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SUB-SEA SERENADE: MUSIC GOES BENEATH THE WAVES AT THE UNDERWATER MUSIC FESTIVAL

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Alex Rickert
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One of the Keys’ most prized reefs was the venue of choice for the 40th annual Lower Keys Underwater Music Festival on July 13. Sponsored by the Lower Keys Chamber of Commerce and US1 104.1 FM radio, the yearly installation found a menagerie of costumed scuba divers and snorkelers submerging themselves to the sounds of a carefully-curated playlist broadcast through underwater speakers. As participants took in the beauty of Looe Key Reef, a protected area along the Florida Keys’ reef tract known worldwide for its biodiversity and corals, the sub-sea tunes were interspersed with crucial messages promoting protection of one of the world’s most vital, yet critically threatened, ecosystems.

Photos by ALEX RICKERT/Keys Weekly.

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Alex Rickert
Alex Rickert
Alex Rickert made the perfectly natural career progression from dolphin trainer to newspaper editor in 2021 after freelancing for Keys Weekly while working full time at Dolphin Research Center. A resident of Marathon since 2015, he fell in love with the Florida Keys community by helping multiple organizations and friends rebuild in the wake of Hurricane Irma. An avid runner, actor, and spearfisherman, he spends as much of his time outside of work on or under the sea having civil disagreements with sharks.

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