Picture taken by Byron Dazey, Faerieworlds 2016
The
Traveling Fanta-Sea Cove
About the Traveling Fanta-Sea Cove
Since 2012, Una the Mermaid has been the proud creator, owner, and host of the Traveling Fanta-Sea Cove. This is a NOT for profit, interactive (improv), live action mermaid lagoon intended to serve community events and festivals!
At the cove, Una and her mermaid friends will swim and enchant all those they encounter. Come and explore your inner child, and watch as your real life fantasy-legend comes to life!
The Mission
The mission of the Traveling Fanta-Sea Cove has been to provide a safe, body positive, inclusive, and empowering space for all those interested in exploring merfolk entertainment. Magic comes to life in the cove, and as the host of this space, it has been Una's desire to help make this magic tangible and accessible to all. It has also been her goal to inspire others to feel beautiful, engage with their imaginations, and to not be afraid to play. For it is when we are willing to engage our creative minds we begin to go beyond the limitations and harms of this world.
Since 2012, Una the Mermaid has been the proud creator, owner, and host of the Traveling Fanta-Sea Cove. This is a NOT for profit, interactive (improv), live action mermaid lagoon intended to serve community events and festivals!
At the cove, Una and her mermaid friends will swim and enchant all those they encounter. Come and explore your inner child, and watch as your real life fantasy-legend comes to life!
The Mission
The mission of the Traveling Fanta-Sea Cove has been to provide a safe, body positive, inclusive, and empowering space for all those interested in exploring merfolk entertainment. Magic comes to life in the cove, and as the host of this space, it has been Una's desire to help make this magic tangible and accessible to all. It has also been her goal to inspire others to feel beautiful, engage with their imaginations, and to not be afraid to play. For it is when we are willing to engage our creative minds we begin to go beyond the limitations and harms of this world.
What the Cove Offers
The Traveling Fanta-Sea Cove is versatile in its footprint size, depending on the needs and desires of an event. The smallest footprint is a 10x10 photo booth, but in full set-up the Cove consists of a 15ft diameter, 3,300-gallon pool, a moon pool, a splash pool, numerous perches, a merling cove, and other activities. All in all, it can get as large as 40x30 feet. Smaller variations of a reduced footprint set-up are available upon request.
The Traveling Fanta-Sea Cove is ideal for community events and festivals with a minimum of a two day duration. Much smaller and/or minimal set-ups for one day events are possible.
At the cove you can expect to see real swimming
mermaids; you can take free photos; play games, listen to undersea tales and songs; play with gigantic bubbles; make a wish on a starfish; get a mermaid treasure, and MORE!
Rates
The Traveling Fanta-Sea Cove is not-for-profit, and all entertainers of the cove are community volunteers. The cove is booked on a barter economy. We simply ask for what is needed to keep the cove going, and to break even on operation costs. What we require often depends on the the size and duration of an event, the complexity of the set-up, and the location of the venue.
Event hosts must supply:
Other Need-to-Knows
The Traveling Fanta-Sea Cove is versatile in its footprint size, depending on the needs and desires of an event. The smallest footprint is a 10x10 photo booth, but in full set-up the Cove consists of a 15ft diameter, 3,300-gallon pool, a moon pool, a splash pool, numerous perches, a merling cove, and other activities. All in all, it can get as large as 40x30 feet. Smaller variations of a reduced footprint set-up are available upon request.
The Traveling Fanta-Sea Cove is ideal for community events and festivals with a minimum of a two day duration. Much smaller and/or minimal set-ups for one day events are possible.
At the cove you can expect to see real swimming
mermaids; you can take free photos; play games, listen to undersea tales and songs; play with gigantic bubbles; make a wish on a starfish; get a mermaid treasure, and MORE!
Rates
The Traveling Fanta-Sea Cove is not-for-profit, and all entertainers of the cove are community volunteers. The cove is booked on a barter economy. We simply ask for what is needed to keep the cove going, and to break even on operation costs. What we require often depends on the the size and duration of an event, the complexity of the set-up, and the location of the venue.
Event hosts must supply:
- The space to set-up
- Electricty or power
- The water for the lagoon/s
- Lodging or Camping for merfolk and their immediate family (for multiple day events, or long distance venues)
- Free event passes for all participating merfolk volunteers (4 merfolk are a minimum for running of the cove, the event can determine how many mers it would like to have)
- Possible gas reimbursement for long distance venues
Other Need-to-Knows
- There is NO public swimming in any of the mermaid lagoons. The lagoon pools are strictly for official Traveling Fanta-Sea Cove merfolk only, and for the purpose of creating magical encounters between merpersons and humans.
- Half and full set ups require a minimum of a two day event duration. These set ups are large, and therefore require an entire day for set-up, and an entire day for tear down.
- NO the lagoon can NOT be filled via a standard hose. This would take almost a week to fill! To fill the pools, it typically requires either one large water truck, OR access to a fire hydrant with a fire hose (as pre-arranged with the local fire department).
- For safety reasons the Traveling Fanta-Sea Cove MUST be set up on complete flat ground, or the pool frame could break, and the perches will fall.
- Our water is NOT heated. To ensure an active and lively mermaid lagoon, the pool must be placed in all day, direct sun. Otherwise, the water will be hypothermic and empty :)
- All engagements are arranged per scheduling availability, and per volunteer availability.
- The Traveling Fanta-Sea Cove is not obligated to perform or offer any entertainment services at a venue which is not able to meet the expected health and safety standards of the cove.
- Mermaids are fair-weather entertainers. Inclement weather can be prohibitive at out-door events.
Want to book the Traveling Fanta-Cove for a public event?
Please contact us!
Please contact us!
