Wandering Mermaids

"Our" mermaids had no intention of being confined to the 63 miles of the city of Norfolk.

First, blank mermaids roamed throughout Hampton Roads, the Eastern Shore, Hayes, York County — to Tabb High art students and even to Pennsylvania — to the artists who would decorate them.

Then sponsors purchased and placed mermaids in York County at a library, in Virginia Beach at a bank, by a jewelry store and pool overlooking Lynnhaven Inlet.

One spotted at the Michelob Golf Tournament in Kingsmill returned with autographs of famous golfers; another returned from a stay at the (formerly-named GTE) Verizon Wireless Virginia Beach Amphitheater sporting the names of performers. Both were auctioned to benefit the arts.