Hawera Highland Pipe Band
DRESS UNIFORM CODE
Shoes should preferably be ghillie brogues but plain black lace up shoes will be acceptable.
Shoes will be clean and polished to a high standard whenever on Band duty.
Laces associated with Brogues should be tied as follows:
Pull laces tight, twist the laces together three times at mouth of shoe, pull laces around leg, cross once at rear and tie horizontally in the mid point at the outside of the leg.
On both legs, laces bows and tails should be symmetrical to each other.
The socks should be worn with the tops three fingers distance from the bone on the outside of the knee joint.
The patterns and seams should be vertically straight. The sock top/turndowns should be horizontally even.
The socks should be clean.
Two red Flashes should be worn on both legs and be of equal length.
The leading edge of the flash should be vertically worn in line with the front of the leg.
The sgian dhu should be worn inside the sock of the right leg in the centre of the front right portion of the leg.
Only 38mm (1 ½”) of the sgian dhu handle should be visible above the top of the sock.
The kilt is the most important part of your uniform. The kilt is your trademark, it is what makes you part of your band/clan, and it is very important that you wear it well and wear it with pride.
The kilt should be clean, neatly pressed ad free from creases.
The kilt should fit well; and the bottom of the kilt should rest just above the half way mark of the kneecap.
All tartan kilts have a centre line. This will be found in the pattern, and this line is used to centre the kilt at the front of the body.
The hem of the kilt should be even front to rear.
The sett (pattern) of the kilt should be level from the apron to the pleats.
The kilt pin should be clean and should be polished.
The only kilt pin permissible to be worn are those approved by the Executive of the Band.
The kilt pin should be worn approximately 100mm (4”) UP and 75mm (3”) IN on the front right side of the front of the apron of the kilt.
All parts of the sporran should be clean and tidy.
The sporran should be worn centrally over the front apron of the kilt (the centre of the sporran in line with the centre line of the kilt) with the cantle (top of the sporran) one hand’s breadth below the buckle of the waist belt.
The shirt should be clean, pressed and all buttons fastened.
The tie should be fastened securely around the neck with the knot right in the centre under the points of the collar.
The belt should be clean and polished (both the leather and the buckle) and worn around the waist at the top of the kilt with the buckle positioned centrally (the centre of the buckle in line with the sporran and the centre line of the kilt).
The belt should be worn firm to the body with sufficient tightness to allow one finger to be inserted between the body and the belt.
The runners to the belt should be pushed tight to edge of buckle. No adjustment straps should be visible.
The waistcoat should be in good order, clean and tidy, free from dust and fluff. It should be worn with all buttons closed and fixed in line. The button line of the waistcoat should be in line with the centre line of the kilt.
JACKET
The jacket should be clean and free from creases, with no dust/fluff etc visible.
The buttons/link chain should be securely fixed and all present, with the design correctly orientated. They should also be clean.
All buttons must be fastened.
The Glengarry should be clean and tidy, free from dust and fluff.
The tails should be neatly pressed (no creases).
It should be worn with the point of the Glengarry in line with the nose, 25mm (1”) above the left eyebrow and 13mm (1/2”) above the right eyebrow.
These should be clean and polished and should be firmly secured to the headgear.
A red flash will also be worn securely behind the band cap badge.
All uniform should be taken to every parade. The Drum Major or Pipe Major will decide at the time what is to be worn at that particular parade.
It will be each band persons responsibility to keep their uniform in good order and repair
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