Lewes' Moving On parade returns - what you need to know
The tradition continued in different ways through these years, but the community will be no doubt be out in force to
cheer on its young people on their big day as the parade returns to Lewes High Street.
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Hide AdMoving On is a mass arts project in and around Lewes organised by art charity Patina,
involving 408 children from 15 primary schools this year and celebrating their transition
from primary to secondary school and into adolescence.
This year’s theme is “Let’s Make Waves”, with the children in the parade representing the
species of their local River Ouse and the Sussex coast. Patina has worked with the Sussex
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Hide AdWildlife Trust, going into each of the schools to teach about the ecology and heritage of the
local river and sea, inspiring the children’s carnival costume ideas.
To mark the 20 th anniversary of the first Moving On Parade and reflecting the river and sea
theme, for the first time ever this year the parade is being extended to cross the river Ouse
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Hide Adand go along Cliffe High Street. The founders of Patina will be on Cliffe Bridge to cheer on
this 20 th year group of children to participate in Moving On.
Year 6 children across the area are busy making their carnival costumes ranging from
kingfishers and swans to seahorses and jellyfish, guided by an expert team of Patina artists.
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Hide AdEach school will also carry a Wish Fish designed by artist Nikki Gunson, with the children’s
wishes for the future on the scales. The schools’ Wish Fish will be brought together to form
a collective sculpture in the Paddock in a celebration after the parade.
Patina is also holding its Twilight Tales storytelling event again in the Paddock after Moving
On, with professional storytellers telling tales of the river and sagas of the sea for the whole
community, and the parade sculpture illuminated as