Quote Originally Posted by kiltedsawyer View Post
The guy on the far right clearly has the kilt on backwards. But the guy on the far left has two straps on the right side, but buckled in reverse. Is this a skirt?

Cheers,

David
WAY back when I was in college, I made my first venture into wearing the family colors. Shortly after arrival for my freshman year, I discovered that my dorm advisor played the Pipes (AMAZINGLY well). He was the Pipe Major for the College's band, so 2 or 3 of us minnows came under his wing and acquired practice chanters. My 5 years younger sister had a ladies kilt in the almost impossibly garish red Robertson modern dress tartan, which I borrowed from her and wore whenever the band performed over the next four years. I never got beyond learning Scotland the Brave, The Rowan Tree, and one other march whose name I can't remember (no, it was NOT my favorite, The Black Bear); to keep the bag inflated, I had to plug the drones with wine corks. Two summers ago and more than 50 years later, sitting in the stands at the Edinburgh Royal Military Tattoo, my sister "reminded" me that I'd never returned that kilt! Back when I wore it, I had NO practical understanding of the differences between kilts and kilted skirts, but no one else complained when I wore it.

My mom, a small, much loved, but fierce disciplinarian high school English Teacher, was buried in her favorite teaching uniform (Robertson Red Waistcoat, silk blouse, and kilt). My sister gathered the attire and delivered it to the undertaker, but when we all arrived for the wake, Margie was horrified to discover that he'd dressed Mom with the pleats IN FRONT!

Of course, her requiem Eucharist was highlighted by a piper celebrating her life with the singularly AMERICAN tune that is so beautiful on the Pipes: (no, this is not a link to that performance, but it brings tears to my eyes every time I watch and listen:


It makes no difference whether you're an atheist, flat-earther who's certain the universe was created in six days, or anywhere in between, if you've ever loved MUSIC, you'll be visiting this URL many, many times with tears in your own eyes.