strathspey@strathspey.org:43988

Mike Briggs

Re: Scottish Country Dancing VS Scottish Folk Dancing

Jan. 31, 2006, 11:03 a.m. (Message 43988, in reply to message 43978)

The high school in Jackson, MO, by the way, is McIntosh High School.

Apparently that was not the only incident of kiltophobia in the US
last year:  "Eric Schulzentenberg was stunned when school chiefs in
Alexandria, Minnesota, ruled his Highland dress did not comply with
their dress code."  Guardian, April 27 2005.

This is the one that I was thinking of:  "A schoolboy who dressed up
for his high school prom in full Scottish highland regalia, including
the skean-dhu - a small dagger kept in the sock - has been banned from
attending his school for carrying a weapon. The 16-year-old was unable
to persuade staff at his school in Holt, Michigan,that the item was as
accepted a part of his costume as the kilt and sporran, which he also
wore."  Guardian, July 26 2001.

Perhaps they manage these affairs better in England:

http://www.promdress.co.uk/suits/mainpage.htm

Mike



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