[Dixielandjazz] Bagpipes -- My Experience

[David Richoux]

Most men who wear kilts (at least the Scottish Traditionalists,  
anyway)  will not take too kindly to the word "costume" in  
association with their Kilt and other clothing and accessories that  
are the "traditional garb."  Uniforms, yes  (if Military, Police or  
other such band,) "Full Kit,"  Formal Garments, terms like that are OK.

(a search on [ kilt not costume ] turns up a lot of discussion on  
this. ) It is much more stringent than the "Straws & Stripes" kind of  
thing that pops up on this list!

I have "jammed" with bagpipers at the end of many a parade - they  
seems to work well with brass instruments.

Dave Richoux (1/4 Scottish ancestry, more or less ;-)

On Aug 13, 2007, at 4:28 PM, Mike Woitowicz wrote:

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> The bartender said that since we were obviously American tourists,  
> we might be interested in staying a while, since a bus with a  
> touring Scottish marching band was going to stop by in a few hours  
> to put on a musical demonstration in the pub's parking lot. We  
> stayed, and sure enough a group of bagpipers, drummers and other  
> assorted instruments in full costume unloaded and put on a marching  
> demonstration for an hour or so.
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