Kilt Night in Raleigh, NC - 3/17

[Colin]

I would have thought NC would have been a hot bed for kilts given the Scottish migration there in previous centuries/decades/years.

[furrycelt]

I would have thought NC would have been a hot bed for kilts given the Scottish migration there in previous centuries/decades/years.

It is a sad irony. However, given this state's history, it does help. I think that many see me kilted and react the way we all are used to seeing, but with many North Carolinian's they know what they are seeing, they are just not used to seeing it outside of the movies and history books.

Hopefully we in this area can capitalize on this state's history and make kilts to be as popular as they are in Seattle for example.

-ian

[davedove]

It is a sad irony. However, given this state's history, it does help. I think that many see me kilted and react the way we all are used to seeing, but with many North Carolinian's they know what they are seeing, they are just not used to seeing it outside of the movies and history books.

Hopefully we in this area can capitalize on this state's history and make kilts to be as popular as they are in Seattle for example.

-ian

I'm sure the attitude of most people there is that, Yes there were a lot of people of Scottish ancestry that settled in NC, but nobody wears the kilt anymore except pipers in bands or people at Scottish festivals. "Normal" people just don't wear a kilt for everyday clothes.:rolleyes:

[Magnus Sporrano]

I would have thought NC would have been a hot bed for kilts given the Scottish migration there in previous centuries/decades/years.

Perhaps up in the mountains, but I'm down in the piedmont. Most of our migrants are from New York and New Jersey, not Scotland.

I did have one young soccer hooligan approach me in a Chapel Hill pub... had the Scottish flag tattooed prominently on the back of his neck. He asked me about the tartan and all and razzed me in jest for being a yank in a kilt... and I razzed him back for being a Scot in pants.

But I'm not worried about it. The virus is spreading. I'm already directly responsible for USA Kilts getting two new kilt wearers hooked up down here. And I think a couple of others are near the breaking point after seeing the lasses swoon on friday night.

[JBfromBS]

Raleigh is a little far for me to go for a Friday night, but when we get one together in Charlotte and/or Asheville, I'm in! And the Loch Norman games definitely sounds good.

Joe

[macsim]

A lot of Scots did settle in NC but the kilt-wearing highlanders were concentrated in the southeastern part of the state. Because they chose the side of the King during the American Revolution I think many see them as "Tories." A lot of the Scots moved to Canada or elsewhere after the disaster at Moore's Creek Bridge. Even Flora MacDonald moved back to Scotland. The Scots-Irish on the other hand settled in several different parts of the state, notably the Charlotte area, the Triangle area and the western Piedmont/Iredell Co. area. They were generally on the Patriot side and didn't wear kilts. It's really strange to be at the games sometimes and see how all of Scotland's diverse history has sort of blended into one. Kilts are still for special events here. I'm going to wear mine again for St. Patrick's Day at work and from there I think I'm going to wear it every so often, maybe once a week eventually. I don't think I've ever seen a kilt in public here in Winston-Salem other than at some kind of event. Of course we're a German town and I don't see people in lieterhosen either! (Thank goodness for that. ) Chapel Hill is.......well, it's Chapel Hill. That's about all I can say. :rolleyes:

[Magnus Sporrano]

Myself and my newly kilted buddy David will be at Tir na nOg friday night. May stop at Sammy's in Raleigh first for dinner but I expect we should be there no later than 7pm (earlier if I have anything to say about it).

If you recognize me from my headshot (look for that nosering if you're unsure) please do come over and say hello and introduce yourself.

[furrycelt]

Myself and my newly kilted buddy David will be at Tir na nOg friday night. May stop at Sammy's in Raleigh first for dinner but I expect we should be there no later than 7pm (earlier if I have anything to say about it).

If you recognize me from my headshot (look for that nosering if you're unsure) please do come over and say hello and introduce yourself.

I too will be there with a friend. I should look like my headshot. I'll also have on my olive original UK. Not sure when I will get there, probably later than 7pm.

-ian

[Magnus Sporrano]

From Tnn's web site:

St. Patrick's Day

Join us, 100.7 the River and the Dublin City Ramblers

on that one day

of the year where everyone is Irish!



Schedule:

9am - Irish breakfast buffet

11:30 am- Live Irish Music: Kilcarraugh

3:00pm Live Irish Music: Baile Daire

6:00pm - Legal Cannon (100.7 2nd place house band)

9:00 - Live Irish Music: Dublin City Ramblers

The Dublin City Ramblers are being brough to you, straight from Dublin, by Bushmills!

12:00am - Josephius Riffle (100.7's House Band)



Don't miss a true Irish St. Patrick's Day to remember!!

[Avonlea22]

Chances are good I'm working that day in the am, but I plan on heading over there after work, but will probably be gone before any of you guys get there. I'll be arriving around 2 or 3 and will have to head out by 6pm in order to catch the bus home.