Los Angeles Scottish Pipe Band Explained
| Los Angeles Scots Pipe Band |
| Location: | Orange County, CA |
| Grade: | 2 |
| Major: | Scott MacDonald |
| Tartan: | Drummond of Perth |
| Honours: | - Grade 2 World Championships:
1st place 1997, Best Drums 1997, Best Bass 1997, 3rd place 1996, 2nd place 1995
- Grade 1 World Championships Final:
11th place 2007 & 2002, Best Bass 1998
- Grade 1 World Championships Qualifier:
4th place 2007, Best Drums 2007 & 2002
- North Berwick Highland Games:
2nd place 2007, Best Drums 2007
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| Website: | www.lascots.org |
The Los Angeles Scots Pipe Band, or, more commonly, the LA Scots, is a pipe band located in Orange County, California. The LA Scots have competed at the grade one 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.[1]
During their time in Grade 1, the band placed ninth in the qualification round at the 2008 World Pipe Band Championships,[2] and placed 14th in the qualification round of 2009.[3] In 2007, the band qualified for the Grade 1 competition and placed 11th.[4]
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
References
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: LA Scots shift to 2nd – pipesdrums.
- Web site: RSPBA - the Heart of the Pipe Band World . 2010-02-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727224025/http://rspba.org/html/bands.php?Year=2008&Band=Los . 2011-07-27 . Angeles Scots
- Web site: RSPBA - the Heart of the Pipe Band World . 2010-02-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727224049/http://rspba.org/html/bands.php?Year=2009&Band=LA . 2011-07-27 . Scots
- Web site: RSPBA - the Heart of the Pipe Band World . 2010-02-17 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110727224152/http://rspba.org/html/majorcontests.php?Year=2007&Contest=World . 2011-07-27 . Championships
