The Cyril Scott Pipe Band was created in January 1997. It was formed as a competition band from upper grade pipers and drummers living in and around Central and Southwestern Ohio, with a few devotees from Northern Kentucky. The band takes its name from the Cyril Scott Printing Company in Lancaster, Ohio. The President and owner of Cyril Scott, Mr. E. L. McClelland, generously sponsored the band’s uniform and equipment needs during its start up. It is on Mr. McClelland’s behalf that the band proudly wears the Ancient MacLellan tartan and adopts the MacLellan clan crest as the band’s peculiar but “colorful” logo.

Since 2002, a smaller and more localized membership maintains rehearsal activity. In 2006, the band elected a music board to help create a teaching band. Thanks to these instructional resources, a base of new talent is emerging from the area giving Cyril Scott the opportunity to form a Grade-IV band. It is our goal to build ranks once again into a larger, more formidable Grade-III pipe band.

We seek to perform publicly whenever possible for enjoyment and experience. It is our intent to bolster “esprit d’ corps” by extending a warm welcome to all levels of players, from raw beginner to advanced professional. The most important criteria isn’t playing ability but rather strong enthusiasm for bagpipe and drum playing and to enjoy one’s self. We also encourage collaboration between piping, pipe band playing and ceilidh performance with other Scottish folk music, instruments, and Scots dance.

contest in Glasgow, Scotland, and took 2nd place among 30 other Grade-III bands.

The band returned to Scotland in year 2000 to compete once more at the world championship level. In two preliminary contests, Millennium Pipes, Edinburgh, and Strathallan, Bridge of Allan, Cyril-Scott placed 2nd and 3rd respectively among 16 other Grade-III bands. That year at the World’s, the Band placed a respectable 14th out of 28.