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Centro Prepares For This Year's Mermaid Promenade
Centro ArtSpace and Camp Olé attendees work in tandem to complete projects for this year's Mermaid Promenade float. Daily Record photos by Colton Ashabranner
Marina Paloma and Arie Taylor Flint work together to finish the river water behind the mermaids.
Centro ArtSpace and Camp Olé attendee Evangeline Straubhaar receives tips for filling in the background of the ethic mermaid mural for the Centro Mermaid Promenade float.
Gerardo Saucedo takes a break from painting the water to look up for instruction.
Arshaun Fallahi paints in some turtles after finishing up his merman for the mural.
Mate Flores and Gerardo Saucedo mix the perfect shade of blue that they dubbed "blue cheese".
Helen Rangel carefully fills in the background, while shaping the beautifully patterned mermaid tail.
Evangeline Straubhaar, Mateo Flores and Gerardo Saucedo begin mixing colors to create the perfect shade of red to use on a life-size ethnic mermaid puppet to be on display during the Mermaid Promenade
Sasha Moncada holds a fresh strip of paper wettedwith adhesive to begin shaping the facial features on the head of the paper-mache mermaid puppet..
Sasha Moncada holds a fresh strip of paper wettedwith adhesive to begin shaping the facial features on the head of the paper-mache mermaid puppet.
A closer view of the papier-mâché puppet head before facial features are recognizable.
Elias Montelongo punctures the bottom of the papier-mâché mermaid head to pop the balloon inside that has been keeping the shape of the head in place while the paper dries.
Abiel Montelongo watches as Sasha Moncada gives the popping of the balloon on the interior of the papier-mâché mermaid head a try.
Abiel Montelongo carefully pulls the popped balloon out of the papier-mâché mermaid head.
