30th Annual Mermaid Parade in Coney Island
June 26th, 2012 by Mr. C
The 30th Anniversary of the Mermaid Parade in Coney Island — Brooklyn’s own naughty and nautical themed mardi gras happened last Saturday. It was also The Cyclone’s 85th year of existence! Happy B-day to Brooklyn’s historic wooden roller coaster! We’ve been going to this offbeat event on and and off since the mid 1990s and it’s usually quite a spectacle! The Mermaid Parade is basically a celebration of the beginning of summer with participants dressed in hand-made costumes of the sea creature variety including mermaids, octopuses, kaiju’s, and anything oceanic related that you can artistically dream up! There is usually a crowned King & Queen host of the parade. This year’s King Neptune was JACKIE “THE JOKE MAN” MARTLING and the Queen Mermaid was ANNABELLA SCIORRA. Besides the extraordinary costumes and the personalities inside of them, you can also find marching bands, antique cars, party floats and boats, low rider bicycles, and circus atmosphere participants trooping in the parade!
We came strolling in late from Planet Jersey as usual as we docked the spaceship at the other more spacious Alphabet City on Avenue Y in the outskirts of Coney Island/Gravesend section of Brooklyn as we hoofed it on over to Coney to catch the last hour of the parade. WARRIORs come out and Playaay! Enjoy some of the photos that Chocko and I were able to capture!
(photos above by Mr. C)
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(photos 20,000 leagues under the sea by Chocko)
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