Associated Press
Hundreds of divers and snorkelers listened to an underwater concert that advocated coral reef protection Saturday in the Florida Keys.
The Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival, which also spotlighted eco-conscious diving, took place at Looe Key Reef, an area of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary located about 6 miles (10 kilometers) south of Big Pine Key.
Established in 1990, the sanctuary protects 3,800 square miles (9,800 square kilometers) of waters including the barrier reef that parallels the 125-mile-long (201-kilometer-long) island chain.
Participants swam among Looe Key’s colorful marine life and coral formations while listening to water-themed music broadcast by a local radio station. The music was piped undersea through waterproof speakers suspended beneath boats above the reef.
The oceanic playlist included the Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine,” Jimmy Buffett’s “Fins” and the theme from “The Little Mermaid.”
Tunes were interspersed with diver awareness messages about ways to minimize environmental impacts on the world’s coral reefs, whose rich biodiversity has led them to be called the rainforests of the sea.
While the festival’s primary purpose was to encourage reef preservation, it also afforded a singular underwater experience. “Mermaids” and other costumed characters added unique visual elements to the auditory offering on part of the continental United States’ only living coral barrier reef.
The four-hour musical event was staged by local radio station 104.1 FM and the Lower Keys Chamber of Commerce.
5 comments
Dont Say FLA
July 8, 2023 at 7:17 pm
If Riley Gaines knows (or could learn) how to play an instrument, this looks like a good job for her. Someday maybe she could work her way up to Weekee Wachee where all the mermaids are female except for the male ones.
Earl Pitts American
July 8, 2023 at 9:07 pm
Dont forget beloved Son/Daughter,
Sponge Bob, one of America’s premeir Television Actors, was running “The Adventures of Mermaid Man and Barnacal Boy” years before that kind of stuff was even a thing.
Hope all is well,
Earl Pitts “Dad” American
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Impeach Biden
July 9, 2023 at 7:55 am
Liberal wacko takes a shot at a lady that stands up to people like you with this ridiculous men claiming to be a woman now and competing and dominating women’s athletics.
Dont Say FLA
July 10, 2023 at 3:01 pm
Riley Gaines is angry she didn’t immediately get her 5th place participation trophy at the event where four other biologic females beat her and the trans person with whom she tied for fifth place.
Nobody at all (except, purportedly, Riley Gaines) cares about fifth place at a swim meet. But, for Riley Gaines, trans folks are the devil because of her tying with one for fifth place. If RIley had got her participation trophy immediately at that swim meet, would trans folks be the devil to her?
Lol, no. She would be fifth place swimmer that nobody cares about. And that’s exactly who she is. Everybody but her sees it. She just trying to make her 15 minutes last for a 16th minute. Maybe get that sponsorship deal with Dont Tread On Me brand sneakers.
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