Figure 1.--This Scottish piper is a member of a pipeband celebrating the Queen's Jubilee in June 2002. Notice that he wears a plain Glengarry with feathers. Many of the other boys in the band had Glengarrys with diced bands and a red pom. Notice how widely separated the two sides of the Glengarry are.

The proper cap to be worn by a kilted pipe band is the Glengarry bonnet. There are several different versions. There are both plain and diced headbands. They almost always come with streamers. Some have poms. One popular style is a blue Glengerry with a red pom. Glengarrys are worn with full-dress military attire, or when wearing military ribbons and/or armaments with summer (white shirt) uniforms. It is considered inappropriate to wear a Balmoral bonnet with the kilt. I'm not sure why that is. Thus it is thge Glengarry that pipe bands normally wear. Many pipers wear Glengarrys with plaid or checkered bands, but plain blue Glengarrys are also cmmonly worn. The Glengaeeys are wool and and almost all have stramers of various length. Some have have poms--usually red. The Glengarrys come in various colors, most commonly black, navy blue, light blue and green. Some caps have a cockade of different colors. Often this is worn instead of a pom, but not always. A few bands have feather bonnet. These come with or without hackles which come in a range of color. Some caps are worn with clan crest badge. They are worn with all types of caps, either personal clan badge, or band badge when available. Other caps are worn with a decorative feather. They are worn with all types of caps, behind the Cap Badge. Some bands have destinctive colors for the different members of the band. One band for example uses royal or navy blue for the Pipe and Drum-Majors, red for Pipe and Drum-Sergeants, green for Pipe and Drum-Corporals, black and white for all others.

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Created: July 9, 2002
Last updated: July 9, 2002