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Uniform and Tartan |
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Band Uniform The band currently wears the following uniform: Vermont “Dress” tartan kilt, black waist belt, black leather day sporran, black Glengarry cap, light green epaulette shirt, with dark green necktie, cream hose and tartan flashes and black shoes. A black daywear Argyll jacket or dark blue military cut sweater is worn for special events and cold weather. The following uniform items are provided by the band and remain the property of the band at all times: black waist belt, black leather day sporran, necktie, tartan flashes, black Glengarry cap, cream hose, black daywear Argyll jacket and dark blue military cut sweater. Band kilts will be provided as follows: 1) kilt may be purchased outright for a set fee, 2) payment of 50% of purchase price and after five years of regular band service the kilt will be owned by the member, 3) the kilt will be issued and remain the property of the band at all times. The band member will be expected to purchase a standard band shirt and black dress shoes.
The Vermont Dress Tartan was designed by the family of Lilias MacBean Hart, a Scot who now resides in Wilmington Vermont and owns the Quaigh Design Center. The fabric was woven at her family Woolen Mill in Scotland. The fabric was then brought to the nearby Lochcarron Kilt Makers shop and made to our measurements there. Our thanks to Donald Ransom of Scotland by the Yard for taking our kilt measurements; a needed professional touch! The Vermont Tartan was adopted by the Vermont Legislature as the “official” state Tartan. Thanks are also due to the St. Andrews Society of Vermont, who was gifted the rights to the Tartan by Lilias MacBean Hart, and as our original sponsor has allowed us to use it as our band kilt. The Society also holds the rights to the “Green Mountain Tartan, designed by Anne Somers, a long time Society member. |
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