Difference between a "dancing" kilt and any other, and liners?

[wildrover]

If you go to any Highland Games, you'll see that 95% of Highland dancers (maybe more) are girls (and I mean girls, not women). 6-16 sort of age range. So that's why I assumed female.

Aha ...that explains what I've seen. I just figured the adults and the guys were later in the day, and never stuck around for more than a couple minutes since I've mostly just seen little kids doing it, outside of YouTube. Bummer then, that the guys with the Scots Guards are such an exception.

Male dancers wear both dress and dark tartans if they compete as dancers, but most wear 11-13 oz tartan for exactly the same reason - too heavy and hot to leap around in a 16 oz kilt (and the weight of the back of the kilt flying can throw off a spin).

Got it...so if I get a lighter weight kilt for summer, it'll suffice if I decide to start Highland dancing again .

Tho I'll admit, wearing a kilt in an otherwise p@ntsed culture is one thing, but it'll take a lot of heavy thinking as to whether or not I'd be comfortable in that environment ...and I imagine an adult male could be a bit of a quandary for an instructor who's used to working with little girls, if my experience in the dance department in college is any indicator...and those were college girls. If you're a guy in America, where the heck do you go, to learn this stuff?

Anyhow, thanks for the advice Barb!

-Sean