Malcolm Brown-Scott

Bagpipes

Accountant

First lessons with John 'Gabby' Roe of the Scots Guards whilst dad played with Blue Bonnets ' City of London in 1974. Moved to Coldstream in 1975. Played under father in Coldstream BB pipe band. Also played for Coldstream Pipe Band and Galashiels British Legion.

1985 to 1988 was pipe sergeant of Blue Bonnets ' City of London's G3. Joined Scottish Gas pipe band G1 in 1989. 1990 and 1991 Links of Forth Pipe G2 band then back to Scottish Gas Pipe Band G2. Joined Vale of Atholl G1 in 1997 under Ian Duncan and Gordon Duncan (pipe Sgt) and latterly Andy Renwick (pipe Sgt). Played with the Vale until 2007 with some successful years with Andy Renwick and Adrian Cramb (pipe Sgt). Joined Linlithgow and District G3 under Alistair Mclaughlan in 2009. Joined Torphichen and Bathgate G1 in 2012 under Stuart Shedden and stayed until 2016 until band folded - leaving as a pipe sergeant of the Grade 2 band and pipe major of the Novice Juvenile B band. With The Vale I played in many concerts - the Worlds concert, the millennium concert, with Dan ar Braz in the Stad de France to name a few. I won the RSPBA centenary tune competition.

Favourite band is still 'The Vale' as an organisation but to listen to... not sure I have one.

Anything The Vale played. It was just a pleasure to play the concert material of Ian and Gordon Duncan and Andy Renwick.

Bathgate competitions (because I can get a taxi home)... or Princess street gardens.

Privileged to know, play and be in the company of Gordon Duncan. A genius!

Getting on stage with Bagad Kemper and Carlos Nunez to play the finale of their concert... shouldn't have been there but you do these things when you've had a few shandies! Being pipe major of Torphichen novice B.

Helping SFRS progress.