Cally@60 part deux

[Andrewson]

Congratulations on a fabulous evening! Very well dressed and photographed.

Never knew there were so many kilties in the Oslo area. Where were you all when I joined the 17 May celebrations (twice) in my own national dress and found that I was the only one in all the thousands of folk in the streets of the city in a kilt? Or were you all hiding in Norwegian National Costume that day?

[McClef]

Brilliant photos - makes me wish I had been there!

Haven't been to Oslo for some years but next time I will be strolling down Karl Johan in my kilt! ;)

I wonder if the late Olav V had a kilt? He was a member of the Order of the Thistle!

[Freelander Sporrano]

Congratulations on a fabulous evening! Very well dressed and photographed.

Never knew there were so many kilties in the Oslo area. Where were you all when I joined the 17 May celebrations (twice) in my own national dress and found that I was the only one in all the thousands of folk in the streets of the city in a kilt? Or were you all hiding in Norwegian National Costume that day?

The 17th is a day mainly for the children. So most of us with school age children outside the Oslo area have our own celebrations in our own towns and villages.You'll have to come along to a St Patricks day. There's a few kilts at that

[Freelander Sporrano]

Brilliant photos - makes me wish I had been there!

Haven't been to Oslo for some years but next time I will be strolling down Karl Johan in my kilt! ;)

I wonder if the late Olav V had a kilt? He was a member of the Order of the Thistle!

King Olav was member of the society .At an earlier event we woudn't leave until the Dancers had finished So his driver had to wait.I think the Cally did present him with a kilt at the time I'll have to check on that one.

King Harald was also invited to this celebration however he is getting ready to travel to Ireland this week so declined the invite

[Andrewson]

The 17th is a day mainly for the children. So most of us with school age children outside the Oslo area have our own celebrations in our own towns and villages.You'll have to come along to a St Patricks day. There's a few kilts at that

Ah, yes, that explains it. Thanks David.

Actually what most impressed me about the 17 May was just how many adults were wearing national costume - a far higher fraction of the population that I could ever imagine on any national days here - and, indeed were wearing it with pride too. It was one of those rare cases when the tartan got a lot of competition for attention!

[Freelander Sporrano]

Thats true . I'll admit that before buying my first kilt (The Modern Gunn I'm wearing in the pictures)I did consider a Norwegian Bunad.

There are some real beauties out there. However they are only worn on Christmas eve or special family occasions also 17th May(In fact that was my plan for the kilt too. Boy was I wrong )

The kilt still gets a lot of Attention

http://www.husfliden.no/husa/PageMak...ageID=2&guid=1
This is a link to a Bunad site just choose a county on the map. The dark Green Telemark is one of my fav's

[David Dalglish]

Fantastic pictures Freelander--Looked like a great night

[McClef]

Have seen pictures of the Barnatoget (the children's train) greeting the King as he stands on Kongsbalkongen (King's Balcony) in Slottet (the Royal Palace).

There were some adults accompanying them so maybe if some children were in kilts they could be part of the procession and the accompanying adults too?

[Andrewson]

Thats true . I'll admit that before buying my first kilt (The Modern Gunn I'm wearing in the pictures)I did consider a Norwegian Bunad.

That's interesting. Did you consider having a Modern Gunn waistcoat as part of that outfit?

My (Scottish) sister, who is married to a Norwegian, had a bunad made in our family tartan as a kind of compromise. Looks very smart but somehow (don't tell her I said this) it lacks the sparkle of a traditional bunad. And, as you say, she has far fewer opportunities to wear it than I do my kilts.

The kilt still gets a lot of Attention.

Yes indeed. The most exciting way to present tartan. You made the right choice, no question!

Thanks for the link to Husfliden, one of our favourite shops in Oslo.

[McClef]

At this rate Steen & Strøm (Hovedsteds Største Storemagazin) will need a tartan dept!