THCD nightmare by some drummers

[Calgacus]

Nice drumming, but that's as far as my charity extends. I'm going to call it how I see it. I reckon they just plain don't have a clue and couldn't be bothered to Google how to do it properly. Hardly "very good examples of wearing a kilt" by any standards, if you ask me.

[Alan H]

Um...guys, that little video is not about "the kilt". It's about being young, cool and a drummer. You hear all the girls screaming in the audience? THAT is what the video is all about. The guys are good drummers. They're probably drummers in a pipe band. They know how to wear a kilt.

Pleats on backwards, no socks, t-shirts hanging out, no sporran? Relax. It's silliness, nothing more.

We here on X Marks are kilt obsessed. EVERYTHING must be judged on how the kilt is presented. Those lads are doing something completely different and the show would be the same if they were wearing paisley ballet tutus.

[Steve Ashton]

Well said Alan. We need to remember that not all kilt wearers want to dress in what here is called TCHD. Even here only a small percentage of our members ascribe to these rules.

These kids are not trying to emulate these rules so let's cut them some slack and enjoy their talent.

[Jock Scot]

Steve.

Whilst I do agree with what you and Alan say about the young drummers. My goodness they are good and fun to watch!

Where I take issue with you and I confess a certain amount of disappointment here, is when you talk about "rules" in THCD. A considerable amount of time and effort(partly at your behest I must add) has recently been spent in explaining that "rules" are not what THCD( admittedly an xmarks term) is about. Conventions, guidlines, and personal flair there certainly are and encouraged, but "Rules" there are not and considerable effort has been spent debunking this "rules" thinking about THCD. Is this talk about THCD " rules" a slip of the tongue on your part, I wonder?

[Steve Ashton]

Well, frankly, if a person calls what these kids are doing a "TCHD nightmare" and then later says "couldn't be bothered to Google how to do it properly". Then yes, TCHD is being held up as some sort of standard. A standard where there is right and wrong. So yes, my use of the word rules is appropriate in this case.

[Jock Scot]

Well, frankly, if a person calls what these kids are doing a "TCHD nightmare" and then later says "couldn't be bothered to Google how to do it properly". Then yes, TCHD is being held up as some sort of standard. A standard where there is right and wrong. So yes, my use of the word rules is appropriate in this case.

I think, with the greatest of respect, particularly after all that work had been done by Colin and Nathan and others on defining THCD, that a mention of conventions, guidlines, and personal flair within a context would be far more appropriate and a suggestion of having a look at the new "sticky" that you yourself authorised would have been more helpful to the OP. But, I am happy to agree to differ.

[Steve Ashton]

Then, in response Jock, let me point you to another sticky which pre-dates the TCHD one by a long margin.



Ladies and Gentlemen of X Marks.

There seems to have been a lot of posts recently about "The right way to wear a kilt." or "What is or is not proper with the kilt."

Just so there are no mistakes about what X Marks is, let me state this as plainly as I can.

This is a kilt forum. It is where those who wear the kilt, appreciate the kilt, or can identify a kilt 2 times out of 3 without having to look in the back of the book, can gather and share our love of this garment we call the kilt.

It does not matter how you wear your kilt or what type of kilt you wear. It is not about what you wear with your kilt.

There are no, and will not be any, Kilt Kops on X Marks. A member can post photos of how they choose to wear their kilt. A member can ask other members for opinions on how their kilt looks. A member can state their preference for their chosen accessories.

But so far no one has been able to come up with a single definition of what a kilt is.
We have as many opinions on what is worn with a kilt as we have members.
It would be the height of egotism for one member to tell another that they are wearing their kilt wrong.

We have members from the Scottish highlands, the lowlands, from elsewhere in the UK, from N. America, Europe, S. Africa, Japan, and about everywhere else you can think of. We even have a member who wintered over in Antarctica with his kilt.

We are a community of kilt wearers. We share and respect the kilt in all its forms and in all the ways it can be worn. Of course we will sometimes disagree among ourselves but when someone outside of our community attempts to tell a member that they are wrong or cannot wear the kilt we band together in support.

Our community is made up of individuals. Individuals who are strong willed, opinionated, self-confidant, and even, sometimes, eccentric. Each has their own reason for wearing the kilt. Even our advertisers and staff participate here as individual members first.

As individuals we can share our opinions. We can offer advice from our own experiences and preferences. We can even state "I would not wear my kilt that way", but we always respect each other for their experiences and preferences.

This forum will welcome anyone who wears, or wishes to wear, the kilt.

Kilt Kops? Well, you're free to tell me that you would not wear your kilt a particular way. What you can't do is try to tell me I am wrong to wear my kilt my way.

Actually, I guess you can try. Just remember that if you do try, you had better bring friends, lots of friends. Because I've got 9,000 X Marks members on my side.

[Pipersson]

They wear the kilt how they consider it to be "cool" I suppose... BUT they wear it!!!