Merry, submitted by Jeni Rone and Lizabee Rone
Sponsored by Virtual Universe Enterprises and the Lowcountry Weekly

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	completed mermaid	artist	sponsor	.locations
1.	Windy	Beaufort Yacht & Sailing Club Kids	Carol Madeja	Beaufort Yacht & Sailing Club
2.	Miss Beaufort	Lerry Perry & Charlene Perry-Dohmann	Palmetto State Bank	Visitor Center on Bellamy Curve
3.	Merry	Jeni Rone and Lizabee Rone	Lowcountry Weekly & Virtual Universe	The Gallery on Bay St.
4.	Sadie the Sea Island Quilter	Mary Margaret Green	Lesley Hendricks	Arts Council, 1111 Boundary St
5.	Inky	Andrew Roeder	SCB&T	Freedom Park (between the Downtown Marina and Bay St.)
6.	AquaMarina	Karen Harvey	North & Black, PC	Anchorage House, 1103 Bay St.
7.	Andraste the Invincible	Beatrice Jones	The Gallery	Waterfront Park at the pavilion
8.	Aletha Mermaid of Peace	Gail Roderique	Dr. Karen Eller	Logan Park (Bay & North)
9.	Miss laTina "Princess of Tides	April Whitt	Billy and Sue Partridge, & Bill and Judi Judge	Anchor Park in Port Royal
10.	la Peli Roja: This Redhead Loves Federal Street	Lesley Hendricks & Cheryl Ann	Cheryl Ann	Federal and Hamilton
11.	Esme	Zonna Oliver	Bluffton Today	Calhoun Street in Bluffton
12.	Aria	Carolyn Goyette	Lowcountry Concrete & Palmetto Masonry	Lowcountry Visitor Center on I95, exit 33
13.	Lady of the Sea Islands' Marsh Tacky Horses	Karen Keene Day	Island Realty of the Lowcountry	Harbor Island
14.	SheRock	Petra Jonsson	Leadership Beaufort 2007	Pigeon Point Park
15.	Marcia & her Little Shell Fish	Maria Iadonisi & Matthew Charbonneau	Mortgage Associates	Mortgage Associates 72 Sam's Point Rd., Lady's Island
16.	Mermaid de Liberté	Brenda Beasley	The Beaufort Gazette	Post office on Charles Street
17.	Susie's Sister Sally	Deanna Bowdish	Eileen Doherty	Waterfront Park at the marina
18.	Mami Wata	Tina B. Fripp & Dan Brown	Port Royal Old Village Assoc.	Town Hall in Port Royal
19.	Auntie Bellum	Lesley Hendricks	Historic Beaufort Foundation	east side of the bridge at Bay St.
20.	Fidella	Emily Post, with help from the members of the Boys & Girls Club Teen Center and JW Rone.	Celadon	Celadon
21.	Starry Catch	Mary Jane Martin	.Ned Pettigrew	on Calhoun St. in Bluffton
22.	Perk-O-Lena	Tammy Nold	Historic Beaufort Foundation	shops at Port Republic and Scott Streets
23.	Spectra	Hetty P. Nijman	3 Doors off Bay	Elliot House at Bay & Charles
24.	The Last Princess of Atlantis	Nathan Callender	.Billy Keyserling-Coldwell Banker Real Estate	Waterfront Park near the bridge
25.	Scarlet Asherah	Jada Gray	Sea Island Cancer Center	Keyserling Cancer Center
26.	Beatrice: from the River to the Table	Hank Herring	Pat Dudley, Lowcountry Real Estate	Charles Street Gallery
27.	Peaceful Protestor	Kelly Davidson	Art & Soul Gallery	Morrall Park at Craven and Carteret
28.	Cute as a Button	Mossy Oaks Elementary	Steve Brown Catering	Steve Brown Catering at Ribaut Rd. and First Ave.
29.	Carolina	Broad River Elementary	Palmetto Insurance Services & the Beaufort County School District	1301 King Street
30.	Port Royella	Port Royal Elementary	Port Royal Old Village Assoc.	Port Royal Elementary
31.	Indira	Beaufort Elementary	Martin McFie	Beaufort Elementary
	Mer-thanks to John at the UPS store on West. St. for the generous donation of styrofoam peanuts to help support the mermaids inner-armature!	Mer-thanks to Lowcountry Concrete & Palmetto Masonry for their glorious work on the all-important bases for the Big Swim mermaids.	Mer-thanks to Randy at DYNABLAZE for a final clear coat of auto-grade urethanes and a UV resistant clear coat.	..