Outside the box, under the chin

[OC Richard]

We're now just over 2 months shy of Burns Night suppers. I'm having trouble finding one...

Try reaching out to the Las Vegas Emerald Society Pipes & Drums.

If there's a Burns Supper in Vegas they will probably know about it, possibly play at it.

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I have a sartorial question. How horrendous a faux pas would it be to wear a celebratory bit of Burns Check tartan (in a bow tie) with one of my own family tartan kilts?

I've seen all sorts of things at our California Burns Suppers. Las Vegas would probably be on par.

In our Left Coast way, many men will be underdressed (by East Coast standards) and many men overdressed (by British standards).

In this milieu there's not much that could be considered a faux pas.

The overdressed men appear to go by the rule "wear everything you own".

Black Prince Charlies, black bow ties, white hose, high-laced ghillies, and strange sporrans are de rigueur but oh no it doesn't stop there, with sginean, dirks, plaids, Glengarries (with big feathers) and a dozen random pins distributed between the jacket lapels and the kilt.