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Are you aware of the local bagpipe band? I'm a member. We're the Ann Arbor Pipes & Drums. I definitely agree about getting a tartan for big blue and I'll tell you now a few people have tried this to no avail in the past. Maybe it will be different if students organize it. If you need any support from the pipe band in some way, let me know. We've been trying to tie our band into the U for a while but like the tartan idea, they've basically ignored us up to this point.