New York City Tartan Day Parade 2009

**Galician** · 8th April 09, 06:22 AM

Good eye! Now I'm glad I wore the cap, but it's not a tam, it's the traditional cap of Catalonia in Spain. I should try to get a shot of it to post here, it's high and flops down on one side.

**Highlander31** · 8th April 09, 09:29 AM

Nice photos. I like the pipe band headgear.

**starbkjrus** · 8th April 09, 10:05 AM

I notice that Alan Cummings is wearing a 21st Century Kilt Suit. Howie certainly is getting some good PR these days.

**Galician** · 8th April 09, 10:31 AM

I think I've seen pics of Cummings in TFCK suits before. He might be partial to them. Plus I'm pretty sure he's known Howie for a while now.

**pdcorlis** · 8th April 09, 10:38 AM

Yup - looks like Howie is making a real dent in the tweed kilt market - good for him!

One more thing, don't let anyone kid you - that is NOT a caber, that is a log... Us folks up here in Idaho know a log when we see one...

**Galician** · 23rd May 09, 07:36 PM

My apologies for the delay, but I am making my first attempt at adding pics from Photobucket here.

Here are some of the rabble at a pre-parade lunch

Here I am in my new Tewksbury in the Highland Granite tartan

and the mandatory pleat shot!

The group shot after lunch outside the restaurant

The X Markers present were (2ndL) Baysideboy, formerly of NYC; (center) Klingon Warrior, and myself on the far right.

**Galician** · 23rd May 09, 09:12 PM

The rabble waits in anticipation

(L-R) Mrs. and Mr. Klingon Warrior, Baysideboy and some friends

same as above, minus Mrs. KW, and with me on the far right in my Catalan cap

our resident Celtic scholar, Cirathilion, in his customary Maple Leaf tartan, and his lovely wife, Arathilien

The parade starts! led by the mounted members of the NYPD

**Galician** · 23rd May 09, 09:31 PM

My apologies for the quality of some of the photos. The parade was kept moving at a very good pace.

Here is my shot of the Grand Marshall for this year's parade, the Scottish actor Alan Cummings, waving in his tweed TFCK kilt.

**JolyStNicholas** · 24th May 09, 02:25 AM

grand photos one and all, thank you for sharing.

**Hamish** · 24th May 09, 04:48 AM

Originally Posted by Galician

I think I've seen pics of Cummings in TFCK suits before. He might be partial to them. Plus I'm pretty sure he's known Howie for a while now.

Cummings isn't the only one (!!!). He has long been a client of Howie and has at least two of his kilt suits.

Strange how these things set one thinking: I have just realised that I had my first Howie kilt suit nine, yes nine, years ago - and now I have five of them.

Take care,
Ham.