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US Prez Election Comes Early and Deep in Florida Keys
- By Stephen Weir
- Published 06/23/2008
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Stephen Weir
Stephen Weir is a well-known Toronto based communicator. He has been writing and taking photographs for Diver Magazine for almost 30 years.
View all articles by Stephen Weir2008 Underwater Music Festival July 12th
The US election will be held in November, but divers can get a jump on the big event by visiting the Florida Keys this July. The 'Reefpublicans' and the 'Democrabs' will be squaring off – underwater -- in a well orchestrated special Eel-Ection on July 12th in Looe Key.
According to Florida Keys radio station WWUS, the 24th Annual Underwater Festival will be giving a subsurface musical salute to the November presidential elections.
The underwater concert takes place at Looe Key Reef, an area of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Each year, the underwater concert attracts over 600 divers and snorkellers who get to listen to music, see performers in weird costumes ('Barackuda Obama', 'Hillary Clintuna' and 'John McClam') and check out Florida’s famous coral barrier reef.
The four-hour concert is being staged by WWUS. According to the radio station, "Music is broadcast underwater via Lubell Laboratory speakers suspended beneath boats positioned at the reef, and the play list typically ranges from humpback whale songs to marine-themed ditties such as the Beatles' 'Yellow Submarine' and Jimmy Buffett's 'A Pirate Looks at 40'."
Divers and snorkellers wishing to take part in the 2008 Underwater Music Festival can reserve space aboard dive or launch their own boats from public ramps and marinas throughout the area. For information visit the Florida Keys Web site at www.fla-keys.com .
According to Florida Keys radio station WWUS, the 24th Annual Underwater Festival will be giving a subsurface musical salute to the November presidential elections.
The underwater concert takes place at Looe Key Reef, an area of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary. Each year, the underwater concert attracts over 600 divers and snorkellers who get to listen to music, see performers in weird costumes ('Barackuda Obama', 'Hillary Clintuna' and 'John McClam') and check out Florida’s famous coral barrier reef.
The four-hour concert is being staged by WWUS. According to the radio station, "Music is broadcast underwater via Lubell Laboratory speakers suspended beneath boats positioned at the reef, and the play list typically ranges from humpback whale songs to marine-themed ditties such as the Beatles' 'Yellow Submarine' and Jimmy Buffett's 'A Pirate Looks at 40'."
Divers and snorkellers wishing to take part in the 2008 Underwater Music Festival can reserve space aboard dive or launch their own boats from public ramps and marinas throughout the area. For information visit the Florida Keys Web site at www.fla-keys.com .