tetrick dawn moir of could style and university has documented hundreds of foreign stars in the region he believes the immigrants painted them as a reflection of their everyday lives as farmers. they thought about the stars in the sky as being emblematic of a sense of cosmic order and that's something that's very important to an agricultural people so when we see stars in the artwork of the pennsylvania dutch we can see that there's there's a narrative that runs through all aspects of life. like many in this part of pennsylvania patrick don moyer is a descendant of immigrants from the palatine region in southwestern germany at the fault festival and on lawyer shows how to paint barn stars an art form he's trying to preserve for future generations. this particular star utilizes contrast colors of yellow and black to create edges that appear to move when you paint them many of these designs alternate the color so that they appear to have a spinning effect. the festival showcases the region's german heritage drawing 130000 visitors over the course of 9 days in the highlights are barnstorm