Schedule of Upcoming
Highland Games
It's getting close to that time of year when we look forward to the skirl of the pipes and the grunts of the Caber tossers - in other words, Highland Games are soon upon us. Here is a schedule for some games:
BRITISH COLUMBIA
May 19 - Comox Valley Highland Games, Lewis Park, 489 Old Island Highway, Courtenay. See: www.cvhg.org.
May 20 - Victoria Highland Games, Bullen Park, 1151 Esquimalt Road, Esquimalt. See: www.victoriahighlandgames.com/events/2007/may/default.html.
June 7 - Caribou Highland Games, Quesnel, mostly dancing and bands. See: www.cariboohighlandgames.com.
June 9 - Sons of Scotland, South Delta Senior Secondary School Oval, 750-53rd Street, Delta. See: eteamz.active.com/sonsofscotland/index.cfm?
June 16 - BC Legion Highland Gathering, Campbell River. See: www.highlandgathering.ca/index.htm.
June 30 - BC Highland Games & Scottish Festival, Percy Perry Stadium (formerly Coquitlam Town Centre Stadium). See: www.bchighlandgames.com.
July 14 - Kamloops Highland Games, Albert McGowan Park , 2025 Summit Drive. (no website found).
ALBERTA
June 10 - Grand Prairie Highland Games, Maklin Field, mostly dancing and Bands. See:
www.gphighlandgames.com.
June 23 - Red Deer Highland Games, Westerner Exposition Park. See: reddeerhighlandgames.ca.
June 24 - Edmonton Highland Games, Grant MacEwan Park, 3105 - 101 Street S.W. Contact: russell.s@shaw.ca.
August 25 - High River Highland Games, Highwood High School, HWY 2A & 12th Avenue, See: www.highriverhighlandgames.com.
September 1 - Calgary Highland Games, Shouldice Park, See: www.calgaryhighlandgames.org.
September 2 - Canmore Highland Games, Centennial Park, Canmore See: www.canmorehighlandgames.ca.
SASKATCHEWAN
May 20 - Regina Highland Games, Campbell College Park, Regina. See: www.reginahighlandgames.org.
WASHINGTON
June 2-3 - Bellingham Highland Games, Pioneer Park, Ferndale. See: www.bellinghamhighland.org.
June 23 - Tacoma Highland Games, Frontier Park, Graham. See: www.tacomagames.org.
July 14-15 - Skagit Valley Highland Games, Edgewater Park, Mount Vernon. See: www.sshga.org.
July 28-29 - Pacific NW Highland Games, Enumclaw Expo Center, Enumclaw. See: www.sshga.org.
OREGON
July 20-21 - Portland Highland Games, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham (just east of Portland off HWY 84). See: www.phga.org.
For those in a travel mood, two very large games, one in Canada and the other in the U.S.
July 12-15 - Grandfather Mountain Highland Games, MacRae Meadows, Linville, North Carolina. See: www.gmhg.org.
August 3-4 - Glengarry Highland Games, Maxville, Ontario. See: www.glengarryhighlandgames.com.
[Special thanks to Ron MacLeod of the Centre for Scottish Studies at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver for the above information summary on upcoming Highland Games.]
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