but I have not even heard of school Proms taking place over here.
Sorry, this is Off Topic but I am astounded to hear of such events being held in the United Kingdom, and as for giving them an American name............;);)
[B][I][U]No. of Kilts[/U][/I][/B][I]:[/I] 102.[I] [B]"[U][B]Title[/B]"[/U][/B][/I]: Lord Hamish Bicknell, Laird of Lochaber / [B][U][I]Life Member:[/I][/U][/B] The Scottish Tartans Authority / [B][U][I]Life Member:[/I][/U][/B] The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society / [U][I][B]Member:[/B][/I][/U] The Ardbeg Committee / [I][B][U]My NEW Photo Album[/U]: [/B][/I][COLOR=purple]Sadly, and with great regret, it seems my extensive and comprehensive album may now have been lost forever![/COLOR]/
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3rd February 06, 03:02 PM
#24
They seem to be common in the U.K. now. In the U.S., the prom is the biggest dance of the school year, held in late spring.
And those would be grades 11 & 12, but a grade 11 prom would be a junior prom, & I think most schools don't have those.
I'm glad the lads recognize just how nice they look in the kilt.
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