I have an artist friend who is an expert on mermaids. he has written a book on the subject, and often meets poeple who claim to have experienced life as a mer-maid or mer-man...please let me know about the date of your festival, because he may want to attend! here is a page with some examples of his art-- http://www.quiknet.com/~boshe/ I think his mermad book may not be on the web page yet. You can send a message to me to keep me posted onthe festivities at: veraloe@cncnet.com. Laurel