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 Coney Island USA-Sponsorship Information
We offer partnering and sponsorship opportunities for all businesses and budgets of all sizes -- some of our past sponsors have included local Coney Island businesses such as Astroland; New York City brands, like Rheingold Beer; and nationally known brands, such as Snapple, Dunkin' Donuts and Lipton Iced Tea.
The Mermaid Parade has a limited number of partnership and sponsorship opportunties for businesses looking to reach our supporters!
At the 2003 Mermaid Parade, the Rheingold Brewing company reinforced their authentic native New York brand by sponsoring Miss Rheingold as Queen of the Parade
www.coneyisland.com /sponsor.shtml

  
 Union Pool Benefit Tickets: Coney Island, USA
Help Coney Island USA kick off the good weather in style and start the One Month countdown to the Mermaid Parade with a benefit blowout at Williamsburg's own Union Pool.
Everyone who buys a ticket, immediately gets to be a member of Coney Island USA, the people who put on the Mermaid Parade, the Sideshow, the Coney Island Film Festival, Burlesque at the Beach and a host of other great programs.
I would like to receive Coney Island USA news and events listings by email.
commerce.pair.com /alhadeff/coney/union_pool_2005.html

  
 Coney Island USA - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
CIUSA sponsors the famous "Sideshow by the Seashore" which is the last true "Ten in One" performance in the world in addition to the Coney Island Museum, Sideshow School and the annual Mermaid Parade, the largest arts parade in America.
Coney Island USA is a non-profit arts organization founded by Dick Zigun to preserve the performance arts of the American sideshow and the history of Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York.
You can find out more about Coney Island USA at http://www.coneyisland.com
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Coney_Island_USA

  
 Coney Island USA non-profit Coney Island Brooklyn, New York sideshow
CIUSA sponsors the famous "Sideshow by the Seashore" which is the last true "Ten in One" performance in the world in assition to the Coney Island Museum, Sideshow School and the annual Mermaid Parade, the largest arts parade in America.
Coney Island USA is a non-profit arts organization founded by Dick Zigun to preserve the performance arts of the American sideshow and the history of Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York.
Coney Island USA presents the Cyclone Rollercoaster and Zooming George...
en.powerwissen.com /DyshbynAEKq4tZRac7yhBg%3D%3D_Coney_Island_USA.html   (202 words)

  
 Coney Island USA Events-Tourist Information
This website is maintained by Coney Island USA, the not for profit arts organization that runs the Mermaid Parade, the Sideshow and the Coney Island Museum, among other programs.
Coney Island is a New York City neighborhood that features an amusement area that includes 35 or more separate rides and attractions; it's not a centrally managed amusement park like Disneyland or Six Flags.
Coney Island is the birthplace of the hot-dog, and there is no shortage of places to eat here.
www.coneyislandusa.com /tourism.shtml   (583 words)

  
 The American Experience Coney Island People & Events Dick Zigun
In 1985 Coney Island USA opened Sideshows by the Seashore, and Zigun has been producing it ever since.
On arriving in New York that year, Zigun was unable to find an affordable apartment in Manhattan, so he moved out to Coney Island, where the rents were cheaper.
The show received notice in several periodicals, including the Yale Drama Review, and spurred Zigun and some friends to inaugurate the Mermaid Parade.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/coney/peopleevents/pande05.html   (583 words)

  
 The American Experience Coney Island Timeline (1912 - 1985)
Coney Island holds the first annual Mermaid Parade on Riegelmann Boardwalk.
Coney Island USA opens Sideshows by the Seashore, now reportedly the only "10-in-1" sideshow operating in North America.
A subway line running from Manhattan to Coney Island is completed.
www.pbs.org /wgbh/amex/coney/timeline/index_3.html   (583 words)

  
 Fast Company Now
Finally Coney Island USA, the nonprofit that runs the Mermaid Parade, the sideshow, CI Museum,CI Film Festival, Burlesque at the Beach, and many other programs is in the last year of their lease.
Posted by: marc Michaelson at June 8, 2005 10:41 AM I grew up in Coney Island, it is such a pleasure to hear about the renewal.
I am pleased to here the renewel of Coney island has been a success.
blog.fastcompany.com /archives/2005/06/08/coney_island_carousing.html   (935 words)

  
 District 47: Brighton Beach, Coney Island, Bensonhurst
Coney Island Beach, its amusement parks, aquarium, and events such as the annual Mermaid Parade continue to bring throngs to the community.
Notwithstanding the significant efforts of local students and environmentalists to restore the salt marsh habitat, Coney Island Creek remains nearly stagnant and in need of clean up.
Elegant art deco apartment buildings graced Brighton Beach, while, to the west, Coney Island boasted world famous attractions and legendary crowds.
www.nylcv.org /ecofiles/brooklyn/html/ccd47.htm   (565 words)

  
 Web Site Links List
There are pages devoted to the Coney Island Sideshow, the Mermaid Parade, and a visit to Coney Island in current photos.
This site has a page that features tourist attractions at Coney Island today.
History articles on Coney's three big amusement parks and its hundreds of independent attractions.
naid.sppsr.ucla.edu /venice/links.htm   (565 words)

  
 Meccapixel.com 1.3 Michael Cosentino MERMAID PARADE CONEY ISLAND 2004
There are parades, and then there's Coney Island's annual Mermaid Parade.
The fine people at Coney Island make no bones about that fact.
The Mermaid Parade was started in response to Mardi Gras.
www.meccapixel.com /archives/000116.php   (565 words)

  
 Coney Island News and Events
Coney Island is seeking video footage of this year's Mermaid Parade- either footage of television broadcasts of the event or footage that you may have shot.
The building is one of the oldest remaining clapboard structures in Coney Island but it will be demolished within a week or two.
Those of us who care about Coney Island history and potential landmarks need to shed a tear or two today since a truck delivering food to Nathan's Famous hotdogs smashed into the 1920's neon sign on the side of the restaurant and the sign suffered extensive and severe damage.
www.coneyisland.com /news2001.shtml   (565 words)

  
 Gallery :: Mermaid Parade, '02
The "Huggable Puggables" at the Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2002
Elegant Mermaid - Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2002
Narwhale & Seahorses - Coney Island Mermaid Parade 2002
www.costumenetwork.com /MainGallery/136   (565 words)

  
 Welcome to ConeyIsland.com!
We are the company that produces: THE CONEY ISLAND MUSEUM which preserves the history of old Coney Island; THE MERMAID PARADE which is the largest art parade in New York City flaunting the new Coney Island; SIDESHOWS BY THE SEASHORE headquarters of the last traditional 10-in-1 circus sideshow in the town where they came from.
We are the people in Coney Island who care about old and new Coney Island.
A preview of a series of 3D/Animating cards made by Depthography for Coney Island, USA.
www.coneyisland.com   (565 words)

  
 Welcome to ConeyIsland.com!
We are the company that produces: THE CONEY ISLAND MUSEUM which preserves the history of old Coney Island; THE MERMAID PARADE which is the largest art parade in New York City flaunting the new Coney Island; SIDESHOWS BY THE SEASHORE headquarters of the last traditional 10-in-1 circus sideshow in the town where they came from.
We are the people in Coney Island who care about old and new Coney Island.
A preview of a series of 3D/Animating cards made by Depthography for Coney Island, USA.
www.coneyisland.com   (565 words)

  
 Sideshow World - Sideshow History, Sideshow Memories, Sideshow Stories, Sideshow Photographs, Sideshow Art at Sideshow World
as a Horseshoe Crab Warrior at the Annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade in 2003 - with Helen Pontani of "Pontani Sisters"
as a Horseshoe Crab Warrior at the Annual Coney Island Mermaid Parade - with 2 Mermaids in 2003
“Gaffs” are man-made objects simulating artifacts of wonder and oddities (some are completely fictional, such as “Fiji Mermaid” and “Jackalope”), with details great enough to fool the eyes and mind of the audience as real things at the circus sideshow tents behind the vividly painted large banners.
www.sideshowworld.com /SSA-15.html   (771 words)

  
 mermaid
Except for once a year when the FNY camera turns its all-seeing lens on the wackos of the Coney Island Mermaid Parade.
Appropriate for the Mermaid Parade, she was in her underwear.
Miss Rheingold was Queen of the Parade last year, but this year she settles for a ride in a convertible.
www.forgotten-ny.com /mermaid2004/mermaid2004.html   (482 words)

  
 New York City Regional Gallery of Fine Art Prints and Framed Prints
This image is from the Coney Island Mermaid Parade and is from the the Series "The Soul of Coney Island" which is on exhibit at the Morrison Gallery and is available for tour.
The figure, part of an amusement ride, was temporarily covered up in anticipation of a visit by a church group to the amusement park.
A firery carnival ride with time distorted imagery and human aparitions.
customvisuals.net /gallery_directories/galleries/r_New_York_City.html   (482 words)

  
 Coney Island Links
Bambi the Mermaid is practically the parade poster child.
Volcanic Video Dave Channon is an eccentric videographer and Manhattan Public Access Cable activist who has done a lot of work with Coney Island over the years.
IndieFilmPage.com Co-presenters of the Coney Island Film Festival and Coney Island Saturday Night Film Series.
www.coneyisland.com /links.shtml   (482 words)

  
 Coney Island USA Events-Tourist Information
This website is maintained by Coney Island USA, the not for profit arts organization that runs the Mermaid Parade, the Sideshow and the Coney Island Museum, among other programs.
Coney Island is a New York City neighborhood that features an amusement area that includes 35 or more separate rides and attractions; it's not a centrally managed amusement park like Disneyland or Six Flags.
The Coney Island Museum is also open on Saturdays and Sundays, from noon to 5 PM all year round.
www.coneyisland.com /tourism.shtml   (583 words)

  
 these moments that I've had.
Watched the Coney Island Mermaid Parade, including a New York Doll as King of the Parade.
Footage not shown on Celebrity Love Island: Rebecca Loos coming out of the toilet, wiping Callum Best's spunk off her t-shirt and licking her fingers.
Lovely day out in the countryside yesterday, meeting those of like-mind and having a jolly olde time.
drigs.blogspot.com   (583 words)

  
 Coney Island Mermaid Parade
The Mermaid Parade celebrates the sand, the sea, the salt air and the beginning of summer, as well as the history and mythology of Coney Island, Coney Island pride, and artistic self-expression.
The Parade is followed by the Mermaid Parade Ball, a post-parade gathering where costumed parade participants can get together with each other and parade spectators to listen to live music, purchase raffle tickets, and watch burlesque and sideshow acts performed by some of New York City's hottest burlesque stars.
The Mermaid Parade is a completely original creation that is that nation's largest art parade and one of New York City's greatest summer events.
www.coneyisland.com /mermaid.shtml   (224 words)

  
 Coney Island Mermaid Parade
The Parade is characterized by participants dressed in hand-made costumes as Mermaids, Neptunes, various sea creatures, the occasional wandering lighthouse, Coney Island post card or amusement ride, as well as antique cars, marching bands, drill teams, and the odd yacht pulled on flatbed.
The Mermaid Parade celebrates the sand, the sea, the salt air and the beginning of summer, as well as the history and mythology of Coney Island, Coney Island pride, and artistic self-expression.
The Parade is followed by the Mermaid Parade Ball, a post-parade gathering where costumed parade participants can get together with each other and parade spectators to listen to live music, purchase raffle tickets, and watch burlesque and sideshow acts performed by some of New York City's hottest burlesque stars.
www.coneyisland.com /mermaid.shtml   (206 words)

  
 Mermaid Art: Your Source for Mermaids
Fine art photography of mermaids from the incredible Coney Island Mermaid Parade with additional cemetery, carnival and carousel images from around the world.
Mermaids at the lowest prices plus a huge selection of custom framing and mounting options.
These original mermaid, fairy and fantasy polymer clay sculptures are truly unique.
www.artpromote.com /mermaid.shtml   (198 words)

  
 Project for Public Spaces (PPS) - Placemaking for Communities - Great Public Spaces: Coney Island
Dick Zigun, a Yale School of Drama graduate, founded Coney Island, USA, a nonprofit that hosts a now-famous annual Mermaid Parade down the central street of the island.
One of Coney Island's most famous rollercoasters, the Cyclone, was saved along with a few other rides, but the heyday of Coney Island had come to an end.
Attendance at Coney Island in 1904 averaged 90,000 people per day.
www.pps.org /gps/one?public_place_id=125   (198 words)

  
 Spoon Popkin
Works from The Coney Island Mermaid Parade to Burning Man, come see the *real* Fiji Mermaid, an electric jellyfish, the mermaid from the Sea of Fire, +/- bunnies and the Pink Panda (photo: Dan Van Allen) among others.
A 1990 graduate of MICA, Spoon Popkin has been working in costume for 20 years.
A Mardi Gras timed show of costumes by Spoon Popkin at Red Emma’s Coffeeshop.
www.angelfire.com /grrl/spoon   (270 words)

  
 Williamsburg Art and Historical Center: Events & Exhibits
Opening Reception Saturday, June 7, 4:00 - 7:00 PM In celebration of the Coney Island Mermaid Parade, Carri Skoczek brings the sixth annual Mermaid Show to the Williamsburg Art and Historical Center.
Diane was a participant in the Mermaid shows from the very beginning.
She will be greatly missed this year, but her spirit lives in in her work and will be celebrated in this very special exhibition.
wahcenter.net /exhibits/2003/mermaidshow   (270 words)

  
 The Schubin Chronicles - November 2001
For the unaffiliated, there are also the Coney Island Mermaid Parade, the Greenwich Village Halloween Parade, the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and the Ragamuffin Day Parade (the first two rated R).
New York was bailed out of one of its fiscal crises by Hoboken resident Hetty Green, the "Witch of Wall Street." The Guinness Book of World Records calls her the world's greatest miser, possibly because she lived in a cold-water flat, sharing her bedroom with her daughter and having her son sleep in the kitchen.
In New York, the conversational phrase "You're welcome" is almost invariably spelled "Sure" and pronounced as a variant of either a synonym of farrier or the verb for baking eggs.
www.symes.tv /Schubin/schubin_0111.htm   (270 words)

  
 Mermaids and Sirens - Northstar Gallery
the Coney Island Mermaid Parade and other carnival art with a mermaid and Siren theme.
The Mermaids and Coney Island links page is a comprehensive survey of web sites on Mermaids, Coney Island, carnivals and the Coney Island Mermaid Parade.
Part Mardi Gras, part art parade, the Coney Island Mermaid Parade is a New York tradition.
northstargallery.com /pages/MermaidHome.htm   (412 words)

  
 Williamsburg Art and Historical Center: Events & Exhibits
We are the company that produces: THE CONEY ISLAND MUSEUM which preserves the history of old Coney Island; THE MERMAID PARADE which is the largest art parade in New York City flaunting the new Coney Island; SIDESHOWS BY THE SEASHORE headquarters of the last traditional 10-in-1 circus sideshow in the town where they came from."
Non-profit organization serving the Brooklyn, NY community in the field of the visual fine arts.
The largest artist-run association in Brooklyn, BWAC supports the growth of the visual arts by sponsoring exhibitions and educational programs, and through publications.
wahcenter.net /links.html   (1630 words)

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