Spending the day on the water isn’t full with out the proper playlist. However have you ever ever heard it performed underwater?
This weekend within the Florida Keys, that’s precisely what occurred as mermaids, snorkelers and scuba divers made some severe waves, all within the title of coral reef restoration.
Inventive costumes, sparkly clothes and crimson high-heel sneakers have been on full show throughout the Decrease Keys Underwater Music Pageant. The eccentric occasion featured a trumpet, harp and even a ukulele and passed off on Looe (pronounced Lou) Key Reef, an space of the Florida Keys Nationwide Marine Sanctuary positioned about 6 miles south of Huge Pine Key.
If you happen to’re questioning whether or not this occasion actually occurs underwater, you’re not alone.
“I’ve heard of the Underwater Music Pageant for years and I by no means thought it was truly underwater,” stated Samantha Queen, one of many competition’s “mermaids” dwelling in Key West. “I assumed that was only a cute Florida Keys title. So when I discovered it was truly underwater … it was like I’d been lacking out for thus lengthy.”
The music was simulcast on US-1 Radio and piped underwater from audio system suspended beneath boats, offering a “sub-sea soundtrack.” Songs from Key West’s personal Jimmy Buffett, in addition to the Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine” and the Little Mermaid’s “Beneath the Sea,” performed throughout the four-hour live performance, which featured diver consciousness messages aimed toward minimizing the environmental impacts on coral reefs.
“We now have the most important dwelling coral reef within the Northern Hemisphere, and we need to convey consideration to it and among the stresses that it faces and simply to level out that it’s there and desires our care,” stated Steve Miller, govt director of the Decrease Keys Chamber of Commerce.
Now in its forty first 12 months, the Underwater Music Pageant included free excursions of Mote Marine Laboratory’s Coral Reef Analysis Middle, the place guests noticed the work being finished to guard and rebuild the Keys’ coral reef ecosystem.
The actual “lure,” although, was the scores of divers, snorkelers and, you guessed it, mermaids, the competition brings to the Keys.
“We’re very proud to say that we have now a big contingent of mermaids. By the best way, a gaggle of mermaids known as a ‘gossip,’” stated Miller with a smile.
