Steve's Birthday, Little Rock, AR 2001Below is a listing of our current membership registry. Is your name and picture here? If not, why not? CLICK HERE TO JOIN. Oh, and just TRY to top Steve Sanders kilt pic...Click on individual pictures for a larger popup version.

 

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NAME:David Robert Wooten

CITY, STATE, COUNTRY:Charleston, South Carolina, USA

EMAIL:david@realmenwearkilts.net

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Clan Johnson - Modern - in honor of my good friend, the late Dr. David Pittman Johnson; also, Bear Kilts' Maple Leaf; Irish National Tartan

FAVORITE VENDOR(S)?:Utilikilts, Amerikilt, Bear Kilts, J.Higgins, Tartan Web, Scotland Yard, Stillwater Kilts

CELTIC/GAELIC ORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH I BELONG:Fellow, Society of Antiquaries of Scotland; Scottish-American Military Society; Heraldry Society of Scotland; Clan Johnstone/Johnston; South Carolina Irish Historical Society; Scottish Society of Charleston

COMMENTS:Sorry guys -since I came up with the site, I get to be the first on the list - but there's lots of space below my name,so SIGN UP NOW!!! I continue to update the pics you see at here, including a couple of shots from the 54th Annual National Debutante Cotillion in Washington, DC. If you've already submitted a picture, and have new ones, please send them in - if you don't have a picture posted here, what are you waiting for? I know you're not shy about wearing a kilt, so you shouldn't be camera-shy...

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Tony & Hope's Wedding, April 2008

 

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Proud father and daughter at May 2003 Renaissance Faire in North Little Rock, Arkansas. Not nearly enough kilt vendors (read zero) - and so I highly recommend that all you kilt vendors out there consider sending representatives to next year's event, which should take place around the same time.

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Local RMWK members at the 2004 Little Rock Irish Parade, plus a few other attendees...

 

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St. Patrick's Day 2006, Charleston, SC

Otto1.jpgmurphy.gifNAME:Michael Patrick Daniel Murphy

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Charleston, Sovereign State of South Carolina,USA

EMAIL:relee96@aol.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Anderson

COMMENTS:I do own the kilt of theIrish ascendancy and wear it asfrequently as possible.  I alsoown an Anderson Clan tartan as I am anHonorary Hereditary Bondsman of thatclan. WEBMASTER NOTE -[Check out Mike in the pic at rightwith Duke DonDiego de Marchuca Vargas; Count andCountess Pier Felice degli Uberti,HI&RH Archduke Otto von Hapsburgof Austria; HI&RH ArchduchessWalburga von HapsburgDouglas]

leppards-deb02.jpgNAME:Susan Riley Leppard, Ladyof Clare Abbey

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Mechanicsburg,Pennsylvania, USA

EMAIL:ForeverKnightOne@msn.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:My husband usually wearsthe Irish saffron kilt

COMMENTS:My husband, Dale, is anavid kilt-wearer.  He alwayswears a kilt to both black and whitetie affairs.

dale.gifNAME:Dale JohnJoseph Leppard, Lord of ClareAbbey

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Mechanicsburg,Pennsylvania, USA

EMAIL:Clonfada@hotmail.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Usually wear the Irishsaffron kilt

Ri&J4.jpgNAME:Jameson Riley McShaneJohnson

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Princeton, New Jersey,USA

EMAIL:jrkathleen@aol.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Yes, I own a ClannMcShane (Ireland) kilt. I wear it toformal functions, to Irish/Scottishfestivals, and to go bird hunting athome in Montana.

FAVORITEVENDOR(S)?:Kilts andMore

COMMENTS:Irish, especially Ulsterfamilies have a long tradition ofwearing some form of a kilt. This is coming out more andmore.  Ignore those who say Irishdidn't wear kilts.  Instead, reada historic account of 15th and 16thcentury Irish Chiefs.

NAME:Andrew P.O'Rourke

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Yorktown Heights, NewYork, USA

EMAIL:apor1@aol.com

COMMENTS:Looking for an O'Rourkekilt

NAME:PatrickKennedy

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:New Hampshire,USA

EMAIL:pw_kennedy@hotmail.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:KennedyModern

COMMENTS:As a Games Rep for ClanKennedy, I get quite a bit of use outof my kilt.

NAME:Roger CarltonSherman

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Tampa, Florida,USA

EMAIL:Roger.Sherman@st-lazarus.net

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:McNichol (mother's familyis a sept)

COMMENTS:Wear kiltboth casually andsemiformally. Social events,occasionally to work

brooks.gifNAME:David VictorBrooks

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Cary, NorthCarolina, USA

EMAIL:dbrooks@nc.rr.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Lately, it has been theClan Grady tartan

FAVORITEVENDOR(S)?:I think that Higginsprobably provides the best value forthe money

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG::St. Andrew's Society ofNorth Carolina; Scots-IrishSociety

COMMENTS:I own three kilts, aswell as a set of trews. The kiltsare in the Maxwell and Galbraithtartans in honor of my grandmothers,as well as the Grady tartan, inasmuchas I am the current president of theGrady family. My trews are in theCounty Kerry tartan, in honor of aminor landholding I have there. I knowmost of the other members, and I'msurprised that they're out of jailalready - they probably thought thatI'd never make paroleeither. Actually, these are somegreat people - it takes real guts towear a kilt, to say nothing of lack ofnerve tissue below yourwaist. I'm glad Dave set up thissite and I'm proud to be amember.

NAME:DanielKanagie

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Philadelphia,Pennsylvania, USA

EMAIL:ras_wic@hotmail.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Not yet. Im designing myown

FAVORITEVENDOR(S)?:No I hold no favourites.We are all workingtogether

COMMENTS:I wear them everywhere,all the time.

blackuk7.jpgNAME:DickAckerman

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Gilford, NewHampshire, USA

EMAIL:rdackerm@together.net

FAVORITEVENDOR(S)?:Utilikilts, The ScottishLion

COMMENTS:I wear it anytime and anyplace. It Takes A Real Man To Wear ASkirt -http://www.geocities.com/rdackerm

NAME:Hugh Cadzow

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Columbia,Pennsylvania, USA

EMAIL:hcadzow@msn.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Hamilton - AncientHunting

COMMENTS:Wear kilttoFormal and semi-formalaffairs.

NAME:Thomas P.Westgaard

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Franklin,Wisconsin, USA

EMAIL:Kileughter@aol.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:MacEwan, Westgaard 

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG::Member/Treasurer, The St.Andrews Society of the City ofMilwaukee; Fellow, Society ofAntiquaries of Scotland

COMMENTS:Wearat1. Formal occasions of:a. St. Andrews Society;b. Order of St. Lazarus; c. OrdoSancti Constantini Magni; d. OtherScottish/Irish formal events. 2.Informal occasions:a. St. PatricksDay Parade; b. Milwaukee HighlandGames; c. Wisconsin Highland Games

johnson.gifNAME:Dr. David PittmanJohnson - RIP

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Tuscaloosa, Alabama,USA

EMAIL:Ljohnson@simplecom.net

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Johnston

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG::Fellow of the Society ofthe Antiquaries of Scotland; Memberand Founding President of the St.Andrews Society of Tuscaloosa; Memberof Clan Johnston/e in America; Fellowof the Society of ScottishArmigers.

COMMENTS:Wear1. at all Scottish events;2. for all formal attireoccasions.

WEBMASTER NOTE -I am saddened to report the passing of my good friend David Johnson on 8 March 2004. He was one of the kindest and most talented men it has ever been my pleasure to know. He will be sorely missed.

kiltpic.jpgNAME:Howard Whitehead

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Texas, USA

EMAIL:hwwhitehead@yahoo.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Leathernecks (USMC)though I am aMcEwan/MacLachlan

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG::None. I considermyself to be Celtic as I have Irish,Scot, and Norwegian ancestry as wellas others. 

FAVORITEVENDOR(S)?:Alexis Malcolm Kilts,Scottish Lion, Utilikilts, HendersonImports, Pipers Cove, Great Scot,Scotland Yard.

COMMENTS:I own 1 traditional kilt(Leathernecks tartan) and 2 Utilikilts(Khaki neo-trad original and Islanderstandard). I wear them whenever andwherever I can and always to formalfunctions and Scot, Irish, Celtic, andRenaissance festivals.

bulger.jpgNAME:MichaelBulger

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Derby, Kansas,USA

EMAIL:mbulger@cox.net

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Royal Stewart

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG::Scottish AmericanMilitary Society

FAVORITEVENDOR(S)?:Royal Scottish Company,Wichita KS; Scottish Lion; CraigieOriginals

COMMENTS:I own a kilt. I wear itfor Guy Fawkes Night, Hogmany,National Tartan Day, at the RoyalScottish Company, (a local pub) and tothe Scottish Festival at McPhersonKansas every September. I wear itoften and proudly.

Carl 1.jpgNAME:Carl Vetter

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Mountain View,California, USA

EMAIL:cavetter@hotmail.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Cunningham

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:Clan Cunningham Societyof America

FAVORITEVENDOR(S)?:Royal Scottish Lion,Utilikilts

COMMENTS:I own a Clan Cunninghamkilt and the rest of the regalia thatI wear on state occasions.  Ijust purchased 2 kilts from Utilikiltand plan on wearing them on a regularbasis.  I just showed theUtilikilt website to my 15 year oldboy and he wants one, too.

NAME:Gunner

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Brattleboro, Vermont,USA

EMAIL:gunnera4@yahoo.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Clan Macbeth plaid, wornusually with a military tan shirt andGlengarry cap when I'm in adon't-give-a-damn mood.

COMMENTS:It takes balls to wear akilt! What's worn under the kilt?Nothing's worn a bit, it's all inperfect working order.

strippers1b.jpgNAME:J. Stephen Sanders

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Eads. Tennessee,USA

EMAIL:stevesande@aol.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:ConfederateMemorial

FAVORITEVENDOR(S)?:J.Higgin

COMMENTS:Own two kilts. Donning akilt several times per week is notunusual - for performances.

NAME:Dwyer Quentin ChristopherWedvick

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Brookfield, Connecticut,USA

EMAIL:dqw@bestweb.net

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:A West of IrelandKilt

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:Heraldry Society ofScotland

FAVORITEVENDOR(S)?:The ScottishLion

COMMENTS:Kiltless, but believe inthe concept of the kilt kult. Amsqueezing and racking the rents tosave for this amazingly wonderfulsymbol of manhood. Hope its as good asdriving around in my old E-Type was!Obviously, the display of kilts isvital so additional promotion of sameis invited and will be entertained

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CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Saint Paul, Minnesota,USA

EMAIL:mark1z@juno.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Clan Guthrie, MacAlister& MN Tartan

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:Clan Guthrie, ClanMacAlister, Minnesota Coalition ofScottish Clans, Twin Cities ScottishClub, St Andrew Society of Minnesota,International Association of TartanStudies/Tartan Educational &Cultural Association, Scottish TartanAuthority

FAVORITEVENDOR(S)?:TheScottishClanStore.com

COMMENTS:I own 3 kilts, I wear toall Scottish events roughly 10 to 15times per year.

thoma1.jpg thoma2.jpgNAME:John MThoma

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Galveston, Texas,USA

EMAIL:jt093812@aol.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Cian

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:Why would an Irishmanjoin a Scottish organization except todrink copious amounts of single maltwhiskey?

FAVORITEVENDOR(S)?:Tartan Web

COMMENTS:I am a cultured Irishgent who has as a best friend abarbarian from Scotland but togetherwe wear our kilts everywhere,especially when we go out shoppingwith our wives. What about us Irishkilt wearing guys?

!cid_001b01c2cbba$fe08a450$6701a8c0@moonfish.jpg !cid_001c01c2cbba$fe104570$6701a8c0@moonfish.jpg NAME:Dan Kujawski

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Minneapolis, Minnesota,USA

EMAIL:donal_mcbain@hotmail.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Black Watch and RoyalStewart

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:I am in a historicalre-enactment group called The Royal42nd Highland Regiment

COMMENTS:I have a number ofkilts. About six years ago, iswore off pants. I generally wearshorts, but I am always looking for anoccasion to wear a kilt. Any timeI need to be a bit more dressed up, Iwear a kilt. This will includeall the major holidays, but even anice dinner out will do. My goal is toeventually swear off shorts, as wellas pants. I think kilts aren't onlyfor formal occasions.

april2002.JPGNAME:James WilliamForrester

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Greenville, SouthCarolina, USA

EMAIL:K4JF@att.net

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Clan Forrester, plus myown personal tartan

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:Clan Forrester Society,others

COMMENTS:Wear at any formalaffair, Highland games, occasionallyjust for fun, and most recently inEdinburgh (at theWitchery)

THOMA.jpgNAME:Thomas MacKayBuchanan

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Houston, Texas,USA

EMAIL:thomas.buchanan@cityofhouston.net

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Buchanan

FAVORITEVENDOR(S)?:Tartan Web. Mr.Gregor is exceedingly helpful andknowledgeable

COMMENTS:Does a real monster livein Loch Ness? Of course I own a kilt.I wear it to church (Presbyterian ofcourse) whenever I go.  I wear itto occasions of all types. In fact, myBarbarian Irish friend and I recentlywore kilts to a Greek Festival (wherewe were warmly received and asked thequestion endlessly.)

JMinnisFamily3.jpg JMinnis2.jpgJ&PMinnis1.jpgNAME:JerryMinnis

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Mesa, Arizona,USA

EMAIL:diarmid@surnames.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Menzies

FAVORITEVENDOR(S)?:My favorite kilt makerwas Bob Martin, but now that he'sretired I don't know who I will havemake up a new kilt for me.  Myfavorite handweaver is Lt. Col. PeterMacDonald from Comrie, Scotland.

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:Clan Menzies Society,Clan Menzies Society N.A., CaledonianSociety of Arizona

COMMENTS:I wear a kilt as often asI can, as I own 3 kilts. I haveno problem wearing a kilt at any time,and have even done so at non-Scottishformal events, as I REFUSE to own atuxedo. The kilt never fails toimpress others by its beauty andsimplicity, as well as its comfort towear.

roberts_scotty.jpgNAME:ScottyRoberts

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Saint Paul, Minnesota,USA

EMAIL:seamus_duggery@hotmail.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Black Watch, Robertson(Donnachaidh)

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:Scottish Society ofMinnesota; The 42nd HighlandRegiment

COMMENTS:I belong to an historicalreenacting group called The 42ndHighland Regiment, so I wear my kiltfor events. I also wear my kilt todress affairs such as weddings,formals, etc. I also wear my kilt tocasual functions with friends.

NAME:Brad Nelson

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Fremont, California,USA

EMAIL:norsebiker@yahoo.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Gunn

COMMENTS:I have 3 kilts. TwoUtilikilts that I wear on a regularbasis anywhere I go. The third is agreat kilt that I wear at SCA eventsin my 13th century highlanderpersona.

LochPicture.jpgglenpic.jpgNAME:Christopher Stevens

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Raleigh, North Carolina,USA

EMAIL:Pingaels@aol.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:MacTavish

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:Clan MacTavish/Thompson,SCOT (Scottish Cultural Organizationof the Triangle)

COMMENTS:I've several kilts, Iwear the more traditional kilt toHighland Games and Gatherings, theeveryday wear kilt from Utilikilts Iveworn to work and around town.

NAME:EddieHackett

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Oakleigh, Victoria,Australia

EMAIL:mr.ed2@bigpond.com.au

COMMENTS:Yes I do own a kilt,a UTILIKILT in black. I wear itevery night and as I have only had fora week, have not been very far in itas yet.

NAME:John Lyley

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Salt Lake City, Utah,USA

EMAIL:lyleyuk@yahoo.co.uk

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Sinclair
FAVORITEVENDOR?:J. Higgins

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:Clan Sinclair Assoc. USAInc., Clan Commissioner for Utah; UtahScottish Association

COMMENTS:I own three of them. Plusa set of Trews. Everywhere I canmostly to my Masonic Lodge St. Andrews#34 www.saintandrewslodge.org

toddpic.JPGwilkinson.jpgtoddmark1.jpgDSC012011.JPGNAME:Todd J. Wilkinson KTJ

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Springfield, Missouri,USA

EMAIL:episcopalscot@yahoo.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Ancient Cumming/Buchan Hunting

FAVORITEVENDOR?:Hector-Russell, Kinloch-Anderson, Burnett & Struath

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:President, Celtic Societyof the Ozarks;RoyalOrder of Scotland; Knight Masons(Irish); FSA Scot.; ScottishKnights Templar, Missouri & Arkansas Representative for Clans Cumming and Gunn; Member of Clan Baird

COMMENTS:I currently own two kiltsin Ancient Gunn and Modern Gunn. Iwear my kilt just about anywhere -- asPresident of our local Celtic Society,to Church (Episcopal), to work (I workas a Local History & GenealogyLibrarian), Masonic functions (RoyalOrder of Scotland, Knight Masons ofIreland) and other occasions that callfor formal dress. I would like to obtain an Irish Saffron kilt aswell. I was married in my kilt on 21September 2002, so there is proofpositive that women like a man in akilt! A great site that I will passalong tae all the kilted lads in myaddress book!

NAME:BartOcheltree

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Sumas, Washington,USA

EMAIL:barto@woodstone.net

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:I plan on joining ClanCampbell.

COMMENTS:I own a Utilikilt. I wearit every wear, and as often as Ican.

NAME:Chris

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:West Monroe, Louisiana,USA

EMAIL:cjbro@bellsouth.net

COMMENTS:I do not own one but have always wanted to. I have noknowledge of  how or in whatcircumstances different types of kiltsare worn, however it is burieddeep in my family history. My familyname on my mothers side isShelton. I know a lot about ourhistory here but little of myhistory from the land of its origin.Is there a plaid that signifies myfamily name or anything else that maybe significant. Any info on thator kilts in general would beappreciated.

NAME:Ed Mauel

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Riverside, California,USA

EMAIL:cefmauel@pe.net

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:United States St. Andrews(MacYank)

FAVORITEVENDOR?:R.P. Blandford & SonLtd.

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:Clan MacColin, a 16thcentury re-enactment group

COMMENTS:I own several: Mor& Beg Scottish events; black tieevents; historical re-enactments(Renaissance and Victorian erasmainly)

NAME:Stephen Robertson

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:San Francisco,California, USA

EMAIL:laughingegg@aol.net

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Clan Robertson, BlackWatch

FAVORITEVENDOR?:The Celtic Craft Centre,San Francisco, CA also Hector Russellin San Francisco

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:My family

COMMENTS:I wear my kilt hiking.Gadding about...at work

NAME:W. KennethMann, Jr DDS, MD

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:New Orleans, Louisiana,USA

EMAIL:RTREVMD@AOL.COM

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Gunn

NAME:Ira Edward Young

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Mountain Home, Idaho,USA

EMAIL:irascotts@yahoo.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:MacDonald /BlackWatch

FAVORITEVENDOR?:Make my own

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:ClanMacDonald

COMMENTS:Wear all the time at homeand 2-3 days out during week. Get someinteresting looks in this small cowboytown.

NAME:Sybren M.Vis

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Wommels - Friesland - TheNetherlands

EMAIL:info@carrynette.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Our band wears Graham ofMontrose

FAVORITEVENDOR?:Carrynette.com

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:The Graham LowlandersPipes & Drums

COMMENTS:Absolutely the best pieceof clothing thinkable....unfortunatelynot very common in our country. But ufthe occasion arises I will wear mykilt with pride. - Slaithe!! Sybren,aka FrisianPiper

NAME:KyleCaruthers

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Arlington, Texas,USA

EMAIL:kyle@bannockburnbridge.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Bruce

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:SCMA

NAME:D. Bruce Bennett

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Longmont, Colorado,USA

EMAIL:art4scots@qwest.net

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:SPDA

Weir.jpgNAME:Charlie Weir

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Rapid City, South Dakota,USA

EMAIL:celtic@Rapidnet.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Weir, modern and ancient;Evans of Wales (new one); member ofBuchanan, MacFarlane and MacNactanclans

FAVORITEVENDOR?:Myself - I own Black HillsCeltic Shop in Rapid City, SD

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:Three aforementionedclans; member and President ofScottish & Irish Society of theBlack Hills (SIS)

COMMENTS:I wear the kilt 5-6 daysa week in the shop in Rapid City, andto all appropriate events.  Mostoften I get admiring stares but theytry to avoid looking like they arestaring.... I do all my everydaybusiness in the kilt, from banking andshopping to eating out at restaurantsand attending parties and specialevents. In fact, I've been in mykilt in 100+ and -40 degrees and thekilt is the most comfortable part ofthe outfit in either case! We have theSturgis Motorcycle Rally here inmid-August every year. This lasttime I encountered the usual,leather-clad, truculent-appearinggroup of bikers on the city streets. Iadded a little swing to my walk as Istrutted past the surly hoard, andadded in my best Highland burr and ina loud voice, "Leatherrr's ferrrpussies--Rrreal men wearrr the kilt!"There followed a stunned silence, butseveral of the crowd came into my shoplater to inquire about costs of kiltsand tartans available for their familynames.

NAME:Josh Scott

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Huntington, Indiana,USA

EMAIL:jsveggies@cs.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Scott Clan

FAVORITEVENDOR?:Utilikilt

COMMENTS:Proud to be a SCOTT!!!Traced some family heritage, got aTartan Kilt, went for the Utilikilt.Hopefully starting something inMidwest Suburbia.

Kilted.MacHouston.jpgNAME:WillamMacHouston

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Jamestown,California, USA

EMAIL:HH@scottish-imports.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:MacDonald,MacGregor, MacLeod, MacPherson,O'Brien

FAVORITEVENDOR?:H&HScottish Imports

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:Clan DonaldUSA, Clan MacGregor, Clan O'Brien,Gold Country Celts

COMMENTS:I live inJamestown, California ... a smallvillage of about 1000 people in theSierra foot hills in the historic GoldRush country, about 150 miles east ofSan Francisco. I wear a Kilt almostdaily and being on the route toseveral Ski locations and YosemitePark, there is a constant flow oftourists through town. Hardly a daypasses with out a car load stopping onMain St. and holding up traffic whilethe cameras and video cameras rollwhile I go about my day on ittown. I also have an old Kiltwhich I wear while mowing the hill Ilive on above town .... which I wearwith rubber boots and a straw hatwhile doing my yard work .... my wifesays thank God there are only threehouses on our road which reduces thechance of my being seen sooutrageously attired ...

murtDancing.jpgmurtGroup Photo.jpgMr. Mrs. Murtaugh.jpgmurtThe Look.jpgNAME:Stephen M.Murtaugh

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Pittsburgh,Pensylvania, USA

EMAIL:S.Murtaugh@irishnation.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Murtaugh FamilyTartan

FAVORITEVENDOR?:House ofTartan, Scottish Lion

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:ScottishTartans Authority

COMMENTS:I usually wearthe kilt, as a great kilt, for Celticfestivals, Renaissance fests and SCAevents. Recently wore Murtaugh familytartan as a great kilt at my wedding.Sometimes I'll wear a generic such asBlack Watch, for a change ofpace.

NAME:David Bell

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Fallbrook,California,USA

EMAIL:dmbellboy@aol.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Bell Of TheBorders

FAVORITEVENDOR?:Geoffrey (Tailor)Kiltmakers and Weavers

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:Clan BellUSA

NAME:James C. Donaldson

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Akron, Ohio,USA

EMAIL:mongolmoose@yahoo.com

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Mac Donald (DRESS)/RoyalStewart(BAND)

FAVORITEVENDOR?:J.C.Higgins

CELTIC/GAELICORGANIZATIONS TO WHICH IBELONG:Akron & District PipeBand

COMMENTS:I have worn the kilt forthe better part of 30 years and haveplayed side drum with a band since1979. I was married in my kilt andnearly attended the bith of mydaughter in a kilt. She came earlywhile I was playing at my pipe sgtswedding reception. I wear my kiltwhenever the chance arises.

NAME:David B. Rodgers

CITY, STATE,COUNTRY:Grove City, Pennsylvania,USA

EMAIL:drodgers@state.pa.us

CLAN/TARTANWORN?:Armagh Co.

FAVORITEVENDOR?:Hector Russell