110918 Mermaid University (MA)

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Swim instructor Rachel Jordan of Cary, 16, left, helps Emma Siefken of Spring Grove, 7, learn to swim with a mermaid tail during a Mermaid University program at Dolphin Swim Club on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 in Crystal Lake.

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Cadence Wioch of Harvard, 10, poses for a photo for her mother on the side of the pool during a Mermaid University program at Dolphin Swim Club on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 in Crystal Lake.

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Swim instructor Rachel Jordan of Cary, 16, back, helps Emma Siefken of Spring Grove, 7, left, and Cadence Wioch of Harvard, 10, learn to swim with a mermaid tail during a Mermaid University program at Dolphin Swim Club on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 in Crystal Lake.

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Participants in the adult class do handstands underwater with their mermaid tails on during a Mermaid University program at Dolphin Swim Club on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 in Crystal Lake.

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Lauretta Holt of Crystal Lake lifts her mermaid tail out of the water as she floats and laughs with friends during a Mermaid University program at Dolphin Swim Club on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 in Crystal Lake.

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Mermaid apparell, including flukes, tails, skins, and monofins are for sale and a requirement for the Mermaid University program at Dolphin Swim Club on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 in Crystal Lake.

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Swim instructor Rachel Jordan of Cary, 16, left, and Emma Siefken of Spring Grove, 7, splash with their monofin mermaid tails during a Mermaid University program at Dolphin Swim Club on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 in Crystal Lake.

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Swim instructor Rachel Jordan of Cary, 16, back left, helps Emma Siefken of Spring Grove, 7, back right, learn to swim with a mermaid tail as Cadence Wioch of Harvard, 10, bottom, swims backwards with her mermaid tail during a Mermaid University program at Dolphin Swim Club on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 in Crystal Lake.

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Lauretta Holt of Crystal Lake swims underwater during the adult Mermaid University program at Dolphin Swim Club on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 in Crystal Lake.

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Swim instructor David Dyer of Crystal Lake, 21, squeezes into a mermaid skin as he suits up for the adult Mermaid University program at Dolphin Swim Club on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 in Crystal Lake.

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Virginia Randles of Cary, 17, swims underwater with her mermaid skin during the adult Mermaid University program at Dolphin Swim Club on Friday, Nov. 9, 2018 in Crystal Lake.