I'm a new member - but my interest in kilts stretches back a decade or more. Not anything like a burning passion - but an interest. It was fueled by a bagpiping summer camp (now, sadly gone) at the college where I teach. To be honest, listening to someone just learning to play the pipes is at best an uncomfortable experience but the pipers and drummers always capped off their stay by marching in the 4th of July parade. I always found the music and the swish of rows of kilted pipers brought an unexplainable tear to my eye. Corny but true.

I found this forum while learning more about the kilt. My brief experience here has been unlike any other forum I've belonged to on the net. Folks here are kind, helpful, generous, funny, and diverse. Things mostly missing from other electronic commuities. My family geneaology suggests a tie to Scotland - we'll see, but I do feel like a member of this Xmarks clan. Thanks to all for that.

Phil in Idaho