Belmont Kilt Night February 23rd

**Panache** · 24th February 07, 10:44 AM

The night was cold but the previous day's rain had left a clear sky with Orion shining brightly next to a crescent moon. It was the last Friday of the month and the Bay Area Kilties gathered at the Devil's Canyon Brewery in Belmont. DCB regulars TimC , captainjak, Panache, Walkerk, way2fractious, The F-H.C.A.G. (along with the Amazing Madalyne, Lovely Damaris, Sinbad, and Xena) were joined by kiltimabar and his charming wife Anne who were on their way to Monterey and took the opportunity to share a drink with us.

TimC showed off the almost 80 year old Douglas kilt kilt that angerli had generously given him. He had had a few repairs done to and it looked in remarkable shape. It is a real testament to how a well made kilt can be a useful garment for generations. w2f showed us a sample of Military Box pleats pleated to sett he had been working on. I brought along the elk horn handle I've been shaping for w2f to see if it felt good in his grip (if he is going to be fighting for his life against cattle thieves his dirk better feel right in his hand

) Madalyne brought copies an article in the Pacifica Tribune all about our Northern California Burns Night Supper. kiltimabar sported a box pleated kilt by Matt Newsome in the Federal Memorial Tartan (that was mentioned by cajunscot in a thread a few weeks back). A real sharp tartan and as a Matt Newsome kilt you know it was a thing of beauty. The F-H.C.A.G. made Sinbad's flashes in time so he could proudly wear his X Marks the Scot tartan kilt in all it's glory. The F-H.C.A.G. was very pleased that w2f and the kilted krew gave it a thumbs up

Madalyne, myself, and w2f took some photographs so (as usual) it was a well documented evening. Here are a few pictures:

w2f, captainjak, a lovely young lass, kiltimabar, TimC, Sinbad, Panache, The Flame-Haired Celtic Amazon Goddess

kiltimabar and the lovely Anne

Two Matt Newsome Kilts a 4 yard box pleat and a 5 yard knife pleat

**Panache** · 24th February 07, 11:00 AM

Walkerk, kiltimabar, and Panache (with sporrans by Stillwater, two Nightstalkers and a brown fur daywear one)

Sinbad in his completed X Marks the Scot tartan kilt

The gang with the article from the Pacifica Tribune

It was a fun night and the Devil's Canyon Brewery had a Jalepeno Ale as well as their Rye beer tapped that evening. FYI: for all the regular attendees of our Kilt Nights, Check out the DCB website about becoming part of their Beer Club. For those of us who always go to Beer...err Kilt Night it makes a lot of sense!

It was great to see Dave again. The two of us discussed perhaps getting the NorCal Kilties together for a day time event. After all there is more to kilt gatherings than just beer...we thought a wine tasting would be fun.

I also spoke with Dan "the Man" Curran about the possibility of ordering a group of personalized DCB shirts Perhaps with "Deil's Canyon Highlanders" on the back. What do you think NorCal kilted?

It was a fun evening, thanks to the good folks at the Devil's Canyon Brewery for great beer and a fun place to gather.

Cheers

Panache

**McMurdo** · 24th February 07, 11:12 AM

Looks like a fine evening indeed, Sinbad looks very proud in his F-HCAG original.

**cessna152towser** · 25th February 07, 02:47 PM

Super pics; great to see six kilts together in that last photo; sounds like an interesting and enjoyable evening; thanks for posting.

**Alan H** · 25th February 07, 02:53 PM

I SERIOUSLY think that we need shirts this summer that somehow link XMarks and the DCB!

I wish I could have been there, but then again the Smuin Ballet was great and I racked up bigtime points with the Mrs.