How To Set Up A Big Tent

1. Unload the truck.

2. Mark out where it will go.

3. Drop the pegs all around
Drop the pegs out

4. Hammer in the pegs & drop out the outside poles
drop out the poles

5. Ignore the Cheer Squad

6. Centre poles are placed in position on the ground.
position centre poles

7. The ceiling canvas is layed out on the ground.
layout ceiling canvas

8. More ceiling canvas being pulled out.

9. The sections of tent ceiling are stitched together.
stitch ceiling pieces together

10. The corner poles go up first.
corner poles first

11. The poles all around the outside are next
outside poles next

12. The top half of the centre poles are put in place
top part of centre poles going in

13. The tent is now halfway up.
tent is half up

14. Sweep the dirt off the ceiling
sweep the ceiling

15. Start extending the inside poles
extend the inside poles

16. Extend the rest of the interior poles.
extend the interior poles

17. The top of the tent is now finished.
the top is now finished

18. Start hanging up the side canvas.
hanging the side canvas

19. Finish the side canvas all the way around.
finish canvas all around

20. Voila.....We have a Tent.
The Big Tent is Up

These pictures were taken on May 23, 2005 at Mt Morgan in Central Queensland during a visit by the Tent of Promise. We were blessed to have their visit in our town. If you are further interested in big tents or related themes, here are a couple of other sites you may like to visit.

-Big Tents 4 Events - Tent Hire in Australia
-Live in the Big Tent by Colin Buchanan - a kids video filmed live in a tent.
-Big Tent Revival - a modern christian band
-Tent Manufactureres - buy yourself a big tent (by the way I'm not getting any commission)
-Reinhard Bonnke - an evangelist who works in Africa and loves big tents