Rock Bands Perform On Combine Stage

Rock Bands Perform On Combine Stage COMBINES Down Corn FARM SHOW’s British correspondent Andy Sewell recently came across a new use for an old combine He sent us a story about a 1967 New Holland combine that found new life as a stage for rock bands at a music festival in Scotland The modified combine served as one of the stages at the Belladrum Tartan Heart Festival held in Beauly in Inverness-shire in August They called it the “Jock The Reaper” stage Joe Gibbs hosts the festival on his Belladrum Estate He told reporters that farmers are always being urged to diversify so he came up with one of the most unusual diversifications ever A local machine shop made structural modifications such as extending the driver’s platform to provide a DJ stage for music and lighting control The reel was moved forward to make room for a performance stage over the feederhouse A corrugated steel roof – made with curved grain bin panels – extends out over the stage to provide protection in case of rain Multi-colored lights and a sound system were wired into the machine and a set of giant bag pipes were fabricated to sit on top of the combine Finally the big machine was given a new paint job What makes the combine handy as a stage is that it can still be driven from place to place as needed After the festival it was put into storage so it’ll be ready to roll out for next year’s festival Belladrum Estate is a 1 100-acre holiday retreat with cottages and facilities to host weddings and other events For more info go to www belladrum co uk

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