Monthly Archives: January 2018

Vicki Smith, the “mermaid” who has lived more than 60 years underwater  – Vicki Smith was just 17 years old when she gave her first performance at the legendary siren theater […]

Here’s What Happens When You Apply to Be a Mermaid for the State of Florida Brittany Manley calls herself a modern-day pirate. About once a week, she navigates Florida’s Weeki […]

Seidman: The underwater sisterhood of the Weeki Wachee mermaids “Everyone gets to a point in their training where they say, I can’t do this. If you’re not a headstrong person, […]

Weeki Wachee holds 1st round of mermaid auditions CRYSTAL RIVER (FOX 13) – For those who grew up watching the little mermaid and dreaming of swimming the seas – Saturday was […]

Dozens of hopefuls brave cold during Weeki Wachee mermaid auditions WEEKI WACHEE — At 7 a.m. on Saturday, Lydia Byrd texted her aunt Mista Whitson, “You guys awake?” Byrd, 22, […]