	{"id":102580,"date":"2025-02-23T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-22T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/?p=102580"},"modified":"2025-02-19T23:31:50","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T12:31:50","slug":"operatic-sounds-at-rochester-silos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/bendigotimes\/news\/operatic-sounds-at-rochester-silos\/","title":{"rendered":"Operatic sounds at Rochester silos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE Rotary Club of Rochester has announced a night of free musical entertainment at the town&#8217;s painted silos next month.<\/p>\n<p>Songs at the Silos will feature four Opera Australia singers, along with a local talent, from 6pm to 8.30pm on Saturday 8 March.<\/p>\n<p>The performers are Michael Lapina, Karen Van Spall, Adam Miller and Eleanor Blythman.<\/p>\n<p>Rising Rochester singer Evie Scoble has also been invited to appear.<\/p>\n<p>The Rotary club&#8217;s Heather Watson announced the show, saying it will be &#8220;a magical night.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are so excited to bring together such a talented group of artists to Rochester for this special evening,&#8221; Ms Watson said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Songs at the Silos is a fantastic opportunity to enjoy live music in a unique setting.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We look forward to having opera in Rochester \u2013 this is going to be huge.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Ms Watson said the event is being supported by the Rochester Business Network; the Elmore, Lockington and Rochester Community Bank; and the Campaspe Shire Flood Recovery Program.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Council&#8217;s flood recovery program is generously funded by the state of Victoria through Emergency Recovery Victoria&#8217;s &#8216;Hubs&#8217; program in response to the October 2022 flood event, which impacted Victorian communities in the Shire of Campaspe,&#8221; she said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Rotary Club of Rochester invites the community, near and far, to join them for this free event.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Songs at the Silos will be family friendly with an alcohol-free, smoke-free and pet-free environment, and people planning to attend are advised to take their own chairs and picnic blankets.<\/p>\n<p>Mum &amp; Me Coffee will be present and the local Scouts, the Rochester Lions Club and the Rotary Club of Bendigo will offer food and drinks from just before the entertainment begins.<\/p>\n<p>The silos, owned by GrainCorp, were painted in 2018 by artist Jimmy Dvate and were the 22nd silos to be included in the Australian Silo Art Trail.<\/p>\n<p>They are in Ramsay Street, Rochester.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>THE Rotary Club of Rochester has announced a night of free musical entertainment at the town&#8217;s painted silos next month. 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