Well I have been beaten with the pictures!

I have to agree the band wasn't brilliant and not up to the usual standard and very limited in the dances - like The Gay Gordons 4 times!

No band has offered an Eightsome Reel since I started attending!

Alan's lovely sporran developed a technical problem - it fell off!

Thanks for the kind comments upon my elegance. I wore my Cornish National tartan as I had acquired a plaid for it at a reasonable price. It was my first plaid purchase and I wanted to see how it looked compared with a PC alone. Even though I say so myself I thought it looked pretty good and it was certainly the most formal I had ever been. For most of the evening I had to take it off because of the heat but somehow they finally managed to turn the air conditioning on!

As to the tie - I know some think that only a black bow tie is good enough to wear with a PC and there have been previous discussions about it. I have four of what are called "scrunchie cravats" in different colours that can co-ordinate with different tartans. I obtained mine from "satin designs" on ebay.

An example can be seen at http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/Gold-Scrunchie...ayphotohosting

I hope that it shows that there is a viable alternative to the boring old black bow ties!

I got a lot of compliments for the tie and also the hose which you have seen on previous photos.

It was great to see so many kilts in one place too, a pity the lighting didn't help them to be seen to full advantage.

I will be putting some pictures up in due course.