Coronavirus and The History of The Coney Island Mermaid Parade
Coronavirus and The History of The Coney Island Mermaid Parade by Larry Baumhor (Copyrighted by Larry Baumhor, 2020) The 38th annual, 2020 Coney Island Mermaid Parade is canceled due to the coronavirus. Or is it? The original date for the parade was June 20th. The mermaids remain in the sea and the honorary kings and queens of the parade, many of whom are famous musicians remain in their residents, hostage to the coronavirus. Coney Island USA will recreate the Mermaid Parade in a live-streamed event on August 29, 2020 in restaurants, bars, and other venues throughout the world. “The Mermaid Parade, originally slated for June 20, was postponed due to the novel coronavirus — and its hosts decided to keep the event socially-distanced out of fear of spreading the disease.” “We can’t have 800,000 people in Coney Island for obvious reasons,” Mark Alhadeff said who is a member of Coney Island USA, the arts non-profit that hosts the parade. The last thing we want to do i...