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ARE YOU A MERMAID OR A MERMAN? DO YOU ENJOY READING ABOUT MERMAIDS FROM AROUND THE WORLD? THIS IS THE SITE FOR YOU! THERE WERE JUST A FEW MERMAIDS, AND ONE MERMAN AT WEEKI WACHEE SPRINGS, FLORIDA, WHEN THE FIRST UNDERWATER SHOW TOOK PLACE ON OCTOBER 12, 1947. NOW THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OVER THE YEARS! ARE YOU ONE OF THOSE HUNDREDS? ARE YOU ONE OF THE MILLIONS THAT WATCHED THESE SHOWS OVER THE YEARS? YOU ARE OUT THERE, AROUND THE WORLD! NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO EXPRESS YOURSELF!+V

My Interests

Weeki Wachee Springs Waterpark www.weekiwachee.com Daughters of Neptune Productions www.daughtersofneptune.com Holly & Dolly's, Food-Fun-Sports-Spirits www.hollydolly.net Tailmaker - Eric Ducharme www.mertailor.com

I'd like to meet:

ALL MERMAIDS, MERMEN EVERYWHERE, AND ANYONE INVOLVED IN THE UNDERWATER SHOWS AT WEEKI WACHEE SPRINGS, FLORIDA, FROM 1947 TILL THE PRESENT! IF YOU WORKED AT WEEKI WACHEE, THEN YOU WERE INVOLVED! IF IT IS A FAMILY MEMBER THAT WORKED THERE, THEN TELL US ABOUT THEM! EVEN A SMALL BIT OF INFORMATION WILL HELP SOMEBODY!

Music:

I wish I were a fish!

Movies:

1. The Wizard Of Oz - 1939, 2. Mermaid's Paradise - 1945, 3. School For Mermaids - 1945, 4. Mr. Peabody And The Mermaid - 1948, 5. Neptune's Daughter - 1949, 6. Million Dollar Mermaid - 1952, 7. Beneath The Twelve Mile Reef - 1953, 8. Creature From The Black Lagoon - 1954 9. Mike And The Mermaid - 1964, 10. Jaws - 1975, 11. The Deep - 1977, 12. Splash - 1984, 13. The Little Mermaid - 1989, 14. Mermaids - 1990, 15. Analyze This - 1999,

Television:

Route 66 - The Crulest Sea Of All, Episode 86 of 116. First aired on April 5, 1963. Diane Baker played "Elissa" (The Mermaid). Filmed at Weeki Wachee.

Books:

My Blog

DIED:: Merman - Ed Darlington "Ed The Great"

Ed Darlington; The first Merman of Weeki Wachee Springs, Florida; died Friday, December 21, 2007, in Elfers, Florida. Ed and his sister Mary, were at Weeki Wachee Springs when Newt Perry built the fir...
Posted by Mermaid News on Sun, 23 Dec 2007 07:45:00 PST

WEEKI WACHEE, CITY OF MERMAIDS - BOOK SIGN-ING, MONDAY @6:30 PM

IF YOU HAVE NOT YET HAD A CHANCE TO SEE THIS WONDERFUL BOOK ABOUT MERMAIDS, THIS IS YOUR CHANCE TO CATCH-UP ON SOME GREAT FLORIDA HISTORY! MONDAY AT 6:30 PM THE WEST HERNANDO/S.T. FOGGIA B...
Posted by Mermaid News on Mon, 10 Dec 2007 06:21:00 PST

MERMAID REUNION - JULY 27 - 28 - 29, 2007

HEY, DON'T FORGET THE MERMAID REUNION THIS MONTH ! CELEBRATING 60 YEARS OF WEEKI WACHEE MERMAIDS ! FOR DETAILS GO TO WWW.WEEKIWACHEE.COM "REUNION" OR CAL...
Posted by Mermaid News on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 12:18:00 PST

THE MAGIC OF UNDERWATER SOUND

UNDERWATER SOUND! JUST HOW DOES THIS WORK? COMING SOON, RIGHT HERE!
Posted by Mermaid News on Tue, 07 Nov 2006 10:09:00 PST

THE UNDERWATER MICROPHONE

Does anyone remember the underwater microphone at Weeki Wachee Springs? Stay tuned for an intesting tale about it! (SOON) ...
Posted by Mermaid News on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 07:51:00 PST