Our Story
PASADENA SCOTS THROUGH THE YEARS
2006
The year we began! The Pasadena Scots started our journey under the leadership of Jennifer Febre, our founding Pipe Major.
2007
Have pipes, will travel! Our band brought our music and Southern California goodwill to Pasadena’s Sister City in China, the Xicheng District of Beijing.
2008
The Pasadena Scots have always had the drive to improve. There’s no better way to do that than by participating in the Piping Hot Summer Drummer school in British Columbia, Canada hosted by piping legend Jack Lee.
2009
Our inaugural trip to the home of the bagpipes! Our band competed in the World Pipe Band Championship in Glasgow, Scotland where we placed 6th in Grade 4B. An incredible and invaluable piping experience!
2010
Since our band is based out of Southern California, it only makes sense we’d go Hollywood. We fired up the pipes and drums to record music on the motion picture soundtrack for How to Train Your Dragon.
2011
We competed for the second time in the World Pipe Band Championship in Glasgow, Scotland but this time as a Grade 3 band.
2012
We got our kicks by hosting the Pipes & Sticks on Route 66 Concert in Pasadena. The prestigious event featured piping legends Willie McCallum,
Angus MacColl, Stuart Liddell and two of the greatest drummers of all time, Jim Kilpatrick and Mike Cole.
The Pasadena Scots also got into the holiday spirit when we recorded with Rod Stewart for his PBS television special Merry Christmas, Baby.
2013
We marched for the first time in the Los Angeles Pride Parade. Playing in the parade has become an annual tradition for the band.
2014
Bagpipes and beers! MacLeod Ale Brewing Co. became our major sponsor.
2015
Our band was featured in an extended-length, three-minute Ford Transit commercial directed by acclaimed director Christopher Guest.
2016
Trevor Takahashi becomes Pipe Major of the Grade 3 band.
Our entry-level Grade 5 Band is also formed, bringing new members into the Pasadena Scots’ family.
2017
The Pasadena Scots went down to Georgia! We competed at the Stone Mountain Highland Games just outside of Atlanta.
2018
In our third trip to the World Pipe Band Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, we were crowned the Grade 3B Champions! Check out the band’s reaction to the announcement on our
YouTube page.
2019
Bagpipes on ice! During the celebration around St. Patrick’s Day, the Pasadena Scots were invited to play the national anthem at Staples Center for a National Hockey League game between the Los Angeles Kings and Florida Panthers.
A couple members of our band are actual rocket scientists. Employed at Pasadena’s NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), they were asked to play the pipes and drums as part of the official release ceremony of the 50th Anniversary Moon Landing stamp by the US Postal Service.
We competed at one of our usual games, the Pleasanton Highland Games in Northern California.
2020
We placed 1st in the Grade 3 MSR at the Queen Mary Scottish Festival
2021
Scott Sanger becomes Grade 3 Pipe Major. Scott, has been with our organization since 2018. He is a dedicated and conscientious individual, and an extremely talented piper. Scott was pipe major for the Glendora High School band and subsequently played with the Grade 1 LA Scots.
2022
One of the games from this season was the Monterey Highland Games.
We performed at a number of interesting gigs including the City of Pasadena Veteran’s Day tribute to veterans.
