A Scottish heritage celebration this weekend at Westerner Park
The kick-off to the Highland Season in central Alberta takes place at Red Deer’s Westerner Park this Saturday.
The 72nd Annual Red Deer Highland Games is described as an integral part of the community’s identity and a well-loved event at the start of the summer season.
Event spokesperson Ben Arthur says the event is really a Highland festival.
“We take over the infield of the Westerner chuckwagon’s track there, so we have Highland Dance, Highland Heavy Athletics, we have the piping and drumming and then we have a bunch of smaller entertainment things,” he explains. “We have LARP (Live Action Role-Playing), we have the Red Stags, they come in and Scottish country dancers come in and we have cultural foods, cultural beverages, cultural vendors, lots of exciting things.”