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Musicians perform underwater? I’m not sure how that works, but more than 500 scuba divers and snorklers went to see them at thr 23rd Underwater Music Festival in Florida last week.
The CBS article on the event has a 4 minute video.
The 4-hour sub-sea songfest took place at Looe Key Reef, an area of the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary located approximately six miles south of Big Pine Key. Staged by local radio station WWUS 104.1 FM, it featured the station’s selections broadcast underwater via Lubell Laboratory speakers suspended beneath boats positioned at the reef.
Musical selections at the annual Underwater Music Festival included the Beatles’ “Yellow Submarine” and Jimmy Buffett’s “Fins.”
This year, two local musicians, singing in the station’s studio, premiered songs, and opera was added to the program for the first time. “We even played ‘Songs of the Humpback Whale,”‘ said festival organizer Bill Becker. “But thankfully, no whales came.”