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Hourly Schedule

Highland Dance - Highland Dance Tent

8:00am - 8:30am
Morning Registration
8:30am
Atlantic Open Championship
Premier
12:30pm
Afternoon Registration
1:00pm
New Brunswick Highland Games Pre-Premier Highland competition
Primary, Beginner, Novice, Intermediate
2:00pm
Demonstration Event
FREE demonstration event for non-competitive dancers

Piping & Drumming - Parade Square

8:30am - 12:30pm
Solo Piping & Drumming Competitions
12:30pm
Massed Bands (Opening Ceremony)
2:00pm - 4:00pm
Pipe Band Competitions / Drum Fanfare Competition
5:00pm
Massed Bands (Awards Ceremony)

Scottish Athletics - Athletic Field

9:00am - 12:00pm
Junior (under 10) and Men's Amateur Athletic Competition
Open Stone, Light Weight for Distance, Heavy Weight for Distance, Hammer Toss, Caber Toss, Weight for Height
12:00pm - 5:00pm
Men's Professional Heavy Athletic Events
22 lb. Braemar Stone, 56 lb. Weight for Distance, 22lb. Heavy Hammer, Preliminary Caber, 56 lb. Weight for Height, Picaroons Keg Toss

Entertainment - Ceilidh Tent

1:00pm
Atlantic Bridge
Genre: Celtic Fiddle
2:00pm
The Lameys
Genre: Maritime/Celtic
3:00pm
Fundy Ceilidh
Genre: Modern & Traditional Celtic
4:00pm
HATband
Genre: Maritime Pub Music/Celtic

Workshops - Workshop Tent

11:00am
Gaelic for Kids!
11-11:25am, Song and Rhyme for ages 0-5, with a caregiver; 11:25-11:50am, over 5 years, with caregiver. Presenter: Lindsay Dombrowski
12:00pm
Disaster at the Highland Games!
Riel Nason reads from her children’s storybook. Presenter: Author Riel Nason.
1:00pm
Scottish Songs and Stories
Presenters: Rod Campbell , Reginald Hayes, & Bill Toner
2:00pm
Mysie and Jane
Readings from new legacy novels about settlers Mysie MacDonald and her friend, Jane Hossack. Presenters: Authors Norbert Stewart and Laurie Hossack
2:30pm
Whisky Tasting Workshop (ticketed)
Presenter: Frank Scott of the Lunar Rogue (note: this requires an additional ticket sold at the Souvenir tent! Location for this workshop is Government House, side entrance.)
3:00pm
Kids! First Steps in Highland Dance for ages 3 and over.
Presented by Nicole Odo School of Highland Dance

Kids Corner

10:00am - 4:00pm
Craft tent, mini golf, entertainment, creativity centre and face painting

Date

Jul 23 2022

Time

8:00 am - 6:00 pm

Location

Government House
51 Woodstock Road, Fredericton NB, E3B 9L8
Website
https://www.highlandgames.ca/location/
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