Mermaid Informative Speech

Sailors have told legends of mermaids in the seas for hundreds of years. Many recall their majestic beauty as they call out to men lost at sea. Some scientists have suggested that the sea ladies past sailors had seen, were most likely animals such as the manatees, and one could easily mistake their shape in a dark light in the middle of the ocean. However I have the great privilege of knowing a real mermaid. Yes, I can honestly claim that my grandmother, Diane Mitchell, was a mermaid in Florida. How many people can say that?
During the 1960’s, the main attraction in Weeki Wachee Springs, Florida was the dazzling mermaid show in the town. Thousands of people would flock there, including celebrities like Elvis Presley to see the beautiful mermaids.
She was originally born in Vinton, Iowa and had many sisters and a brother. In 1951, their parents were killed in a train accident leaving the whole group of kids orphaned, and split up to live with different families. Diane was adopted into the Frye family of a doctor and housewife with a son and a daughter. Her new mother wasn’t the sweetest mother in the world and told my grandma on many occasions that she wouldn’t amount to anything. If only she were alive today so that she could look upon her adopted daughter and witness the success that has followed my mawmaw throughout her life, she might not have said any of those harsh things. My mawmaw says that at times, she did get discouraged because of it, but she remained to stay strong and keep pushing forward. That is just one of the reasons that makes me proud to be apart of her life and to have a great hero to look up
“As much as I loved to get all dolled up and perform with such beauty for my own self, it was more thrilling to see the reactions of everyone who was watching me. I loved to connect with the audience, especially the younger children.” She not only was doing something that she loved doing, but enjoyed doing it because it also made someone else happy in return. My mawmaw did countless shows a day with different acts, costumes, makeup, and with longer and shorter times. Diane told me that it did not matter how tired you were or how many shows you had already performed that day, “whether it be the large group of people first thing in the morning or the three people who squeezed their way in at closing, a mermaid is supposed to do her show as best as she possibly can.” That is so inspiring to me that she thought of others before herself like