Express yourself: Students rap for Shepparton Festival exhibition

By Anna McGuinness

Mar 31, 2022

Behind the mic: Leilani Morehu Bamblett, Leila Froome, Chantillee Bellou, Mia Morgan and Shanie Morgan.

A group of Gowrie St Primary School students have become rap artists for an exhibition presented by the Greater Shepparton Lighthouse Project.

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The voices of about 15 students can be heard while viewing the Art In The Heart display as part of the Shepparton Festival.

The project came out of a First Nations’ oriented program at Gowrie St Primary School called Aunties, giving students the opportunity to express their feelings through poetry and rap.

Ready to rap: Chantillee Bellou, Mia Morgan and Halo Joachim.

GSLP secured funding for the Melbourne-based School of Living Music to visit Shepparton and record the raps and GSLP communications co-ordinator Amy De Paola said the students loved the experience.

“They were all absolutely in their element and really engaged in the process,” she said.