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Saturday morning. We open the door to a clear blue sky and the sound of a brass band rehearsing. It's the Victorian Youth Brass Band, with players from all over the State - "We're from Echuca", a proud mother of two trumpeters tells me - and they're playing that great simple 6os hit by The Turtles, Happy Together.For a moment, all seems perfect.
I can see me lovin' nobody but youRecently I've been listening again to Frank Zappa's 200 Motels. The Mothers of Invention line-up for that features 'Flo and Eddie' who had earlier formed The Turtles.
For all my life
When you're with me baby the skies'll be blue
For all my life
Me and you and you and me
No matter how they toss the dice
It had to be
The only one for me is you
And you for me
So happy together
Anyway, so begins the annual Swiss-Italian Festa Parade along the main street of Hepburn Springs.
Led by the local brass band (above, with the famous Macaroni Factory in the background); then the district's primary schools' children and parents; Swiss with cow bells and long horns; Italians with flowers and flags; and the many locals who also join the grand parade down to the Springs. Every year, at some point on this walk, I feel my heart leap .
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