Get able to make a splash at one of many world’s quirkiest live performance experiences — the forty first annual Decrease Keys Underwater Music Competition is about to rock the reef Saturday, July 12, at Looe Key. Photograph Courtesy of Frazier Nivens/Florida Keys Information Bureau
LOOE KEY, Florida Keys — The Decrease Florida Keys’ vibrant underwater world is about to rework right into a one-of-a-kind live performance venue in the course of the forty first annual Decrease Keys Underwater Music Competition, happening Saturday, July 12, on the iconic Looe Key Reef.
This immersive expertise invitations divers and snorkelers to dive right into a whimsical undersea soundscape the place marine melodies meet conservation messaging — all beneath the floor of the Atlantic Ocean. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., visitors can swim amongst colourful coral formations and tropical fish whereas listening to ocean-themed music broadcast underwater by way of audio system suspended from boats.
Songs like Jimmy Buffett’s “Fins” and “A Pirate Seems at 40,” The Beatles’ “Octopus’s Backyard,” and The Little Mermaid soundtrack are only a few of the fin-tastic favorites that always floor on the playlist, courtesy of US1 104.1 FM.
Including to the aquatic spectacle? Costumed mermaids, sea creatures, and “submerged musicians” pantomiming together with whimsical devices in a surreal underwater jam session.
The musical merriment has a severe aspect, too: it’s all about selling coral reef preservation. Interspersed between tunes are eco-friendly dive ideas, from utilizing mooring buoys and avoiding contact with coral to understanding why reefs are often called “the rainforests of the ocean” for his or her unbelievable biodiversity.
The festivities start the night earlier than with a free welcome celebration on Friday, July 11, from 6 to eight p.m. at Mote Marine Laboratory’s Elizabeth Moore Worldwide Heart for Coral Reef Analysis & Restoration on Summerland Key. Visitors can tour the state-of-the-art facility and find out about groundbreaking coral cultivation and reef restoration efforts from the specialists serving to carry Florida’s reefs again to life.
The competition is introduced by the Decrease Keys Chamber of Commerce and US1 Radio, and held at Looe Key Reef, a part of the Florida Keys Nationwide Marine Sanctuary — a protected space positioned about six miles south of Large Pine Key that’s residence to the continental U.S.’s solely residing coral barrier reef.
Wish to be a part of this only-in-the-Keys custom? You’ll be able to ebook a seat with native dive and snorkel charters or launch your individual boat from space ramps and marinas. Costumes inspired. Reef respect required. Enjoyable assured.
Ebook a dive/snorkel constitution:
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