Quote Originally Posted by Barb T. View Post
Actually, dancers who compete in Scottish Highland dancing _don't_ wear kilt pins.
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Quite right, Barb, as the photo shows.
I have not taken part in highland competitions and had never really paid attention to the details of the dancers' clothes -- I watch their feet -- and I imagined they would have pins like most other kilt-wearers. Probably a safety factor -- it would be most awkward if two flying kilts got their pins entangled when on display.

Actually this happened to me once in country dancing, and as my kilt was held together by a belt and had not buckles at the side, it was slightly embarassing !

Martin