{"id":5723,"date":"2013-07-26T15:01:13","date_gmt":"2013-07-26T18:01:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?p=5723"},"modified":"2013-07-26T20:08:20","modified_gmt":"2013-07-26T23:08:20","slug":"the-lunchbox-interview-chris-heddie-from-the-nb-highland-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-chris-heddie-from-the-nb-highland-games","title":{"rendered":"The Lunchbox: Interview Chris &#038; Betsy from the NB Highland Games"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LunchBox-HG.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"5725\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-chris-heddie-from-the-nb-highland-games\/attachment\/lunchbox-hg\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LunchBox-HG.png\" data-orig-size=\"300,300\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"LunchBox-HG\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LunchBox-HG.png\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-5725\" alt=\"LunchBox-HG\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LunchBox-HG.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LunchBox-HG.png 300w, http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LunchBox-HG-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Many cultures have come together to make New Brunswick what it is, but we owe the Scots much for their stalwart nature and their culture. We&#8217;ll all be coming together to celebrate all things Scottish this weekend at the annual <a title=\"NB Highland Games Festival\" href=\"http:\/\/www.highlandgames.ca\/hg\/news.html\"><strong>New Brunswick Highland Games Festival<\/strong><\/a>, occupying the grounds around the Government House on Woodstock Road on <strong>July 27<\/strong> and <strong>28<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Chris<\/strong> (President of the organizing committee) and <strong>Betsy<\/strong>\u00a0(lead of an organizing sub-committee) joined me on Thursday to talk about what it takes to bring the Highland Games to life every year, how the games have changed over the years, and what their favourite event at the games is.<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9753\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20130725%20-%20Interview%20-%20Chris%20+%20Betsy%20-%20Highland%20Games.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9753','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20130725%20-%20Interview%20-%20Chris%20+%20Betsy%20-%20Highland%20Games.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20130725%20-%20Interview%20-%20Chris%20+%20Betsy%20-%20Highland%20Games.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=5723-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20130725%20-%20Interview%20-%20Chris%20+%20Betsy%20-%20Highland%20Games.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20130725%20-%20Interview%20-%20Chris%20+%20Betsy%20-%20Highland%20Games.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many cultures have come together to make New Brunswick what it is, but we owe the Scots much for their stalwart nature and their culture. We&#8217;ll all be coming together to celebrate all things Scottish this weekend at the annual New Brunswick Highland Games Festival, occupying the grounds around the Government House on Woodstock Road<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"excerpt-more blog-excerpt\" href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/specialty\/lunchbox\/the-lunchbox-interview-chris-heddie-from-the-nb-highland-games\">Read more&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_9755\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20130725%20-%20Interview%20-%20Chris%20+%20Betsy%20-%20Highland%20Games.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('9755','http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20130725%20-%20Interview%20-%20Chris%20+%20Betsy%20-%20Highland%20Games.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20130725%20-%20Interview%20-%20Chris%20+%20Betsy%20-%20Highland%20Games.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/?powerpress_pinw=5723-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/podcast\/general\/Lunchbox\/The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20130725%20-%20Interview%20-%20Chris%20+%20Betsy%20-%20Highland%20Games.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"The%20Lunchbox%20-%20D20130725%20-%20Interview%20-%20Chris%20+%20Betsy%20-%20Highland%20Games.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/feed\/podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/subscribe-to-podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"More\" rel=\"nofollow\">More<\/a><\/p><!--powerpress_player-->","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5725,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[495,618,1391,491,1392],"class_list":["post-5723","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lunchbox","tag-community-2","tag-festival","tag-highland-games","tag-interview","tag-scottish"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/LunchBox-HG.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5723","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5723"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5723\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5752,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5723\/revisions\/5752"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5723"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5723"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/chsrfm.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5723"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}