Boy Scout kilts

[BEEDEE]

Don't forget the link between B-P and Clan MacLaren. The tartan on the wood badge neckerchief is McLaren and Wood Badge holders can get honorary membership in the Clan association.

SWK have McLaren in their standard range for $80.00


Brian

Brian

[LordKiltClad]

I forget the Gentleman's name, but it was a MacLaren that donated the land where the first Woodbadge was held. Participants wear a MacLaren Neckerchief after completing the course, to be traded in at your beading ceremony for the tanish one once you finish your ticket items, with a small square of MacLaren on the back.

Our Venturing Crew did a bulk order through Jerry (SWK) last year to update our uniforms.
Nothing quite like opening a box of 27 brand new kilts.

As for the Jamboree, there were 68 scouts from Scotland in the UK contingent. The march to the Arena show one night, they all wore there kilts. There were actually quite a number of young pipers at the Jamboree. I work in the Scout Shop at Trading Post 'B' and the Central Region was camped right past our staff camping. A young scout there would wake us a few morning with the sounds of the pipes. Nothing like camp food, and pipes to get your day started.

[tomcherv]

The MacLaren you mention is William de Bois MacLaren. Major Kenneth MacLaren assisted Baden-Powell in his Brownsea Island venture. (Apparently, no relation between the two MacLarens)

Proud graduate of C-44-06 (Shining brightly for the future)

Oh - and I have a MacLaren kilt (from Jerry)

[Jimmy]

In Scotland it still is the norm for many scouts to wear their own kilt in their own tartan

[McMurdo]

In Scotland it still is the norm for many scouts to wear their own kilt in their own tartan

Here is my Dad in his Scout uniform close to 60 years ago the tartan he wore was his own the Gunn Modern, that kilt is now in my collection.

[MacLannan]

I actually have two Norman Rockwell prints that have boy scouts in kilts. One is " A good Sign" where the kilted boys are preforming the Highland Fling (it looks like) and the other one is "Breakthrough for Freedom" with a parade of scouts of all nations with a kilted scout in the front. Pretty cool. My son is in scouts and received these as gifts.

[cwr89]

little input from a newly achieved eagle:
I haven't read this whole topic so I am sorry if this is already been said.

as far as I can see, I have NO problem with you wanting your venture crew kilted. reason is, Venture crews have less uniform rules.

I (as an asst. scoutmaster) went with my troop to summer camp a few weeks ago and got almost yelled at by a scout die-hard. all about how people like me bring disrespect to the name of scouting.

sickens me too, cause I bust my buns to get Eagle so I could bring scouting into good light.

I'd say go for it!

and I wish my scoutmaster was more like you! haha!
~Casey

[Computergeek]

well for what it is worth, I finished my eagle with an explorer post 12 years ago. I have since taught at a BSA summer camp kilted and done Philmont in kilt. I found that when you are teaching young scouts wilderness survival classes in a kilt it is amazing how the people that were telling you that you were a disgrace to scouting half an hour ago are suddenly telling you what a pleasure it is to work with you when they realize that the kids they can't control in troop meetings are sitting and listening to everything you say with rapt attention. especially after you tell them and the parents with them that they will be spending a night in the wilderness with the others in the group with nothing but a ball of twine and a pocket knife.

[Galician]

I noticed that the rules given early in this thread kept saying that the kilt could be worn only by those of Irish or Scottish ancestry. Has the issue of kiltwearing come up for any troops with members with other ancestries (even Celtic ones, like Breton or Welsh)?

[auld argonian]

I'm aghast at the comments about our kilt wearing members who participate in Scouting getting told that they are somehow being a "disgrace to the regiment" by showing up in a kilt. What gives? I've said on many occasions that a kilt is probably one of the most conservative and traditional things that a guy could wear...what's the deal?

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