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November 21, 1884

St. Andrew’s Society formed in Calgary to plan for the annual St. Andrew’s night.  The motto was: To relieve the distressed.

August 9, 1913

First Caledonian Games held at Victoria Park.  Over 2000 people in attendance.

Miss Jean McDonald, Calgary – Dancing champion of the Games

Pipe Major S. McKinnon, Edmonton – The championship of the Western Provinces, winner of the Calgary Gaelic Society’s silver cup

Edmonton Pipe Band – The championship of the western provinces, winner of the D.E. Black silver cup.

? 1914

August 6, 1921

First Caledonian Games held since before World War I. 

August 12, 1922

Games held at Victoria Park in conjunction with the Dominion track and field championships.

Jean Gauld – Champion of Western Canada for Highland Dancing

Pipe-Major Hugh McBeth, Calgary – Individual piping champion of the western provinces

10^th Batallion Calgary Highlanders – Champion pipe band of the western provinces

November 23, 1923

St. Andrew’s Society incorporated as a society.  A statement in the bylaws reads:

At the discretion of the Society, there shall be an annual gathering for the celebration of Games on such a day as may be appointed by the Society.  The Games shall be celebrated according to the rules made by the general committee previous to the annual gathering.  Some of the games or all of them may be thrown open under certain restrictions to non-members.

July 31, 1926

Games held at Victoria Park in conjunction with the provincial track and field championships

1927-1931

Sept 2-5, 1927

Aug 31 – Sept 3, 1928

Aug 30 – Sept 2, 1929

Aug 29 – Sept 1, 1930

Aug 27 – 30, 1931

Games held at the Banff Springs Hotel.  This was a 3 day event at the end of August including Scottish concerts and special Scottish meals at the hotel as well as standard events.  There was always a church service conducted in the open air at the Devil’s Cauldron conducted by Ralph Connor (Dr. C.W. Gordon).

August 20, 1932

Games moved back to Calgary and were held at Mewata Stadium with Mayor Andy Davidson officially opening the Games. (Andy Baxter)

August 20, 1932

Games moved back to Calgary and were held at Mewata Stadium with Mayor Andy Davidson officially opening the Games. (Andy Baxter)

1932-1939

Games continued to be held annually at Mewata Stadium (Andy Baxter)

August 6, 1934

First reference to the Calgary United Scottish Games Association in a newspaper article

1938

Earliest piping trophy still in use– Peter Henderson (donor/in memory of?) first awarded in 1939 to R. MacPherson/N. MacIver/W. Locke/E. Watson

February 1946

Minutes of the St. Andrew’s Society read:

Mr. D. Mackie gave a report from the United Scottish Games Association

1946 - 1962

Games held annually at Mewata Stadium

1952

The St. Andrew’s Society and the Caledonian Club of Calgary amalgamated to form the St. Andrew-Caledonian Society of Calgary

June 28, 1958

Games held at Mewata Stadium

Chieftain – Rev. John MacLeod

May 30, 1959

Games held at Mewata Stadium

Chieftain – Robert Riddle

June 30, 1962

Games held at Mewata Stadium

Chieftain – Robert Riddle

1963 – 1967(?)

Games were not held

1967, 1968

No real record of Games but there are piping and drumming winners from these years listed on trophies

July 5, 1969

Games held at Heritage Park

Chieftain – Alexander Watson

July 4, 1970

Games held at Glenmore Park

May 8, 1971

Scottish day at the Kiwanis Music Festival – included piping, drumming, band and dancing competitions

July 3, 1971

Games held at Glenmore Park

Chieftain – Mr. D. Cameron

July 5, 1975

Games held at Glenmore Park

Chieftain – Mr. Andy Little

July 3, 1976

Games held at Currie Barracks

Chieftain – Mr. Ben Niven

July 2, 1977

Games held at Glenmore Park

July 8, 1978

Games held at Glenmore Park

Chieftain – George Reid

July 4-6, 1980

Games at Foothills Athletic Park – including the Canadian Inter-Provincial Highland Dancing Championships

Chieftain – Grant MacEwan

July 22, 1989 or June 24, 1989?

Games held at Beddington Community Centre

Chieftain – Ron Girardau

July 22, 1989 or June 24, 1989?

Games held at Beddington Community Centre

Chieftain – Ron Girardau

July 21, 1990

Games held at Beddington Community Centre

Chieftain – Alex Hinton

July 20, 1991

Games held at Beddington Community Centre

Chieftain – Bonnie Lang

July 18, 1992

Games held at Beddington Community Centre

Chieftain – Alec Lancaster

July 24, 1993

Games held at Beddington Community Centre

Chieftain – Michael J. O’Connor

First occurance of logo on the program

August 31, 1996

Games held at the Museum of the Regiments

Chieftain – Scotty Cameron

August 30, 1997

Games held at the Museum of the Regiments

Chieftain – Joe Jackson Family

September 5, 1998

Games held at Mewata Armoury

Chieftain – George M. Milne

September 4, 1999

Games held at Shouldice Athletic Park

Chieftain – Lou MacEachern

September 2, 2000

Games held at Shouldice Athletic Park

Chieftain – Bob Lamond

September 1, 2001

Games held at Shouldice Athletic Park

Chieftain – James Osborne

August 31, 2002

Games held at Shouldice Athletic Park

Chieftain – Malcolm MacCrimmon

August 30, 2003

Games held at Shouldice Athletic Park

Chieftain – Gail Danysk

September 4, 2004

Games held at Shouldice Athletic Park

Chieftain – Robert Taylor

September 3, 2005

Games held at Shouldice Athletic Park

Chieftain – Flora McInnes

September 2, 2006

Games held at Shouldice Athletic Park

Chieftain – Olive Mitchell Campbell

September 1, 2007

Games held at Shouldice Athletic Park

Chieftain – Alex Graham

Games held at Shouldice Athletic Park

Chieftain – Alex Graham

Games held at Foothills Athletic Park

Chieftain – Allan G. “Curly” Elliott