Quote Originally Posted by beloitpiper View Post
Man, have you worn those things?? I agree they look awesome, but damn they are a pain to 1) put on 2) move around in and 3) play in.
I most certainly have, feather bonnet and all (ok, i'll admit i was a drummer, and only had a drummer's shawl, and not the full pipers' shawl), and yes, it might take a while to put all the accoutrements of the uniform together, but when you are wearing the full Highland Dress, you know you're wearing a uniform.
This is not to take away from the Evening dress uniforms worn today by most bands, (i also wore this, in the same band), it is also a very smart uniform, but i just love that Full Highland dress!!!!
One aspect i really loved about the full dress, was the spats,................brilliant white spats against black polished brogues,........ahhhhhh...sheer class.

Neil.