Year

1960 (circa)

Video Details

7:15; b&w; sound; V-108 BA002; S. 828

Description

Mermaids perform in the "underwater big top" at Weeki Wachee Springs. The audience in the underwater theater watches as two mermaids perform a ballet routine and hula hoop acrobatics. Then "Willie" the dragon swims by. Mermaids continue the performance with trapeze and high wire acts. The "Janitor" joins the act and performs a pyramid routine with the mermaids. The show ends with a mermaid being pulled through the water on a large seahorse.

Geographic Subject

Weeki Wachee Spring (Fla. : Spring)
Hernando County

Coverage

Postwar Florida (1945-1968)

Subject

Underwater Circus (Choreographic work)
Synchronized swimmers
Women entertainers -- Florida -- Hernando County -- Weeki Wachee
Hula hoop toys
Attractions -- Florida -- Hernando County -- Weeki Wachee
Tourism -- Florida -- Hernando County -- Weeki Wachee
Performances (Entertainment events)
Theatrical productions
Circus
Circus performers
Costume
Stage props