Joined Clan MacCool in 2006.

Scott is a retired Air Force senior noncommissioned officer who began playing music relatively late in life. Gaining an affinity for Irish music during his early genealogical pursuits, culminating in a 1999 trip to the "auld soil" in Ireland, Scott picked up a guitar for the first time in 2003 at age 47. Since being recruited by Cindy Warner to join Clan MacCool in March of 2006, Scott has performed at numerous Celtic, piratic and holiday events, large and small, mainly in Virginia's Hampton Roads region. In addition to the guitar, Scott does many lead vocals and plays percussion instruments, primarily the djembe and bodhran. Scott is also training up on the mandolin and will soon be adding that to coming gigs.

Upon Cindy's passing, Scott became the band's leader, but in reality simply considers himself a very lucky guy blessed with the opportunity to perform with some highly talented people.

Joined Clan MacCool in 2009.

Jim is a retired Army officer, former public-school teacher and guidance counselor, musician and entertainer. With his accordion, "Mr. Squeeze" has performed throughout the peninsula and tidewater of Virginia. Jim has played at private events and local restaurants, micro-breweries, festivals and music organizations including the Hampton International Children's Festival, the former Colonial Italian-American Organization CIAO Festival, the College of William and Mary Russian Music Ensemble and the Richmond Masonic Lodge Sauerkrauts Bavarian band. Jim and Jack Van Horn are the duo Stroke of Luck, playing and singing American standards and patriotic music to residents of local retirement and hospice facilities. Jim is a member of the Williamsburg Area Music Teachers Association, the Williamsburg Music Club and the American Accordion Association. He is the founder of the Accordion Renaissance nonprofit charity foundation which promotes the accordion to youth. In addition to teaching, Jim collects, repairs, restores and sells accordions.

Joined Clan MacCool in 2013.

Bethany has been with Clan MacCool band since she was 22 years old. Following in her shipmates' footsteps, she's become a versatile member in the band, whether working on soundboards, singing, dancing or playing musical instruments. As a pirate, mermaid or Celtic vocalist/dancer, Bethany can also be seen performing at various venues and events in Hampton Roads. She performs alongside the Williamsburg Players and Thomas Nelson Community College Courthouse Players. Bethany participates on both on stage and backstage for various entertainment projects in the Hampton Roads area. She also portrays Serena, the mermaid princess at children's birthday parties.

Joined Clan MacCool in 2015.

George Opie, our lead percussionist, retired from engineering to pursue a right brained career in the arts. He started by learning dance at the Virginia Regional Ballet and voice at EVSPA. From there it was on to community theater to develop these new skills. After attending a Clan MacCool rehearsal in 2015 the band brought him aboard.

In addition to Clan MacCool, George can be seen in local theatre productions and performing historic dance. He apologizes for misery caused to his vocal instructors and karaoke venues while practicing his craft.

Joined Clan MacCool in 2019.

Banjo Jack's interest in music reaches back to age 10, when his father played the tenor banjo from the time he was in college. Jack's dad go him started playing the banjo and he's been playing it ever since. While other kids played rock-n-roll on guitars, Jack mastered old banjo tunes from the 1800s to early 1900s, which he considers fun and enjoyable to play. He started with the 5-string banjo while serving in the Navy. During his time in uniform, folk and bluegrass music were popular and enjoyable as well. Jack has been in small bands throughout his career as an amateur musician and has "made a few bucks along the way." Nowadays, he belongs to Clan MacCool and Stroke of Luck with Jim Rice. The latter project gives opportunities for entertaining veterans and seniors who enjoy old tunes. Jack still plays both banjos and says it brings a smile in his heart to perform and see people tapping their toes and singing along.

Joined Clan MacCool in 2019.

If you are connected to the music scene in the Hampton Roads region, you very likely know -- or at least know of -- classical guitarist, bassist and vocalist Robin Mingo Welch, one of the East Coast’s most accomplished musicians.

A musician, music teacher and adjunct instructor at Hampton University, Robin's extensive musical studies have taken him to Switzerland and through seven other European countries. He has also lived in Linz, Austria, where he taught music and led a church choir while studying at the Bruckner Conservatory.

Robin has also had opportunities to play before several political dignitaries, including former Gov. Doug Wilder, an ambassador from Spain and the president of Austria. Hampton Roads music fans knew him through the 1980s-2010s as a featured soloist at Virginia Beach's Jewish Mother Restaurant.

Honorary Clan member Soulevir started Irish dance as a very young child and has done belly dancing since age 16 (and professionally since age 19). Soulevir is one of four founding members of the "F Troupe" belly dance group from Fort Monroe.