Your Favorite Kilted Memory

[BEEDEE]

I would have ot say my wedding last year. Both my son's and Jude's son not only wore kilts but held the chuppah for us. My two ushers and a friend who witnessed our marriage licese were also kilted as were two guests and, of course the piper.



It was a Jewish wedding, so we had to photograph kilts and kippot.



Next most memorable was walking out alone after dark with a flaming torch in a mist filled MacRae Meadows at Grandfather Mountain Games this year to announce that Clan MacRae was there.

Brian

[GDub]

...It was a Jewish wedding, so we had to photograph kilts and kippot.

What a GREAT pic!

Our tuba player is Jewish. He has a flair for style, so I've been bugging him about getting a kilt (actually I'm working on all the guys in the band). He says, "Kilts are cool, but Jews don't wear kilts." I just sent him a link to your photo saying, "Some do!" His only possible argument against wearing a kilt now will have to be something like, "Well, I've got bandy legs."

[GMan]

I have many grand and memorable experiences, but one that really stands out is several years ago at Christmas, a group of us who work with the homeless cooked and served a group of men and women a Christmas dinner. After serving everyone we then went out to eat with them. I saw this young guy in his early 20's sitting by himself, so I went to sit by him. We started talking and then he said something to me that really got me going with the water works. His father passed a few days earlier and just loved the Kilt and wore it often. He was unable to attend the funeral, but with me Kilted he said he had some closure.


As a follow up he now has a job managing a restaurant. And is always glad to see me when I show up, he offers me a free meal around Christmas time too.

[Jaggy thistle]

My favourite memory is climbing Ben Nevis with my daughter in the kilt good memory!! could not do it now !!

[Bog Trotter]

I would have to say that my favorite memories in the kilt were my wedding, Christmas Eve services, and the Highland Games. Good memories were always in the kilt.

[Woodsheal]

When I turned 40, my parents, brother, and sisters all chipped in and bought my first kilt as a birthday present: Black Watch tartan, made in Scotland by Lochcarron. Best birthday gift I ever got, even though I officially turned "middle-aged" that day...!

[St. Amish]

I took my son (then 7 years old) to the 2007 Pleasanton Gathering and Games. He had never been exposed to Scottish culture or kilts. The first kilted man he sees, he asks me, "WHAT IS THAT?" I proceed to explain, and without missing a beat, he says, "I'm Scottish, so where's mine?"

I had to buy him one on the spot.

[vipermcgee]

I haven't worn my kilt enough to have a favorite memory yet, but I did have a great time watching people's reactions when I wore my kilt on vacation recently. People in Hot Springs, AR, just aren't used to kilts unless it's St. Patrick's day. I must say it felt great wearing my kilt into the store where I first learned of my Scottish heritage.

Robert

[DryFly]

So far (and it's not far at all) mine would be last winter when I put my car in the ditch on an unplowed snowy corner. The first vehicle to show up was a SUV with a pretty female driver that said "I'd help anybody in a kilt"!

[Riverkilt]

First time I showed my aging mother her Scott family tartan in my new Kathy Lare hand sewn 16 ounce strome. Though diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and not long before she died ,she "got it" - understood my new kilt was in her clan tartan and she beamed with joy to see it. What a treat for her.