| Glengarry |
Clean
and tidy with no sweat stains
Ribbons should be ironed
Glengarry to be worn one inch above eyebrows, with a tilt to the right
eyebrow, one finger width. Ribbons hang down back of head in centre. |
| Shirt |
Clean and ironed.
Keep shirt silver buttons and epaulette slides on at all times. When
jacket is removed, you will then look nice and tidy. |
| Tie |
Clean and ironed.
Preferably tie a "Windsor" knot in the tie. Click
here for how to do it. The bottom of the tie should be to top
of kilt or belt buckle. The thin "tail" of the tie should
be kept in the tag at back of the tie, and not in the shirt, unless
too long - as in junior members of the band. |
| Kilt |
Clean and free
of lint. Use piece of packing tape to take any lint off. Bottom of
kilt should cut across knees when standing at attention. Keep a centre
set of line in kilt. |
| Kilt
Pin |
Should be worn
within 13cm up on right front apron and 8cm in. The centre circle
on the kilt pin is the measure of the 13cm up and 8cm in. |
| Waist
Belt |
Clean and polish
(do not use black shoe polish). To clean use "Waproo" Shoo
Glo to get previous polish off, follow instructions on tube and packet.
Then use "Kiwi Leather Express Applicator", again follow
instructions. Clean off with soft cloth. Clean and polish all silver
buckles with silver cleaning cloth to gain shine. |
| Sporran |
Should be worn
with chain or leather strap comfortably in groin with sporran bag
hanging centred in middle of kilt. Follow an imaginary line down through
shirt buttons, buckle and sporran and also keep a centre line with
the "set" of the kilt. If in need of cleaning, follow for
waist belt. Silver chain kept clean with silver cloth. Leather belt
on sporran use "Kiwi Leather Express Applicator". Side and
tenor drummers please note: Wear your sporran bag on right rear rump.
If you wear your sporran bag at front as directed, it should swing
around to ideal position and again everyone should seem to wear it
in the same position. |
| Hose |
Washed and clean.
Keep a seam on shin bone. Hose turnover should be uniformly even through
band. Generally hose have a top turnover for guidance. Don't pull
hose up over knees, as they will stretch out of shape |
| Flashes |
Should be no
more than 5cm from under turnover of hose and one finger width to
outside of shin bone as a guideline so all band members wear in the
same position uniformly. |
| Shoes |
Should be kept
polished - again do not use black shoe polish, use "Kiwi Leather
Express Applicator" and soft cloth. For tying Ghillie Brogues,
follow these steps to get a s close as possible to full uniformity
throughout the band.
| Step
1 |
Pull
laces as tight as possible on shoe |
| Step
2 |
Stretch
laces apart. Then cross over three times as close as possible
to top of shoe. |
| Step
3 |
This crossing
should be firm and straight and in line of shin bone |
| Step
4 |
Take laces
around each side of ankle, just above the ankle bone on each
side, and cross over at back. |
| Step
5 |
Then bring
laces to front and cross over at shin above the 3 tie |
| Step
6 |
Take laces
around to back again higher up and cross over. |
| Step
7 |
Hold one
lace and take the other lace to front around back of leg higher
up again and at side of leg nd tie with ordinary "shoe
lace" tie, making sure you make two neat loops. |
| Note |
To make
the final tie and bow, it may be better and neater to make one
lace longer than the other, so that the lace going around in
Step 7 would finish up the same length as the other lace. |
|
| Jacket |
Keep clean and
tidy and free of lint - polish silver buttons with silver cloth. No
polish liquid should be used. Use clothes brush or packing tape to
remove any lint |
