Black Watch & Welsh Guards

[Sherry]

Well, I'm not as good as some of the guys who do a lot of sewing, but I have a mother who used to do a LOT of sewing . . .

BTW, Mark, I wasn't trying to embarrass you--I really was impressed!

[overexposed]

These are from the show at Lehigh's Stabler Arena (PA)

[prattw]

Saw the Blackwatch last night at Artemis Ham Concert Hall here at UNLV in Las Vegas. There were a lot of kilts out. The St Andrew's Society went as a group, but I saw quite a few, of varying types and quality, on other people. LV is much less formal than most places, so very few of us were wearing the full rigout. I wore my Grant Ancient, with an ivory shirt and black tie and hose, with a plain tweed jacket cut for wearing with a kilt. I thought about wearing my Grant Hunting (aka Blackwatch) kilt, but decided against it. I did wear Blackwatch flashes in honor of the occasion.

That reminds me, I saw one little girl wearing a Blackwatch kilted skirt, there with her father. I commented on the appropriateness and they thought that I meant her wearing a "kilt" until I explained what tartan it was in. She was walking proud as they went back in for the second half.

We went to an "Irish" Pub afterwards (because we're made to feel at home there), and you could hear the eyes popping as ten or twelve kilted men walked in as a group. Most of the women were wearing hostess kilts or at least sashes, as well. We've come a long way in this country since I was a kid, either in ethnic relations or ignorance. Everybody either thought that it was appropriate for a bunch of kilted Scots to walk into an Irish pub, or that we were Irish. (A mix of the two, judging by comments.) When I was a kid, it would have been an uncomfortable time for the management. When my Dad was kid, it would likely have sparked a riot.

Will Pratt