The Los Angeles Scots Pipe Band, or, more commonly, the LA Scots, is a
pipe band
A pipe band is a musical ensemble consisting of pipers and drummers. The term pipes and drums, used by military pipe bands is also common.
The most common form of pipe band consists of a section of pipers playing the Great Highland bagpipe, a ...
located in
Orange County
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*Orange County, California, part of the Los Angeles metropolitan area
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,
California
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. The LA Scots have competed at the
grade one Grade 1 may refer to:
*First grade, the first school year of primary education.
*A Grade 1 Graded stakes race horse race
* ''Grade One'' (TV series), a 2014 Chinese TV variety show
*Grade 1 listed building
In the United Kingdom, a listed b ...
level since 1998. In February 2018, the Western United States Pipe Band Association granted a request by the LA Scots to move to Grade 2.
During their time in Grade 1, the band placed ninth in the qualification round at the 2008
World Pipe Band Championships
The World Pipe Band Championships is a pipe band competition held in Glasgow, Scotland. The World Pipe Band Championships as we currently know them have been staged since 1947 although the Grade 1 Pipe Band Competition winners at the annual Cowal ...
, and placed 14th in the qualification round of 2009. In 2007, the band qualified for the Grade 1 competition and placed 11th.
[ Championships]
Pipe Majors
* ''Scott Ruscoe'' (1990–1992)
* ''Scott MacDonald'' (1992–2004)
* ''Colin Armstrong'' ( 2004–2019)
* ''Scott MacDonald'' (2019–present)
Leading Drummers
* ''Tom Foley'' (1991)
* ''Joseph Foley'' (1991–1995)
* ''Duncan Millar'' (1996–1997)
* ''Carl Lenny'' (1998–2000, 2002–2003, 2017-2019)
* ''Andrew Hoinacki'' (2004–2005)
* ''Andrew Brubaker'' (2001, 2006)
* ''Richard Baughman'' (2006–2010)
* ''Glenn Kvidahl'' (2010–2014)
* ''Bryce Parker'' (2015)
* ''Molly Steuber'' (2016)
* ''Steven Graham'' (2022-2023)
* ''Scott Walsh'' (2024-)
Discography
* ''At the Beach'' (1999)
References
External links
Official Site Discussion Group
Grade 2 pipe bands
Musical groups established in 1990
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