Thursday, September 3, 2020

At the Renegade Mermaid Parade



This past Sunday afternoon, aficionados of the canceled-this-year Mermaid Parade came together as socially distant as possible along Avenue B to pay homage to the annual Coney Island event as well as to support local businesses.

Organizers dubbed this Renegade Mermaid Parade as a cross between the Mermaid Parade and the Easter Parade complete with a fashion show/costume contest.

EVG contributor Stacie Joy was on Seventh Street and Avenue B for part of the festivities...

























7 comments:

Anonymous said...

So good! Thanks for keeping the spirit alive, folks!

Laura Goggin said...

So sorry I missed this! Great photos!

Anonymous said...

And they say NYC is dead.

Andy on 7 said...

Niiice. All masks creatively factored in. Fish basket head is great. I hope Dick Zigun approves.

Anonymous said...

Sorry I missed this
Great photos

Unknown said...

We did get approval from Dick 🎯 We also appeared during the Tail-A-Thon to spread the word and raise money for The Coney Island ermaid Parade.

Curlyeyez55$ said...

Beautiful pics, thank you for sharing. I 100% miss this colorful parade. Praying next year i can walk in it.