When TO and when NOT to wear a sporran?

[Sir William]

No disrespect, as they say in Wiltshire, but if you need to move your sporran to the side whilst scottish country dancing, you're wearing it either too high or too low. I have never had a problem with my sporran in all the 40 years I've been scottish country or highland dancing.

Excellent point but its not the reason I do it and I should have been more specific.

I don't have a problem with the sporran itself bouncing or getting in the way. I like tassels on my sporrans - but I hate the tapping noise they make hitting the sporran when I'm dancing (though my wife says she can't hear it). I probably should get a sporran without tassels for dancing but I like the look. So I just move it to the side when dancing where the tassels don't make any, or at least not as much, noise. As a general rule I try to leave it in place but after awhile the tapping noise begins to bother me so I move it.