Would you ever wear a feather in your cap, particularly in the U.S.?

[Alan H]

You know, I've sometimes wondered why the games organizers waste the money. Coming from a family with a number of solists, we have a drawer or two filled with medals. You can't exactly wear them, and everybody I know throws them all in a drawer somewhere. Do they really think pipers and drummers care about the bling? It's all about the AGL on the scoresheet, bay-bee. :P

I have them hanging on my bookshelf, where I bump into them all the time.

Here locally, the SHA sometimes gives out small, useful prizes. For example, at Santa Cruz I won a nice little knife for 2nd that I can wear with my Ren Faire outfit. The !st place guy won a reasonably nice wood-handled sgian dubh. At Monterey I won a nice shot glass with the SHA logo on it, perfect for a few fingers of Aberlour while I sew some pleats. At Ventura, they give the class winners a $35 gift certificate at the Buzz Kidder booth, which is *great*. I got a sporran in 2008 when I won the class and I'm still wearing that sporran.

Save the bluidy medals!!!