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ALLAN STREET COMES ALIVE THIS SATURDAY Experience the perfect blend of flavours and melodies at the Kyabram Tastes and Tunes on Saturday, February 3 from 5pm to 10.30pm, along Allan St. The variety of food stalls and the musical performances make this a night for families and people of all ages. There are three bands: The Baker Boys Band, Stumbling North and local performer Indi Gilmore. You will find The Baker Boys Band at the Hurley’s Hotel end of Allan St, with their brand of high-energy music that will get you up and on your feet. Stumbling North will be at the Cafe Three620 end of Allan St, with impressive harmonies and a great set list. Local talented performer Indi Gilmore will create an atmosphere with her strong vocals and piano playing in the middle of Allan St. CONTINUED PAGE 2
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a few different things.
Kyabram Tastes and Tunes Committee member Carman Nicholson thinks the music is so good, that she won’t know where she will dance.
“We have a live fire performance at 9pm, that will be really impressive. We have circus skills, some undercover games space, outdoor yard games.
“It got crowded last year down one end, so we are trying to spread the crowd because they are both awesome bands,” Carman said.
“Michael Maskell will be there again and did an exceptional job last year from the Kyabram Youth Club.
“They are very impressive bands, in terms of that vibe of getting everybody up and active, they will both do an exceptional job of that. “Indi is awesome, she will do a great job entertaining that space.” The second element is the food.
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At this year’s Kyabram Tastes and Tunes, there are at least 27 food stalls including — Cafe Three620, Wickedly Deevine, Kyabram Plaza Theatre, Hurleys Hotel, Secretly Scrumptious, Burnt Butter, GV Cafe, Kyabram Pizza and Pasta, Healthy Tummies Pantry, Freemason’s Kyabram, Morocco Cafe, Colourful Confectionary, Cinnamon Co Donuts, Dairy Fresh Gelato, Kyabram Kebabs, Girgarre Football Netball Club, The Gift, Kyabram Hotel, Papa Rich Noodles, Subway, Tony’s Pizza, Mega Fish Shop, Mei Sen Chinese, Johnny’s Cafe, Red Lantern, Jens Cafe and the Kyabram Lions Club. Now we come to the most essential element: things to do or, as everybody loves, free kids’ activities. “We have many different kids’ activities on offer this year,” Carman said. “The Blue Light Disco team have been fantastic, coming on board and sponsoring
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“He has got lots of activities for kids and the kids just adored it last year, it was fantastic, he had them running around all night. “We have the silent disco, the always popular airbrush tattoos. “We have laser tag this year, an inflatable mobile laser tag course, so there are many obstacles for kids to hide behind, run and tag each other; that should be a bit of fun. “Kyabram Toy Library is on board this year and has preschoolaged activities. “Face Painting by Kim Patton, she was there last year and did a great job, so she is back again. “There is a local business opening up, Fantastic Faces in Rodney Chambers, and they are going to have a range of different necklace-making, bracelets, rock painting and plaster moulds, and that is nice from a kid’s perspective, everyone’s going to be very busy.” All the kids’ activities are free, except for the bucking bull, and a gold coin donation to the Blue Light Disco. “We wanted to have an event in Kyabram, so people didn’t have to leave Kyabram, you don’t have to go to Shepparton, you don’t have to go to Echuca to have a fantastic event, we wanted something in town,” Carman said.
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Band full of good vibes Dance the night away The Baker Boys Band comprise professional musicians who customise their line-up for each performance. For this year’s Kyabram Tastes and Tunes, there is the same line-up as the group that got everyone up and dancing at the 2023 event.
Everyone in The Baker Boys Band are professional musicians who do a lot of weddings and corporate events, finding themselves in the district regularly playing gigs. They can play for any size event, from a 25-guest small intimate party to a 1500-guest functions, as well as playing the festival scene.
“Lisa will be leading the band; she has energy and knows how to work “We have been asked to do is more a crowd,” Bell, from The Baker Boys of a background set at the start Band, said. of the day, and then as the night “There is Hayden as well and he is progresses, move into numbers awesome at country, so especially you can dance to,” Bell said. for an event like Tastes and Tunes, “We will bring good vibes he will be a great fit. and energy providing great “What they normally do is take entertainment to the Kyabram turns to lead a number, therefore, Tastes and Tunes.” you get a nice variety and The Baker Boys Band will be harmonies. playing on stage at the Hurley’s “It is a good mix of anything from Hotel end of Allan St. the 70s and 80s to current music, They will have everybody up on songs that people will know and love, sing, and dance to.” their feet, dancing the night away.
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Head down to the stage at the Cafe Three620 end of Allan St, to tap your toes and sing along to Stumbling North.
Matt’s place in Kyabram; we practice in a dairy there.” Stumbling North’s set at Kyabram Tastes and Tunes takes you through the 1970s, ’80s and ’90s, with a little bit of country thrown in.
“We are a local band from Echuca and have been around for a couple of years,” “We play, I guess, leaning Stumbling North frontman towards country without Mark Peterson said. being country; we do some “We formed organically sing-along, feel-good stuff,” during COVID and were Mark said. originally a three-piece. “We are definitely not a “For the story’s sake, people rock band, but we play pub couldn’t get across the river classics. at one point, so we needed “A bit of Cold Chisel, Aussie to do a fill-in gig at Rich Crawl, the Eagles and River Golf Club. Creedence, that sort of thing. “The three of us thought we “We are playing in little could fill in, and ever since towns in pubs, and it we have been playing gigs, sometimes feels lucky to get that is how the band formed. to do this. “Then Matt Walsh from Stumbling North is Matt Kyabram got on board, Walsh on bass, Jarrad which is why we are thrilled Johnston on drums, Tim to be involved with the Gilmore on keyboard and Tastes and Tunes. lead guitar, and Mark “We are all local guys. Peterson on vocals and “Our practice venue is guitar.
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Rising star takes centre stage Performer Indi Gilmore has the world of music at her feet. “I would like to do musical theatre,” Indi said. “Right now, my goal is to get into the Victorian College of the Arts, musical theatre program. “So, this year, I will be taking a gap year to get more experience in musicals. “I will be auditioning for a bunch of universities around Australia, and I will also be doing my gigs throughout the year.
weekend, but the parts haven’t been announced yet, and I got one of the roles there.” Hopefully, by the time Kyabram Tastes and Tunes is on, we will all know what role Indi will play in the Echuca Moama Theatre Company’s production. According to her dad, Lester, singing is something she has always done, including singing in local theatre productions when she was very young.
“I will be doing the musical theatre production in Echuca, Into the Woods.
With Liz Dillon as her vocal coach, Indi has been with Dillmac Entertainment for the past seven years.
“They had auditions over the
Indi recently returned from
Adelaide, where she competed in the Follow your Dreams competition, winning three national titles and was runnerup national champion in her age group. She then competed in the dance troop with Dillmac Entertainment, with the troop winning four national titles, two runner-ups, and the overall national troop championship. Indi likes listening to pop artists like Olivia Rodrigo, Madison Beer and Sabrina Carpenter. “I have been doing gigs for a little over a year, but I have been singing for maybe 10 years,” Indi said.
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