Denny Winston Dodd II lost his brief battle with cancer on July 9, 2002, when he was a member of the Grandfather Mountain Highlanders Pipe Band of the Triad. Denny was 57 years old. He had played the bagpipes since he was 16 years old. Denny was never destined to be a great piper, but that's not what he wanted out of piping...he wanted to have fun and be around people he loved. The details of Denny's piping career are not what will long endure in the hearts of those who knew him. What made Denny stand apart was who he was. Everyone who knew Denny loved him. He had a spirit and personality that made him glow. Denny was a sincere man with a good and kind heart. He was creative, compassionate, and loyal. Denny's humility and zest for life served as both an inspiration and a model. Denny lived the kind of life that those of us he left behind can only try to emulate. It is to the memory of the very special man that the Denny W. Dodd Memorial Scholarship has been established.

The Denny W. Dodd Memorial Scholarship has been established to encourage members of the Jamestown Pipes and Drums to develop Denny's zest for life, kind heart, compassion, creativity, and loving fun filled spirit while improving their music skills by attending piping schools, seminars and workshops where they can obtain expert instruction from World-class pipers.