DIVERS AT UNDERWATER MUSIC FESTIVAL IN FLORIDA, 1997-07-12 (photo)

Divers pretend to play musical instruments at the Underwater Music Festival in the Florida Keys July 12. From left are Bill Becker of Big Pine Key, Fla., "mermaid" Nancy Herlehy of Cudjoe Key, Fla., and Bob Soos of Key West, Fla. The trio form a portion of more than 650 divers and snorkelers that got wet to listen to a local radio station's six-hour broadcast of music and coral reef conservation public service messages. The "concert," in partial tribute to late undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau, was accomplished with the aid of eight special underwater speakers suspended from boats at the surface of the Looe Key National Marine Sanctuary. USA FESTIVAL