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Spring Catch Up With Mermaids

5/5/2015

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Wow we haven’t made a formal update since the beginning of the year and soooo much has happened! We’ve been working our tails off so it’s time for a fishy update. Usually I post things chronologically but I wanted to start with the good news first.

You may have seen our previous post about entering the ADP Small Business contest. Well… WE WON! That’s right! We won we won we won! You can read about it at the following links:

Our Facebook Post
Raina’s Facebook Post
ADP’s Website Brief
Media Coverage

Big thank you to ADP for this amazing award. We are so excited to put it to good use!

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Our next big announcement? Mermaid Mimi is expecting a merling this fall! We are so excited for her we can hardly contain ourselves! Look at that little cutie! Mimi will be doing dry bookings at her own discretion for the time being.  Yay for Mermaid Mimi

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So now let’s get back to catching up on what else has happened in Mermaid land since our last update in January!

In February Mermaid Mutiny and Raina Mermaid participated in the first annual Heritage Day. We celebrated in style swimming with 100’s of kids. Check out the news coverage of it here:

Mermaids on Eastlink Magazine

Posted by Halifax Mermaids on Tuesday, 24 March 2015
Mermaid Mutiny and Raina met up with our friend Mermaid Sephina for a little swim. Check out the video and photos here:

Maid to Swim

Posted by Mermaid Mutiny on Saturday, 21 February 2015
Mermaid Victoria started her auditioning process for the Halifax Mermaids. We’re happy to announce that we have accepted her as a new mermaid! Check out photos of the lovely Mermaid Victoria here

Recreational Swimming, Events and Photoshoots

Posted by Mermaid Victoria on Saturday, 3 January 2015
Mermaid Mutiny and Raina had a little fun in Spryfield Wave Pool… check it out!

Mermaid Mimi got a little crazy and decided to get some photos on an iceflow… check it out! She sure is a northern mermaid!

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During the ADP Grant contest we made a few silly videos. You can watch them here- they were a lot of fun!

Raina got a chance to work with Babineau photography and the results were spectacular. Check it out! We can't wait to work with him this summer

Raina and Mutiny taught educational workshops all March Break at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic. Check out the photos and video coverage below.

photos posted with permission

Posted by Halifax Mermaids on Wednesday, 18 March 2015

Featured on CBC

Posted by Halifax Mermaids on Monday, 16 March 2015

Brief interview with CTV with Mermaid Mutiny and Raina the Halifax Mermaid at the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic for March Break.

Posted by Halifax Mermaids on Monday, 16 March 2015
Raina and Mutiny both spoke at different Library events! Check out the photos below

Raina visits the Keshen Goodman Public Library for March Break Story Telling.

Posted by Halifax Mermaids on Friday, 20 March 2015
We did a lot of photoshoots over the past little while, check out our photos and some behind the scenes.

Check out our retrospective videos of how far each mermaid has come in the company!

We’ve been doing loads of birthday parties. Check out the updated album here.

We’ve had a LOT of media coverage… like… a lot. Check out the links below~ (the ‘see below’ references our media page where you can see photos. Just click on the left hand side)

Halifax Mermaids feature in the Chronicle Herald, April 2015, Click here and see below
Halifax Mermaids won the ADP Small Business contest, April 2015 See photo below, Click Here
Raina the Mermaid Splashes Her way to Success March 2015Click Here
Raina and the company are featured in The Globe and Mail March 2015 Click Here
Raina and Mutiny featured in Eastlink Magazine, Feburary/March 2015 Click Here and see Below
Raina and Mutiny can be seen on CTV Morning Live March 2015Click Here and see Below
The Mermaids can be seen in this CBC News Feature, March 2015. Click Here and See Below
The Mermaids were featured briefly on CTV Live at 5, march 2015, Click Here and See Below
Raina was featured in a CBC Article March 2015, See Below andClick Here
Raina had a photo published in the Halifax Metro March 2015, See Below.
12 Fantastic Things to do in Nova Scotia this March Break- Blog Link Feb 2015Click Here
Merwrangler Sean was quoted on the Daily Mail along with a photo of him and a photo of Raina, Feb 2015 Click Here
A quote from Raina and a photo appears in this French magazine, January 2015 Click here
Raina appears in this online article, January 2015 Click here
Raina and Mutiny appear in the Halifax Metro, January 2015 for NS MMA, See Below
Raina's photo appears along many others in thisarticle here, January 2015.
Mermaid Mutiny and Raina gave an interview for CKDU 88.1 FM just before we left for NB for the Girl's Empowerment Workshop. Jan 2015 You can listen to it at the 22:56 mark! Click Here
An image of Raina appeared in an online article for It's Nice That Jan 2015, Click Here
An image of Raina appeared in an article on MTV UK, Jan 2015 see below and click here.
An image of Raina appeared in an article about the upcoming book Conventional Wisdom. See Below and Click here



One of our latest big expansions? We bought a host of finfun tails so that we can offer mermaid photoshoots in the future! It means we can take teens and adults (and soon kids) and make them over to have the mermaid experience. Check out the behind the scenes of how the tails look below

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We got this awesome letter in the mail from local MP Megan Leslie! It’s to congratulate us on our big win. So awesome. Thank you Megan! We appreciate the validation and support.

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We’d like to say a big welcome home to Mermaid Nessie who is rejoining us from NL.

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So isn't this just a GIANT update! This is only the top of the iceberg too. So much more to come. 2015 will certainly be the year of the mermaids. Keep watching fish fans! Check out our "upcoming events" on the left hand side to see where we'll be this summer. It'll be updated frequently.
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