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    Quote Originally Posted by Scott Gilmore
    ... this is a perfect example of why a real pipe band should NOT dress down....

    Why.... ?

    Is it necessary that pipe bands always take themselves so seriously? Is there no room at all to relax the traditional pomp a bit? :confused:

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raphael
    I will even push the envelope further, I want to see a pipeband wearing leather kilts and sponsored by Harley-Davidson!!!
    And what a wow they would make in Sturgis!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Raphael
    Blu got me thinking: Would it be cool to see a pipe band wearing contemporary kilts?I would love to see it, even just for one parade.
    While I'm sure the some kilt snobs would have something to say about it, as long as the whole band has on the same outfit, it will look sharp.

    Quote Originally Posted by Raphael
    I will even push the envelope further, I want to see a pipeband wearing leather kilts and sponsored by Harley-Davidson!!!
    Sounds interesting, but Harley Davidson has it's own tartan, #5816 at the Scottish Tartans Authority.
    We're fools whether we dance or not, so we might as well dance. - Japanese Proverb

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    Quote Originally Posted by davedove
    Sounds interesting, but Harley Davidson has it's own tartan, #5816 at the Scottish Tartans Authority.
    I hope you know that you just KILLED at least twenty members of this forum!

    LOLOL

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    What? How about leather kilts with the Harley Tartan as a shoulder plaid?

    How about Harley Tartan hose? eh? ever think of that?

    Could be mighty cool.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raphael
    ... I will even push the envelope further, I want to see a pipeband wearing leather kilts and sponsored by Harley-Davidson....
    Oh yahh!... But do you think Robert Pell or any of the other good leather kilt makers could be arm-twisted into outfitting an entire pipe band?

    Quote Originally Posted by arrogcow
    ... I think it may have been the Cincinnati Police band. They were talking to us at the UK booth in both Dayton and Dublin last year about UK's. Of course the Columbus band could have done the same thing...
    Well I shouldn't have been surprised that a pipe band somewhere had not tried the modern variant kilts. As a soft traditionalist, I think they'd look cool, but they would no doubt raise an eyebrow or two from the strict traditionalsts. I prefer to think of the idea as pushing the envelope a bit.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Blu (Ontario)
    Oh yahh!... But do you think Robert Pell or any of the other good leather kilt makers could be arm-twisted into outfitting an entire pipe band?
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    Instead of tiring Robert and other kilt makers' arms, we should instead encourage the leather kilt owners to take up piping and drumming.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Raphael
    Instead of tiring Robert and other kilt makers' arms, we should instead encourage the leather kilt owners to take up piping and drumming.
    A band willing to let loose and have some fun outside of the traditional boundaries... willing to intentionally break the rules both with both the music and attire, might generate some new interest with younger folks.

    The intent not being to dispense with or desecrate the traditional but to celebrate it by puting a fresh face on it.

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    I think it's great that a pipe and drum band would elect to wear non-traditional kilts. But I'm neither a complete traditionalist or non-traditionalist since I wear both.

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    If you're going to have non-traditional kilts on your pipers, then they really should be playing pipes from here:

    http://www.pipefetish.com/

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