Last-minute panic eased over tent for concert
Proclaimers scheduled to wind up two fun-filled days of Highland games
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Organisers of this weekend’s Proclaimers concert in Inverness faced a last-minute panic when the huge tent scheduled to house the concert was damaged.
The blue tent which was expected to be filled for the final concert of the Proclaimers’ world tour was damaged by wind at a festival in Ireland at the weekend.
The concert on Sunday evening is the finale to the two-day Inverness Highland Games, which is expected to attract thousands of visitors.
Yesterday, a spokesman for concert promoters Regular Music said a new tent had been erected by Inverness-based Limelight Event Services UK.
He said: “We’re really looking forward to the show. It’s going to be great for Inverness.
“The tent was damaged in Ireland at a festival, but the tent company is one of the most experienced and do T in the Park, and they got a replacement.
“We’re delighted. It’s slightly longer than the original, and everything is going ahead as scheduled.”
The spokesman added that more than 6,000 tickets – of the 6,500 available – have been sold and about 100 will be on sale on the door.
Site manager Craig Duncan, of Limelight Event Services, predicted a great weekend at the park.
He said: “It’s really looking good.
“Everything is all going really well – in fact it’s going to be better than planned and all on schedule.”
The Highland Games will begin on Saturday at Bught Park with an opening ceremony which will feature Chinese lion dancers, cheerleaders, a mass Highland fling and the Golden Lions Parachute Display Team.
Also performing high above the park will be Scotland’s top aerobatics pilot Jim McTaggart.
The Royal Air Force’s 202 Squadron will make an appearance while taking aerial photographs, which will be used to help the games committee design the field for the Masters World Championships in 2009.
The games will be brought to a close on Sunday by two Highland bands – Lowtide Revelry and the Jyrojets – before the gates open for the Proclaimers concert.
Games chairman Angus Dick said: “We are really looking forward to two of the most exciting days in the history of our games and I am sure that everybody who joins us will experience something they will never forget.
“Head groundsman Mike Mcleod and his team have produced one of the most immaculate games arenas I have ever seen, and I know that all the track, field and heavy competitors are going to love performing on this surface.”
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