CODFISH HOLLOW BARNSTORMERS

WE HAD HEARD A LOT ABOUT TIFFANY AND SHAWN (WATCHING A BAND ABOVE)  BIEHL'S BARN...AND SO....
JULY 4TH LATE AFTERNOON AND WE WERE OFF TO THE CODFISH HOLLOW BARNSTORMERS 6-BAND CONCERT ABOUT 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF MAQUOKETA ON THE FAMOUS CODFISH HOLLOW ROAD.    GATE OPENED AT 3 P.M. AND THE FIRST MUSIC AT 5 P.M.    OF COURSE, I TOOK MY CAMERA ..... SO....ENJOY THE PHOTOS  (SOME WEDDING PHOTOS TOO) BELOW.    OUR HOSTS WERE SHAWN AND TIFFANY BIEHL, OWNERS OF THE FARM AND BARN.

AFTER TURNING OFF THE CODFISH HOLLOW ROAD,  A SHORT DRIVE TO THE TOP OF THE HILL  AND THE SIGNS ABOVE.

THE HAYFIELD PARKING LOT ABOVE.   MANY WERE HAVING A TAILGATE PARTY BEFORE GOING DOWN TO THE BARN.

MARV FRANZEN OF MAQUOKETA WAS OUR TAXI TO THE BARN.   FOR A TIP TO MARV, YOU GET A SHORT, BUMPY RIDE DOWN THE GRAVEL HOLLOW ROAD.   YOU COULD WALK BUT IT WOULD BE A HARD ONE.    THE FARM WAS OWNED BY THE LATE ARNOLD STAMP AND MARV WORKED FOR ARNOLD AS A FARM HAND FOR OVER 20 YEARS.    HE SAID THE BARN WAS BUILDT BY ARNOLD AROUND 1943 AND ARNOLD HAD SOME BARN DANCES WHEN THE BARN WAS NEW.   

HERE'S THE BOXOFFICE, WHERE I PAID $60 FOR THE TWO TICKETS FOR NANCY AND ME.   IN ADVANCE THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN $25 EACH.   SHOWS ARE PRICED DIFFERENTLY DEPENDING ON NUMBER OF BANDS.     THERE WERE 6 FOR THIS CONCERT, THE MAXIMUM.

A BRIDGE LEADING TO THE ART GALLERY!

A SURPRISE!   THERE WAS A WEDDING  AND WE CAME UPON THE RECEPTION.    YOU MIGHT SAY WE "CRASHED" THE WEDDING.   I DID GET A FREE BEER.    THIS WAS ONLY THE THIRD WEDDING OUT THERE AS THEY ONLY DO WEDDING THERE FOR CLOSE FRIENDS.

ANOTHER SURPRISE!   WE KNEW THE COUPLE BUT WERE NOT AWARE THEY WERE GETTING MARRIED.    CURT LICHTER AND ANGIE PETTIT.    CURT IS ONE OF 3 MEMBERS  OF  "THE FAST CLYDES"  50'S BAND AND THE OTHER TWO BAND MEMBERS, INCLUDING MAQUOKETA NATIVE DAN CARAWAY,  WERE IN THE WEDDING.    NICE LOOKING COUPLE!   OUR CONGRATULATIONS AGAIN TO THEM!

WE ENTER THE ART GALLERY HERE, AT THE FRONT DOOR OF COURSE.

WHOOPS...NOT ALL OF THE GALLERY BUILDING IS SUITABLE FOR ART WORK.

REST ROOMS, TWO COLORS TO CHOOSE FROM

YOU BYOB!   OR BUY POP AND SANDWICHES FROM 

THE WHEELS ON RESTAURANT.

YES..THERE IS A GIFT SHOP AREA UNDER THE BARN

AND HERE'S THE FAMOUS BARN OWNED BY

 TIFFANY AND SHAWN BIEHL

ABOVE, THE PROGRAM TODAY

ONE OF THE BANDS ABOVE

SOME DANCING, MOSTLY LISTENING.   ALL AGES ARE THERE, BABIES TO SENIOR CITIZENS.    ANGIE & CURT FIRST DANCE ABOVE.

WITH  HIGH-TECH EQUIPMENT, THE MUSIC IS LOUD AND CLEAR INSIDE THE BARN AND OUTSIDE

BRING LAWN CHAIRS OR FREE BALES OF HAY SEATING

TIFFANY(LEFT) AND NANCY MOORE HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR YEARS.

THAT'S THE LONG AND SHORT HAIR OF THINGS.

THE MUSIC IS LOUD ENOUGH THAT MANY JUST LISTEN ON THE HILL OUTSIDE THE BARN.....LIKE ANOTHER BAND BELOW.

THIS CODFISH HOLLOW ART WORK BY TIFFANY.   YOU SAW

A PAINTING BY HER OF ABOVE IN THE GALLERY PHOTO EARLIER.

THERE'S A STORY ABOUT THIS...JUST ASK HER.

MARV PULLS UP WITH THE WAGON AND TIME TO GO.   WE DID NOT STAY UNTIL THE END WHICH CAN BE AFTER MIDNIGHT.    7 OR MORE HOURS OF MUSIC WITH YOUR ADMISSION.    ANOTHER CONCERT COMING LATER THIS MONTH AND ONE ALSO IN AUGUST.   GOOGLE CODFISH HOLLOW BARN FOR DATES.    LIKE MY 61 DRIVE-IN THEATRE....LIKE  BLUFF LAKE CATFISHFARM....AND LIKE THE CODFISH HOLLOW BARNSTORMERS CONCERTS.....THEY COME FROM THREE STATES TO BE ENTERTAINED.       
THIS WAS  MY BIGGEST "DAILY REPORT"  FEATURE!
HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT!
AND HOPE YOU WILL VISIT THE BARN SOON!

DENNIS VOY
kmaq@kmaq.com