A snippet of video from the:
Midsummer Streets: Festival Procession - Friday 01 July
Time: 12:45
Guildhall Yard
Oceania: Voyages & Discoveries
Join a thousand young people from across London for this vibrant display of costume, sculpture, music and dance, inspired by Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific, and winding through some of the most beautiful streets of the Square Mile.
One centre-piece project has seen 300 young people work with artists Katie Barton, Alice Lodge, Caroline Jones and Fiona Edwards to transform tons of recyclable material, collected from over 40 organisations across the City in partnership with the City's Street Cleansing and Waste Disposal teams, into dynamic works of sculpture and costume.
Members of the Maori community in London will also feature alongside young people with whom they have explored elements of Maori heritage through a project delivered in partnership with Border Crossings. Their presentation comprises a colourful array of items from miniature war canoes to movement and music pieces
Route: Guildhall Yard - King Street - Cheapside - Bread Street - Watling Street - Queen Victoria Street - Cannon Street - New Change - Newgate Street - Warwick Lane - Paternoster Square & West Steps of St Paul's Cathedral.
Supported by the City Bridge Trust and Heritage Lottery Fund
Conclusion of the Opening Procession
1,000 children arrive at the churchyard for the finale of the Oceania: Voyages & Discoveries themed Procession. Music from the South Pacific is presented by participating schools on the Steps, followed by a traditional Haka from New Zealand guests Toi Maori in neighbouring Paternoster Square.
