It’s pretty sad to know that Coney Island will not be the same next year (http://www.thecidc.org/PressRelease091405.htm). So I decided to participate in my first Coney Island Mermaid Parade. The theme was aquatic life, which people parade down Surf Avenue with their most creative costume strudding their stuff. The parade stretched about 3 long blocks long where the judges waits at the end of the route to score the winning costume.

The weather that day was perfect, clear sky, not too humid, a huge crowd for the event. The groups I remember seeing were the Charle Anglefish, Seapranos, and a bunch of seamonkeys.

I definitely need to go back when there’s not much of a crowd.