C.I.D.

Despite recent controversy, Mermaid does exist. On Coney Island.
Widely publicized Mermaid Parade in Brooklyn is celebrating its 30th anniversary! 

Deserving honorable mention (2nd place after SF Castro Street Fair), the event, with the nod from the city fathers, aimed at rejuvenation of this long neglected NYC’s most popular shoreline.

   Mermaid Parade claims heritage from a century old Mardi Gras, sank into oblivion near Coney Island shore with Moses’s (*) re-zoning to accommodate low income housing projects in 60’s.

   Coney Island Dancers (C.I.D.) is a prominent figure of the festivities.

Not too long ago this underground organization with, apparently, tainted reputation shifted its course chiefly under the commandment of the Commander-in-chief Vargas. Nowadays “looking for no glory other than the well-being of the community”, C.I.D. plays in unison in the chorus of various area renaissance programs.

   This grand rehearsal took place right there on the Boardwalk, off the Luna park entrance:

   This is what we managed to salvage from a double-barrel-from-the-heap reportage, when the all the smoke cleared.

Part I. Free admission

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( to be continued in Part II )

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(*) the laurels of baron Haussmann haunted that architecture genius, famous of labeling plebeian beach park entertainments “tawdry”.