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Weeki Wachee Springs is a natural tourist attraction located in Weeki Wachee, Florida, where underwater performances by "mermaids," women wearing fish tails as well as other fanciful outfits, can be viewed in an aquarium-like setting in the spring of the Weeki Wachee River.
Weeki Wachee Springs, the spring of the Weeki Wachee River, is a Florida tourist attraction where underwater performances by mermaids — women dressed in fancy outfits with fins about their legs — can be viewed in an aquarium-like setting. The attraction includes a Buccaneer Bay water park, animal shows, and boat rides.
Mermaid shows were a feature of clear spring-water tourist attractions, particularly in Florida. They appeared after World War Two with the development of both the aqualung and of tourism by private car. Weeki Wachee Springs was the best known of them.
Weeki Wachee Springs Mermaids (Weeki Wachee Springs State Park, Florida) For more than six decades, "mermaids" have performed underwater shows at Weeki Watchee Springs State Park. It's a classic ...
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In 1948, Perry spearheaded the development of the Weeki Wachee Springs attraction, and is credited with performing the first underwater shows there. His daughter Margaret Eileen Perry performed as one of the youngest mermaids ever at the springs in 1948 at age 13. It was later that year that Perry met his future wife Dot.
Located an hour north of Tampa on Florida's Gulf Coast, Weeki Wachee Springs has hosted a mermaid show since 1947. Swimmers, trained by Newton Perry, performed synchronised ballet in the natural springs at the site. The resort was purchased and promoted by the American Broadcasting Co. (ABC) in 1959. [8]
At age 3, Eric Ducharme went to Weeki Wachee Springs State Park and decided to become a merman. [3] At age 6, he began drawing portraits of the mermaids at the park and making mermaid tails from plastic bags stuck together with glue sticks. He swam in the tails and began training for underwater life. Later, he hand-sewed his first fabric tails. [2]