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3rd April 14, 06:13 PM
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Indeed, I indubitably do not need No. 1 dress just yet... It's more of a want, really. A very, very, very, very, very, very expensive want. In case you were wondering, I have no intentions of wearing this yet. I would never subject my clients, audiences, innocent bystanders, or people-of-the-like to such an atrocious looking outfit.
I like the feel of full hose over my feet. Hose tops just don't feel natural, and they make me feel like I'm doing it half-way.
~Live Long and Piobaireachd~
Jordan "Grip" Langehennig
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3rd April 14, 07:15 PM
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I'm in the same boat.
30 years ago I had a very nice Full Dress kit, but that was many pounds ago, and I don't have a single component of that kit any more.
A number of years ago I bought a Patrol Dress jacket, which allows me to look a bit more showy than the ordinary modern Argyll jacket kit, and it's served me well in a large number of gigs.
But then I got all excited about putting together a Black Watch piper's Full Dress kit, just a year or so ago. I still don't have all the elements! Full Dress takes so many things!
Here's my old Full Dress in the mid-1980s
Nowadays if they ask for fancy dress all I have is the Patrol Dress jacket. Wearing a feather bonnet with it isn't proper at all!
Last edited by OC Richard; 3rd April 14 at 08:35 PM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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5th April 14, 08:12 AM
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What tartan do you have on in the older picture Rchard? Looks sharp!
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5th April 14, 10:46 AM
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 Originally Posted by Stoneyburnpiper
What tartan do you have on in the older picture Rchard? Looks sharp!
It's the British Columbia provincial tartan, SBP. I think it looks sharp as well, and I really like the matching hose.
"Touch not the cat bot a glove."
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6th April 14, 05:42 PM
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Yes our pipe band wore that tartan (British Columbia) with ordinary pipe band kit (Argyll jacket, white hose, etc) but my Pipe Major and I got Hose Tops, Full Plaids, and Pipe Ribbons in that tartan, and back then we did a load of duet gigs in Full Dress. We also had Full Hose made, because we did a number of duet gigs in Evening Dress with Prince Charlies, full tartan hose, and buckled shoes.
We ordered a full bolt of tartan from Lochcarron, in 1986, in kilt weight, because they had previously only woven it in the weight they use for neckties.
Last edited by OC Richard; 6th April 14 at 05:44 PM.
Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte
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