interesting true story

[LK-13]

not sure why i haven't posted this before,
when high school graduation rolled around for me in 1984
at Brampton Centennial Secondary School (grade 12 for me, grade 13 for others)
i had the notion that going to the Formal in a Tux was just too ordinary,
i wanted to stick out from the crowd ever so slightly.

i decided that i was going to go "KILTED"! the local formal wear rental place had everything
i needed to do so, from head to toe.
so i figured that i was going to be the sharpest looking guy there;
Prince Charlie, Kilt, Proper Hose, Dress Sporran dressed to the nines.

then i heard a rumor. it turned out to be true.
2 girls in the grad class that didn't like me to begin with
passed around a petition that said if i was not in a Tux i would not be allowed in.

some how they got the idea that wearing a KILT was going in DRAG!
and with my rep for pulling off the wall gags i guess they figured i was going in an evening gown or something.

well i got more than insulted!

now at the time i was an up and coming young drummer in the Toronto music scene.
so i put the word out with some connections i had,
next thing you know NO BAND would play the BCSS Formal,
and NO DJ's would either.
the grad class had to DJ it themselves.

but still can you believe the gall of these 2 girls;
who BTW dropped out of their first semester of college because they both got knocked up.
(but didn't know who the father was.)

classy chicks all the way.

for some reason this kept me out of a Kilt until recently, go fig.
i guess i figured i needed an occasion to wear a Kilt, and once the grad. was over
i had no reason to wear one.
silly me, go fig.

[cessna152towser]

I'm so glad you didn't let the chronic inadequacy of these two sad little girls keep you out of kilts for life.

[Casper]

Actually, just last week my baby bother graduated from high school... he was the only one in the class to show up kilted.

The chicks, and his rugby buddies loved it.

[LK-13]

don't know what their problem was.
i would have been the best dressed man there!

I mean a guy in a Tux just doesn't cut it next to a Man dressed like this:













and a thank you to all that helped prove there is nothing more dashing than
a Kilted Man at a Formal Gathering.

if the guys had started it, i could see why.
the Man in the Kilt would be walking out with all the ladies!
they wouldn't stand a chance.

Cuz, Every Girls Crazy 'bout a Sharp Dressed Man! ZZ Top

[Ozman1944]

Very, VERY classy, Guys!

[NewKilt]

Certainly an unfortunate turn of events - both for you and later for them. On a positive note, you have many years left to enjoy wearing a kilt.

Darrell

[beloitpiper]

Were you allowed in or not? You know, one time I was wearing my kilt to a formal event, and some guys were snickering at me. Then, like a Scottish ghost from the past, a voice in the distance warned them, "Beware the sgian dubh, laddies!" And with that, my girlfriend took my arm, and we strolled into the place like we owned it!

[GMan]

I wish that I would have worn a Kilt in high school, but that is in the past. I finally did get some class and as you say it looks a lot better than a tux, even though a tux looks pretty good.

[LK-13]

Were you allowed in or not? You know, one time I was wearing my kilt to a formal event, and some guys were snickering at me. Then, like a Scottish ghost from the past, a voice in the distance warned them, "Beware the sgian dubh, laddies!" And with that, my girlfriend took my arm, and we strolled into the place like we owned it!

i didn't go, didn't rent the outfit, boycotted the whole even
played a gig in Toronto with one of my bands
(i was in 4 different bands at the time)
so i had a better time than they did.t.

[David Dalglish]

Sad that you did not get to wear your kilt to your school graduation. It was their loss