Heather’s love of food and wine saw her roped into the Shepparton Festival quite early on, but joining the committee seemed a bit daunting as her calendar was already quite full.

Regardless, she took the plunge and in the second year was the inaugural festival coordinator – a role which she held for about 10 years.

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Twenty-five years ago, half a dozen people got together and thought Shepparton’s Maude Street Mall was a good place to have a gathering, Carmel Johnson was one of them.

And that gathering was the Shepparton Festival. Now, 25 years later, Carmel reflects on a what was a chance to showcase talented local performers – and how many favours organisers called in from family, friends, neighbours and more.

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Events that bring people together and inspire people are probably the most memorable for Fiona Smolenaars.

Terri Cowley spoke with the former chairperson of the Shepparton Festival board as part of her One FM 25 interviews for 25 years of the Shepparton Festival.

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Shepparton News’ John Lewis was there right from the start as a spectator 25 years ago.

John describes the festival as something dear to his heart as there wasn’t a whole lot happening in terms of public arts events for the community to come together and celebrate in the mid ‘90s.

He’s now a life member of the festival, but he’s also the first to admit he wasn’t one of those ‘hands-on’ members putting in time after work and weekends.

“I was more going along as a media person to show my support and give the events some publicity,” he laughed.

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As the first ever Greater Shepparton City Council conventions and performing arts manager, Rob Robson was there to see the legwork of former council staff in getting a Community arts Management Board and a festival.

“There were many, many meetings through the years of 94-95. There were false starts and there were challenges,” he said.

The original intention was to show how Shepparton saw itself, now, he says the voice of Shepparton is the voice of multicultural Australia.

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In our third episode, we speak to Regional Arts Victoria Director of Partnerships, Liz Zito.

Liz has worked in the creative space for most of her life and thrives facilitating connections between regional Victorian artists, partners, and the greater arts community. 

She speaks to us about her role and what it entails, the different support programs offered by RAV, as well as the joy and challenges of her job.

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