World Pipe Band Championships

2007: 11th Place, Grade One and Grade Four

The Band came in 12th place in the qualifier, and did not make it into the finals. Overall, the band came in 20th Place.

The Band made it through the Qualifier round in 4th place in the morning, and drew the last position for the afternoon finals. Overall, the band came in 11th Place.

The Band finished 9th in the Qualifier round, missing the finals by two places. The rumour about the Band being disqualified is not true. Overall, the band came in 16th Place.

The Band made it through the Qualifier round in the morning, and was able to finish with both the MSR and Medley in the afternoon before the heavy rain began pouring down on the field.

Overall, the band came in 11th Place, and even came home with the trophy for Best Bass! The Bass Section was ecstatic, only two years after winning the same award in Grade Two.

1998 marked the LA Scots' first full year in Grade One, and the first time in the Grade One circle at the World Championships. The format of the Grade One contest at the Worlds was also new for 1998. Any band that finished below 6th Place in 1997 was required to play an MSR in the morning for one of the six remaining spots in the finals (along with the top six bands from the year before.)

The LA Scots placed 7th in the morning's preliminary round, missing the finals by one place. That left the band at 13th Place overall the first time in Grade One!

On August 16, 1997, the Los Angeles Scottish Pipe Band became the first pipe band from the USA to win the prestigious Grade Two World Pipe Band Championships. This was the 4th time the LA Scots have traveled to Scotland in as many years in an effort to win the coveted title of Grade Two World Champions. In its first effort in 1994 the band placed an amazing 4th in a field of 36 bands winning the best overseas band. The next two years brought more trophies from Scotland and Northern Ireland including a tie for first in 1995 at the World Championships. Then in 1997 the band tried for a 4th time for the championships and this time met with success, and what success it was. In all the LA Scots won 5 of the 6 winning trophies (just missing the overall Marching and Deportment trophy) the Royal Scottish Pipe Band Association gives out and all three of the musical trophies giving the LA Scots a clean sweep of the prize list. Total prizes in Grade Two earned that day were: World Pipe Band Championships Best Drum Corps Best Bass Section Best Overseas Band Best Overseas Marching and Deportment

1997 T-Shirt Design (back)

The LA Scots placed 3rd in Grade Two in the 1996 World Championships.

1996 T-Shirt Design (back)

In August of 1995, the Band tied for 1st Place in points, and was awarded 2nd Place on an ensemble preference.

1995 T-Shirt Design (back)

In the LA Scots' first time competing at the World Pipe Band Championships, the Band placed 4th in a field of 36 bands, winning Best Overseas Band in Grade Two.

1994 T-Shirt Design (back)