Highland Games 2005
British Columbia
May 21 - Comox Valley Highland Games, Lewis Park, 489 Old island Highway, Courtenay, www.cvhg.org.
May 22 - Victoria Highland Games, Bullen Park, Esquimalt, www.victoriahighlandgames.com.
June 11 - Sons of Scotland, South Delta Senior Secondary School Oval, 750 - 53rd Street, Delta B.C. www.eteamz.com/sonsofscotland. NOTE: this is a change of venue (from Abbotsford to South Delta).
June 18 - BC & Yukon Legion Highland Gathering, Sooke, www.highlandgathering.ca.
June 25 - BC United Scottish Highland Games, Coquitlam Town Centre Stadium, www.bchighlandgames.com.
July 2 - Penticton Highland Games, Kings Park, Penticton, www.pentictonhighlandgames.com.
July 3-8 - Celtfest 2005 Summer School & Concert Series, Tigh-na-Mara Seaside Resort
July 3-8 - Piping Hot Summer Drummer, Silver Mountain Resort, near Vernon, (world's largest piping and drumming school) www.phsd.net.
Alberta
June 18 - Highland Gathering in the Park, Sherwood Park contact cprowse@prowsechowne.com.
June 25 - Red Deer Highland Games reddeerhighlandgames.ca.
June 26 - Edmonton Scottish Society Highland Games, Edmonton, contact russell.s@telus.net.
August 27 - High River Highland Games, High River www.highriverhighlandgames.com.
September 3 - Calgary Highland Games, Calgary www.calgaryhighlandgames.org.
September 4 - Canmore Highland Games
Saskatchewan
May 20 - Prairie Piping Invitational, Ramada Hotel, Regina at 7:00 PM.
May 21 - Moose Jaw Highland Festival, Crescent Park. Moose Jaw.
May 22 -Regina Highland Games, Campbell Collegiate, 102 Massey Road, Regina.
NOTE: all three can be accessed through www.reginahighlandgames.org.
July 10-15 - Sound Advice, Saskatchewan Pipe Band Association Summer School, Regina, contact iainmacd@sasktel.net.
Washington
June 4-5 - Bellingham Highland Games, Hovander Homestead Park, Bellingham, www.bellinghamhighland.org.
July 10 - Skagit Valley Highland Games, Edgewater Park, Mount Vernon, www.celticarts.org.
July 30-31 - Pacific NW Highland Games, King County Fairgrounds, Enumclaw, www.sshga.org.
Oregon
July 16 - Portland Highland Games, Portland, www.phga.org.
For those in a travel mode, two very large games, one in Canada and the other in the United States.
July 7-10 - Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, Linville North Carolina, www.gmhg.org.
July 29-30 - Glengarry Highland Games, Maxville, Ontario, www.glengarryhighlandgames.com.
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Thanks to Ron McLeod of the Simon Fraser University Centre for Scottish Studies for the above information.
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