Tartan Day, Apr. 6

[GG]

Just wanted to know what others were doing on Tartan Day.

I started out on a long walk, on this day knowing precisely what to say if anybody asked why I was wearing a kilt: “Because today is Tartan Day.”
I’m living in an area with well educated and knowing people around, but I really doubt that “Tartan” should mean anything to the majority of them. Had I answered “kilt day”, they should have understood, but then after having checked out on the Internet they had realized that an official kilt day does not exist.
I had a very good walk with birds singing and squirrels fooling about. Nobody asked.
When I came home I said to my wife, who in the meantime had gone up and was preparing the breakfast: “Today is tartan day”.
“Tartan day; does that mean that you are going to wear your kilt all the day?” she asked smiling. She knows what tartan means; because I have told her.
“Yes, darling, today everyone in possession of a kilt is wearing it.”
And so I did.

Greg

www.dress2kilt.eu

[Cerebite]

"Methinks I will have to design a Storrington tartan, or a Kilt Kollection tartan, sometime." -Hammish [emphasis mine

One of my favorite Hawaiian shirts is a patchwork of various designs. I saw that comment and thought how cool a kilt made up of a patchwork of all of the tartans that you own would be.

For Tartan Day "all" I did was wear the kilt to church but the day before I wore it to a Kite festival [disappointing, too many people, not enough wind] and the Tartan Day Celebration here in Denver [note to self, must get those pics off of the camera]

[Troy]

Here in Australia, Tartan Day is celebrated on July 1st (the anniversary of the repeal of the Act of Proscription). However, the State Director of my Department, who hails from Glasgow, sent me an email on Monday which contained a lovely Tartan Day greeting, along with a complete transcription of the Declaration of Arbroath!

We had a chat later in the day, and he asked me if I would be interested in organising a July 1st Tartan Day here in the State Office, whereby we could hold a Scottish-themed morning tea with all tartan wearing attendees making a donation to charity. I also hit upon the idea of selling tartan ribbons to those who don't own an article of tartan clothing. As there are over 1000 people here in the office I think we should be able to raise at least a few hundred dollars.

I have to say I'm pretty honoured to have been approched by the "Big Boss" to organise such an event!

Regards,

Troy