Festival continues Sunday at Topaz Park in Victoria, 8 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Close to 400 pipers and drummers played in formation for the opening ceremony of the 161st annual Victoria Highland Games and Celtic Festival on Saturday.
“We were in Bullen Park, we were a one day, it was like a backyard game,” he said of the first heavy game competition in 2005.A heavy games world record set by Jessica Bridenthal in the 2017 Victoria Highland games still stands today. The group doesn’t train on school playing fields because the sheer impact of throwing tapered logs, blacksmith weights, and other implements used in the heavy games can create dents in the ground.
Victoria Mayor Marianne Alto, who was part of the opening ceremony, said the Highland Games have long been an important part of Victoria. It was great to see people who continue to stay connected with their history and heritage, she told the Times Colonist.
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