St.Andrew's Day

Hello!

How are you guys doing?

Yesterday was St. Andrew’s Day.

St. Andrew’s day is Scotland’s national day and because of that, we learned a lot about the Scottish traditions and culture. Despite dating back for almost a thousand years, Scottish traditions are just as alive today as they were in the 12th century. Changing with every generation, Scottish culture is living, breathing, and constantly evolving.
St Andrew's Day is celebrated on the 30th of November and is marked with a celebration of Scottish culture with traditional Scottish food, music and dance.
In school we learned that they celebrate St Andrew’s Day to celebrate the life of St. Andrew, who is the patron saint of Scotland, Greece and Russia. St. Andrew was a fisherman and brother of the disciple Simon Peter, also called St. Peter. He was also the first disciple of Jesus Christ.
Our school held a special St Andrew's Day events so i am going to tell you all about it!

St Andrew's Day is an official flag day in Scotland, so we started the day in the schoolyard raising the flag and singing "Flower of Scotland".  Scotland doesn’t have a official national, however, a number of songs are used as unofficial Scottish national anthems.
Scottish music is a significant aspect of the nation's culture, with both traditional and modern influences, so after we were in the schoolyard we went inside where we learned to dance Scottish country dancing, and it was so fun! But it was really hard to learn because the dance instructor was speaking Scottish Gaelic, and i couldn’t understand a word he said! In Scotland the most normal language is  Scottish English, but its also quite normal to speak Scots and Scottish Gaelic too. The dialect of English spoken in Scotland is referred to as Scottish English.

 We also learned how to play bagpipe. The bagpipe is the national instrument of Scotland. Today the bagpipes are used in military pipe bands, in folk bands and solo performances. Bagpipe music has roots in Scottish culture and there are roughly two main styles of music played on the bagpipes, Ceòl Mór and Ceòl Beag, which means ‘big music’ and ‘little music’.

During lunchtime we had to eat traditional Scottish food, and we all know the stereotypical notions of traditional Scottish food – haggis and whisky. Scotch whisky, which is famous across the globe and as popular in Scotland as it has ever been, is possibly one of Scotland’s most well-known inventions. (unfortunately for me) We’re so young that they didn’t serve whisky at school, but they did serve haggis, and let me tell you- it tasted terrible. Haggis is a savoury pudding containing sheep's pluck minced with onion, oatmeal, suet, spices, and salt, mixed with stock, and traditionally encased in the animal's stomach and simmered for approximately three hours.  Would you eat that? I don’t think so! 

Fortunately for me they served other tings in at school too.  Thanks to Scotland's new elite of super-chefs like Gordon Ramsay, Nick Nairn and Andrew Fairlie who is taking the country's incredible natural produce – their beef, venison and seafood – and elevating them to Michelin starred levels, the school served a good mix of beef, venison and seafood along with the haggis. (Thank god!)

After this exiting day at school some friends and I went shopping.  We walked pass a Subway and at first i didn’t noticed anything but then i walked by again and i saw that the Subway logo was black instead of green! I asked my friend why it was black instead of green, and they told me that in Larkhall they associate green with Catholicism, Irish republicanism and the football team Glasgow Celtic. And in Larkhall, the majority of people are Protestant, unionist, and supporters of another Glasgow football team, Rangers. I thing it’s a stupid reason to change the color on a sign, but it also show their pride of their culture and traditions!

Now I’m going to go to bed, i have a big English test tomorrow! Wish me luck!

-Rachel Alexandra

Sources:

http://www.scotsman.com/news/nothing-about-larkhall-is-black-and-white-1-916560
http://www.scotland.org/celebrate-scotland/st-andrews-day
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Andrew's_Day

Larkhall Festival

Last Friday this guy in my class, Matteo, told me to dress up and bring my friends to the Royal Hall Pub at 6.30pm that night. From all the times we have hung out I know that when he plans something, the night is going to be amazing. I asked the others if they wanted to join me and they said yes, so we all dressed up and went to the pub. There were pretty many people there, so we had to look around a bit before we found Matteo and the others` table. When i asked him what we were going to do that night he burst in to laughter with all our other friends. He then explained us that the Larkhall Festival was starting today, which is the biggest happening in the whole year. I had heard an older couple talking about it on the bus, but they only talked about children's choirs and so I thought that it was a boring festival. Boy, was i wrong!

We started the night at the pub as a pre-party before we got to the actual party at Casino Royal a few blocks away. It was filled with people all with a drink in one hand and a dancing partner in the other. The party was called “Dress to impress; an evening of roulette and cocktails,” and I must say the party was as it`s name. All men wore ties and all women dresses and we were much underdressed, but our friend`s father owned the club so we got in anyway. Oda, Matteo and I quickly got in to the gambling where we won cash that we lost quickly to the bar. When we got tired of that we found the others again on the dance floor with Marius being the main attraction dancing like no one else I have ever seen. After a while the music got turned down and a man stood up on the bar desk and greeted us all to the opening of the Larkhall Festival. Then the party continued for a bit before we got sent home to rest for tomorrow.

The next morning we met the others at St Saviours Church after breakfast to be introduced to a new tradition they had. We each got a white mask who we would decorate just as we wanted with colors and feathers and whatever we wanted. Then we were off to walk in the Alice Park  Parade, whoever she was. The parade was mostly just children as the parents usually look at their children marching, but anyone who wanted to could join. It was a short distance to march, but Larkhall isn`t that big so it probably couldn`t be any further if they wanted to keep it in the city.

After the Parade we went off to Alice Park (wow, I need to find out who she is) for a big painting competition were you paint on the pathways. It was not really a competition, but they gave prizes to the ones they liked the best, so we had to win something. We could not be more than six on a group so we had to split up in two teams. My team stared painting a huge, red dragon flying over a bright blue sea with a ship on it. We almost finished in time before the prizes were given, and even though our painting was uneven and not finished we got the prize for most creative. Our mates on the other team had painted a garden with flowers and bird and got the prize for best details.

Next we went in to town again for the food festival at Larkhall Inn Garden. The garden was enormous with willows and birds and then I realized that this was the garden the other team had painted. It was beautiful, and the food was so good. There were local farmers and food makers both selling and giving free tastes of so much food. This one farmer sold the best carrots I have ever tasted, so I spent rest of the day eating endless of carrots from a bag I bought from him. There was also a “Bake Off” where all the bakeries who didn`t win was free for everyone to take. Oda was first in and manage to take a whole chocolate cake for her self.

The rest of the day we just walked around at New Oriel Hall trying all the different activities and wearing them all. They had many “make it your self” activities such as print makings, still life drawing, make your own book and much more. My favorite was the one where you made your own book because I made it myself and it is the only one like it in the world. This book is now my notebook for school where I write down any tests or homework that are given, so I do use it every day.

We did get pretty tired of walking around trying all there was, so we decided to head back to Royal Hall for dinner. Before we got our food we all had to show each other everything we made that day so there was a lot of laughing coming from our table. We all ate both dinner and dessert before we went home to rest.

The day was all so great and I met so many new people and did so much fun that I wouldn`t stop smiling before I fell asleep. We all looked forward to the next day wondering what activities there were going to be and how fun it was this whole day.

The next day and the day after were just as exiting, but I will never forget the Saturday as it was the best day in my whole exchange year.

Peace out! 

sources: 

http://www.google.com/imghp
http://www.larkhall-festival.org.uk/

British Government

One day there was a really famous visitor at school. The queen, the queen of Britain. Queen Elizabeth II. The day started with practicing to the royal visit. We made a lot of food, local of course, and learned songs and other things to present for the queen. Some of the pupils trained on meeting the queen, they were so lucky that they were going to talk to her royal highness. When the clock passed twelve the school bell rung and everybody run into their classroom. I was so interested that I watched out of the window all the time, and then I saw her. There were a lot of police cars, and this big black car in the middle of them. The car drove up to the main entrance and then someone walked out, I wasn’t able to se who it was, but I think it was the queen.

Everybody in school gathered in the assembly hall. We all rose up and started to sing a song for her majesty when she entered the room. How cool wasn’t that to have the head of the state at the school. She is really powerful - she can dissolve the Parliament, appoint government ministers, judges and officers, confer peerages and knighthoods, remit sentences to convicted criminals and declare war or make peace.

The queen is the head of state. The government governs in the name of the Queen. The majority party forms a government, but the Queen “chooses” the government as in Norway. The ministers in the government are members from the House of Commons and the House of Lords. Today the government consists of one Prime Minister, 21 Cabinet ministers and 99 other ministers. Together it makes 121 ministers in the government. The Cabinet consists of the senior members of the government. Every Tuesday, members of the Cabinet gather and discuss the most important questions for the government.

The Parliament is the seat of democracy in Britain. The parliament’s job is to pass laws, raise enough money through taxation, to examine government policy and administration and discuss important political issues. The Parliament in England consists of two Houses; The House of Commons and the House of Lords. Both of them are making laws, and they are checking the work of the government.

In the House of Commons the members are elected by the people. There are 650 members in the House of Commons which mean that there are 650 constituencies in the U.K. Every constituency has a member in the House of Commons. Normally this member comes from one of the three largest parties in the U.K; The Conservative Party, the Labour Party and the Liberal Party. In England there are 533 constituencies, there are 40 in Wales, 59 in Scotland and 18 in Northern Ireland. Together this is 650 members; all the members in The House of Commons. The only problem is that in the Commons debating chamber there are only seats for 370 members. Every day begins with the Question Time where the MPs (members of the parliament) can ask questions to the ministers. The Commons has a meeting every weekday afternoon.

The House of Lords is not democratic. In the House of Lords there are 1197 members. The members in the House of Lords have got there seat because of their position in the country. The House of Lord’s job is quite similar to the House of Commons. Daily around 300 members meet in the House of Lords.

-Marius

Sources:

http://www.parliament.uk/business/commons/members-of-the-house-of-commons-/

http://www.parliament.uk/business/lords/whos-in-the-house-of-lords/members-and-their-roles/

http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/elections-and-voting/constituencies/

http://www.parliament.uk/about/how/role/system/

British humor

Today it was a really boring day at school; we only listened to the teacher speaking and learning things we already knew. Then after school it was much better, we went to the Rondo theatre in Lancaster to see a show. The show was performed by Rowan Atkinson, this time as Mr. Bean. The show was really good and I think it’s a good example of real good British humor. I am a really big fan of Mr. Bean and I have watched his 14 episodes at least ten times. So for me this show was really amazing and I enjoyed it so much.

British humor is defined as the humor in the United Kingdom and the British Commonwealth. In the British humor there is a lot of sarcasm and undervaluing one self. I like the sarcasm when it is connected to humor, and I think it’s really funny. Emotions and feeling are buried under the humor, and sometimes maybe too much. There are jokes about almost everything and most of it is about unimportant issues. British humor has been popular all around the world and has been an important channel for export of the British culture. Some good examples on good British humor are The office, Derek and Mr. Bean.

Mr. Bean often seems to not really understand how the world really works. The programs are often about normal things, things people easily do, but that is not so easy for Mr. Bean. Ordinary things such as going swimming, using a television or going to church often messes up for him. The things that make this funny are how Mr. Bean handles the situations and how he is improvising situations and making it really funny. Mr. Bean lives alone, but he has a teddy bear named Teddy and this is perhaps his best friend. He always wears a tweed jacket and a skinny red tie. He also usually wears a digital calculator watch. Mr. Bean does never speak unless is totally necessary, but when he does, it’s generally only a few words.

-Marius

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_humour

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mr._Bean

Larkhall

Since this Is one of our last days here in Scotland I think it’s time to let you know some more about the place we are living and the school we are attending to. To be honest, when I first got the news that I was going to be an exchange student in Larkhall was I quite disappointed. Like everybody else did I want to live in one of the biggest cities in UK (for example London). But this year has been way better than I first expected.

                                         Postoffice and cafe in downtown Larkhall

Larkhall is a town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland and is around 23 km southeast of Glasgow (largest city in Scotland). Even if it’s so near to Glasgow does they only have a population of around 15.000 people. Larkhall is a typical west of Scotland industrial town (traditionally a textile area) but most of Larkhall’s traditional industries have now shut. Personally do I think it’s bad that they had to shut down, both because it has a big role in Larkhall’s history and it could be interesting for us to visit and see how they made things at the factories.  

All of us lived in host families near the school, and I think that helped us getting into the society and new routines in our daily life.

We are pupils at Larkhall Academy, which is the only high school in Larkhall. I wrote a little bit about the uniforms we have to wear and the rules about it in my post about dress code. I think it has been really liberating to don’t think about what you should wear every morning, and that the school is a place were people (especially the girls) dress properly.

                  This is a picture that showes what our school looks like from the outside

I can say from my heart that this has been the best year in my life, and I’m pretty sure that Marius, Angelika and Rachel agree with me. 

xxx Oda

Sources:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larkhall (04.02.14)

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7048/7083523491_651098dc34_o.jpg (04.02.14) 

http://s0.geograph.org.uk/geophotos/03/25/58/3255896_d5895813.jpg (04.02.14)

Sport

Well, to be honest; I have always thought that UK isn’t that much into sport as other countries in the world, but after being here for a while I figured out that I was wrong.

Scotland is a big arena for different types of sports, and they are actually arranges The Commonwealth Games later this year! The Commonwealth Games will be placed in Glasgow, and since Larkhall is just 20 minutes away I think it is a big chance that all of us will attend in the audience.

Since we are students (or pupils as they insist calling us) at Larkhall Academy I thought that this blog post would be a good opportunity to tell you something about how the sports at Larkhall Academy works.

 

At Larkhall Academy we have fourteen different clubs’ we could join. At the start of the semester could we chose between joining the Badminton Club, Boxercise, Boys’ Football, Girls’ Football, Candid, Dance Club, Jogging club, Music, Netball Club, Rugby Club, Table Tennis Club, Trampoline Club, Volleyball Club and Writers’ Club. Eleven of this clubs’ are sport related. Since all of us are quite interested in sport, we decided to join one team each, and after the season we would tell each other’s about how the club we decided to join was.

 

Angelika and Marius wanted to try sports that are not especially popular in Norway, so Angelika joined the Badminton Club and Marius joined the Rugby Club. First I thought about joining the Girls’ Football, but I have played soccer for about nine years in Norway so I though it was time to chose another sport. Therefore I decided to join the Dance Club.

 

Badminton Club

The school badminton club has over 70 pupils playing each year and meets twice a week (Tuesdays and Thursdays) at the Larkhall Leisure Centre. The school teams participate every year in the Quaich competitions that are a Scottish Cup. This cup holds place around Easter, and our school participate every year. We also have a school championship, and the finals are always played 12^th January. This year did Larkhall academy won, so Angelika was really excited!

 

 

This picture was taken in the finale which Angelika and her best friend Poung won.

 

Dance Club

I was joining the dance club, and I doesn´t regret a moment for that decision! This dancing club is a fantastic opportunity for all student´s who loves to dance. This is an energetic dance class taken by the fully qualified dance coach, Miss Griffin! We mostly dance Street Dance, but we also have with some elements of hip-hop and jazz dance. We have a big Dance Competition in the end of February, so I’m really excited for that! I am fortunately selected to represent Larkhall Academy in the competition, so I am both nervous and happy to be one of the student´s Miss Griffin chose to take on the team.

 

Jogging Club

Rachel has been joining the jogging club this semester. The jogging club meets on Mondays after school in the Games Hall. They jog for 20 minutes along with their favourite songs through the speakers. Rachel’s favourite song to jog to is Wrecking Ball – Miley Cyrus. Mrs Gordon, Miss Moore and Mrs Miller also take part in the club. When I talked to Rachel she said: “If you are looking to improve your fitness in a friendly, non-competitive environment then come along and join the fun!”

 

Rugby Club

This is a new club at school where Mr Mitchell and Mr Warnock, with support from Hamilton Rugby Club, have put together a squad of players. Sadly is this a club only for the boys at school (sexist?). Many of the players had never played rugby before they joined Larkhall Academy Rugby Club, and Marius is so lucky that he got a opportunity to join the schools first Rugby Club in the history! Training took place on Thursdays after school on the grass pitch where the players enjoyed learning how to play the game and developing their passing and tackling skills. Since Mr Mitchell and Mr Warnock created the team with support from Hamilton Rugby Club was they so lucky that the team could attend at a training day at Hamilton Rugby Club along with players from South Lanarkshire Schools. Marius and the other boys really enjoyed the experience.

 

 

This is Marius and his team after they won the local tournament.

xxx Oda



Sources:
http://www.glasgow2014.com/ (29.01.14)
http://ww2.hdnux.com/photos/22/46/1/4875369/3/628x471.jpg (04.02.14)
http://www.larkhall.s-lanark.sch.uk/page65.html (04.02.14)
http://www.larkhall.s-lanark.sch.uk/danceclub.html (04.02.14)
http://www.larkhall.s-lanark.sch.uk/jogging_club.html (04.02.14)
http://www.larkhall.s-lanark.sch.uk/rugby.html (04.02.14)

Food

The first thing I wanted to try when we arrived was the famous “full English breakfast” or as it is here “full Scottish”. This is a, no wait, it is the breakfast here in UK, and if you have ever watched a TV show or a movie from the UK you should have seen it been eaten. As my favorite TV-show is Skins, I had seen this breakfast in many episodes and wanted to try it myself to see if I felt more British at it. I thought that since we were going to live here only a year we needed to adjust fast, so I decided that the first thing we were going to do was to eat a proper Scottish breakfast.

Right after we got of the buss from the airport I dragged everyone in to a small, red colored pub right across the street called Curly`s. The pub`s entrance was decorated with different flags from the UK and some other counties, but I did not find a Norwegian flag, so I figured out that I could buy them one just for the fun of it. Anyway, when we walked in to the pub we got greeted by a middle aged man who called him self “Mackay” who showed us to a table in the corner by the bar. It was 11`o`clock, so most people were at work except for an old man, a mother and son, and the man who worked there. Mackay came over to us with four menus, but I had already decided on what we all were going to eat so I ordered four orange juices and four of the “Egg and bacon-stuff that were in all the British movies”. The man laughed at my description of the breakfast and repeated my saying as he walked in to the kitchen.

After about 15 minutes we each got a huge plate with fried eggs, a lot of bacon, sausages, baked beans in tomato sauce, toast, grilled tomato, mushrooms and a white jelly-looking thing I wasn`t so sure about. None of us wanted to be the first one to try the jelly, so we asked the waiter what it was just to be prepared for what it would taste like. He explained to us that the jelly was really a pudding and was made out of pork meat and fat, oatmeal, bread and suet, which was worse than what we had imagined. Not one of us tasted the pudding, but the rest of the meal was mostly eaten up on each plate.

I personally must say that I really liked the breakfast (except the pudding of course), but the tomato sauce was kind of weird to eat as breakfast and I didn`t think that it went to well with the rest, taste wise. I do hope that this is something I will get used to, having tomato sauce in my breakfast, but at the same time, no one likes all kind of food, right?

Later that day we went out to eat again, but this time we went to a different pub called Royal hall, which was right across the street from where we`d eaten breakfast. Anyway, the dish we ate was fish and chips, a very famous dish that goes back to the 17<sup>th</sup> century where it became a stock meal for the working class in the North Sea. The dish is very old, and really not that special, so I can`t understand why it is so famous and big here in the UK. When I got the dish I was kind of disappointed. Why would someone make such a big deal out of this? It was just a plate with fried cod and French fries, nothing special, really. The taste was okay, but it was nothing special about the dish so I must say it was kind of boring. It`s not much more to say.

Then it was time for desserts. Just for fun, we chose to go to a new pub just to try out the different pubs in town. We walked around the corner from Royal hall and found our dessert place, Clydesdale Bar. It was now afternoon and the bar was half full so the volume of voices was high. We each ordered Cranachan, which were raspberries, whipped cream, whiskey and honey put in layers in a transparent glass. This dessert I loved! Berries and whipped cream is always good, but the whiskey made it so much better. I recommend everyone to try this dessert as it is a “wow!” and you will not regret it!

Finally, I can say that I have experienced Scottish food pretty well today, and I will give it a 6,5 out of 10, but this is only counting my experiences today, so my judgment might change in a couple of weeks when I have tasted more Scottish food.

Peace out! 

Sources:

http://www.yell.com/s/pubs-larkhall-lanarkshire.html 

http://www.google.com/imghp

Dress code in Scotland

Hey!

Fitting in a new society and school can be hard, especially when you are from another country and don’t know how the rules for everything is.

When I first came to Scotland I thought the difference between Norwegian and Scottish dressing culture would be really different from each others. I thought that Norwegians would dress a lot more challenging, and that the Scottish teenagers would dress in more traditional clothes. I was totally wrong. I actually feel that it is the opposite.

All the girls here in Larkhall are wearing hot pants and mini skirts, and when it’s cold they only put a pair of dark tights under. Some of them also put on platform soles! For me is this like entering a time warp.

 

How they dress is very much about which social rank they are in. People in Larkhall are not the richest people in Scotland, and I think that has a big effect on how they dress. They are lower middle class. People in a higher social ranks dress more classy and traditional, probably to show others that they aren’t por.

School uniform

Scottish law is not specific on the question of school uniform. Basically it depends on what the policy on clothing and uniforms in every municipality says about it. Some schools don’t forces their students to wear a uniform, but it’s normally on most of the schools in Scotland. A student can not be disciplines for not wearing a uniform if their parents don’t want their child to wear it, but the student can be disciplined by the school if they refuse to wear it and the school thinks it cause problems.

How the uniform are depends form school to school. Some uniforms may include shirt and tie when others can be so simple as a jumper and pants. It is very rarely accepted to go with jeans at school.

At our school (Larkhall Academy) we have a uniform who is mostly the same as all the other High Schools in Scotland. It includes a shirt, tie and a blazer with our schools badge. The girls use skirts while the boys use pants.

Larkhall Academy has published what their uniform includes at their website:

·         Blue blazer with school badge

·         Plain white school shirt (not polo)

·         Blue plain v-neck jumper or cardigan or tank top (no fashion labels)

·         Blue plain trousers or skirt (avoid cargo styles or similar)

·         New tie

This is a picture of us in our school uniform. Since it was our first day at school we didn’t know we had to wear a tie, but we have used it every day since the photo was taken.

I will also upload a picture of what our ties looks like.

Highland dress

We just had about Highland dress (which is the traditional dress in Scotland) at school. It was very interesting to learn about the history and how to use it.

Historically wasn’t the highland dress as popular as it is today. In 1947 did the British government ban the wearing and the bagpipes, which were seen as an instrument of war. This remained in force until 1783. During the ban, the only people who were legally allowed to wear the highland dress were pipers in the military, and then only in their regimental tartan.

Male highland dress includes kilt, sporran, sgian dubh and ghillies (shoes with thick sole, no tongues and long laces).The laces are wrapped around and tied above the ankles so they don’t get pulled of.

Female highland dress includes ghillies (with thin soles for indoor wear and dancing). Women and girls don’t wear kilts, but they wear ankle-length tartan skirts or a tartan dress.

Ghillies












































Highland dress


Since the highland dress is a formal wear do they have different types of it. I’m going to describe three different types of the highland dress.

Morning dress:

·         Black (or charcoal) semi-formal kilt jacket in superfine wool or barathea.

·         Five- or six-button waistcoat in black, grey, putty or tartan

·         Kilt

·         White shirt with turndown collar, French cuffs and cufflinks

·         Tie in a single colour

·         Black brogues

·         Tartan, argyle, diced or dark hose (white and off-white hose should be avoided)

·         Flasher or garter ties

·         Day Dress sporran. These have less intricate designs and are often black leather.

·         Day Dress sgian dubh. These are typically made of horn or antler

·         Dirk

Black tie:

·         Black barathea jacket with silver buttons—Regulation Doublet, Prince Charlie (coatee), Brian Boru, Braemar, Argyll, and black mess jackets are suitable. There is some contention about whether the Duke of Montrose and Sheriffmuir doublets are too formal for black-tie occasions.

·         Matching or tartan waistcoat

·         Kilt

·         White shirt with shirt studs, French or barrel cuffs, and a turn-down collar (wing collars are reserved for white tie in most locales)

·         Black bow tie or white lace jabot

·         Evening dress brogues

·         Full-dress kilt hose (Off-white hose are often seen but are deplored by some, such as the late David Lumsden of Cushnie)

·         Silk flashes or garter ties

·         dress sporran with silver chain

·         Black, silver-mounted Sgian dubh

·         Dirk (optional)

·         Highland bonnet with crest badge (only suitable out of doors)

White tie:

·         Formal kilt doublet in barathea or velvet— the regulation doublet, Montrose doublet, Sheriffmuir doublet, and Kenmore doublet are suitable in a variety of colours. Velvet is considered to be a more formal material. Tartan jackets are also seen.

·         Waistcoat in white marcella, tartan (usually to match the kilt), red, or the same material as the doublet; no waistcoat is worn with the Kenmore doublet

·         Kilt with formal kilt pin

·         White stiff-front shirt with wing collar and white, gold, or silver studs and cufflinks for the regulation doublet, or a white formal shirt and optional lace cuffs for the Montrose, Sheriffmuir, and Kenmore doublets

·         White lace jabot; a black silk or white marcella bow tie may be worn in place of the jabot with the regulation doublet (highland wear often includes a black bow tie even at white-tie events)

·         Black formal shoes or black buckle brogues

·         Tartan or diced kilt hose

·         Silk garter flashes or garter ties

·         Silver-mounted Sporran in fur, sealskin, or hair with a silver chain belt

·         Black, silver-mounted, and jeweled sgian dubh

·         Short belted plaid with silver plaid brooch (optional)

·         Scottish dirk (optional)

·         Highland bonnet with badge (only worn out of doors)

 xxx Oda


Sources:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Highland_dress (28.01.2014)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_uniforms_by_country#Scotland (28.01.2014)
http://www.larkhall.s-lanark.sch.uk/index.html (28.01.2014)
http://www.stjohnspark-h.schoolwebsites.com.au/Sites/sjphs/Cms/PictureGalleries/1864/a3.jpg (28.01.2014)
http://www.macgregorandmacduff.co.uk/history-of-the-kilt (28.01.2014)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/12/Ghillie.JPG (28.01.2014)
http://stella81.files.wordpress.com/2010/01/gizmokat.jpg (28.01.2014)