2019's Moving On theme was children’s literature and stories. The children engaged passionately with the topic, suggesting their favourites for the parade, thinking up fabulous designs with our artists and taking meticulous care in creating their costumes and sculptures for the parade. The result was a fascinating representation of some of the
most vibrant and much loved characters, ideas and fantasy worlds, old and new, from the realms of childhood stories. The Patina story continues and to mark our 18th year, and the 21st year of local youth music organisation Starfish, we came together to create a Young Creatives two day youth festival on 5 and 6 July. The spectacular
Moving On Parade played a major part in the festival, followed that evening by theTwilight Tales storytelling event in the Paddock where we lit up the Moving On structures to create a magical storytelling twilight world for all to enjoy. The festival then continued the next day with the epic Starfish in the Park live music event, which featured our 2019 Patina exhibition.