Once a mermaid, always a mermaid: Former performers return to their roots

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Published September 2, 2025 at 8:51 AM PDT

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A group of women in their 70s recently visited the Florida springs where they once performed as mermaids to see if they still had the magic.

WUSF’s Sky Lebron reports.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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