My children's hospital charitable foundation puts on a pretty fancy black tie fundraising event each holiday season call the Snow Ball-------BMW raffle, high priced silent auction, dinner, dance band, the whole thing. Wife and I were invited by the hospital president to sit at one of his tables with other administrators and department heads and had a royal blast. Lots of turning heads and positive comments for the kilt, way too many function photographers following us around taking posed and spontaneous photos. I ran into another department head who was also kilted-- our chief neuroradiologist was in PC and Black Watch looking grand.

I was trying to downplay the kilt by wearing the Black Isle tartan with my Holyrood/Brian Boru, with charcoal grey fancy top red/grey hose, maroon flashes, calfhide dress sporran with hangers (belt staid hidden with buckle rotated under my waistcoat), ghillies, and standard 1/8 inch ruffle front tuxedo shirt and black bowwtie. My wife was concerned about the peacock effect of the kilt when I would be next to her in her eggplant ballgown. I think she looks great. Me? Ok.









Me with my colleague in his PC and Black Watch. Neither of us were expecting to see another kiltie at such an event, but were pleasantly surprised when we ran into each other. May have found another Louisville kiltie for future kilt nights.

And I did not win the BMW or any of the auctions I bid on. Bummer. Still a great dinner with great company, and technically, other than wedding attire, my first black tie outing---and kilted at that.

jeff