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The Beneath the Sea Expo |
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March 26, 27 & 28 1999 |
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Press Release Beneath the Sea's 23rd annual Undersea Exposition and Dive Travel Show will be at the New Jersey Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, March 26, 27 and 28, 1999. This year Beneath the Sea will have almost 300 exhibitors from all corners of the world. There will be 50 seminars by specialists and experts, diving demonstrations, exotic destinations, social events, and workshops, to entertain, inform and excite the experienced diver, new diver, and non-diver equally. Almost 300 exhibitors representing the training agencies for scuba diving, and the major manufacturers of scuba equipment and accessories will be at Beneath the Sea. They are there to let you see, touch, talk about and, in some cases, even try their new products. For the Dive Traveler, Beneath the SEA is full-up with dive destinations, liveaboard dive boats, resorts, and airlines that will take you to far away places with strange sounding names. If you want to learn the newest in technique – digitally manipulating your underwater slides, catching-up to all that flash and dash on the Internet, or discover the latest in mixed-gas diving; Beneath the Sea will have over 50 seminars, exhibits, and workshops explaining the latest from the fields of scuba diving, oceanography, Northeast diving, wrecks, rescue, and all themes and variations of underwater photography. Saturday and Sunday will see The Great Shipwreck Debate at Beneath the Sea. Salvors, environmental conservators and Underwater Archeologists will go head-to-head on the subject of taking relics from wrecks, and even question whether diving on wrecks should be permitted.. For those divers who spend their time and money to explore the historic ruins beneath our seas this debate is a necessity. Every diver has an investment in this debate before wreck diving becomes a fond memory. Jean-Michel Cousteau heads a list of 50 distinguished speakers. Jean-Michel Cousteau, a remarkable and inspirational speaker and fine gentleman, will be presented with an award that recognizes his contributions to our oceans. Throughout Beneath the Sea Jean-Michel will be on hand to greet and speak with visitors to the show. He will also present the most recent of his long hit list of unique underwater films. On Sunday he will play an important role in Ocean Pals Sea of Sweets party for children. Also at Beneath the Sea will be Ralph White, the man who has made the most dives on the H.M.S. Titanic. Ralph will present some of the unique film footage he has shot, and tell some of the unusual, funny, and a few hair-raising tales of his experiences working underwater. At Beneath the Sea you will have an opportunity to Discover Scuba free at the Dive `O' Rama pool set-up just for you. Yes, you read that right: SCUBA FOR FREE AT BENEATH THE SEA. All new or would-be scuba divers at the show will receive a copy of Rodale's special magazine, ``New Diver." ``New Diver" explains scuba diving and what is needed to be a diver. As a participant in Dive `O' Rama you will get an opportunity to win some prizes and, maybe even appear in an episode of BAYWATCH. All the details for these outstanding offers will be at the show; all you need do is bring your bathing suit.. BAYWATCH Generation members take note: There will be members of the BAYWATCH team and cast at Beneath the Sea. Chances are they will keep a sharp eye on the scuba divers in the Dive `O' Rama pool. Well, it is possible that one of those divers in the pool could win the walk-on part in an up-coming episode of BAYWATCH. For the first time ever in the history of organized scuba diving, the Bubblemakers program will be offered to permit children ages 8 - 14 to Discover Diving. Bubblemakers is a rigidly supervised program that will sanction all those enthusiastic youngsters who were ``too young" to enjoy scuba diving. C'mon kids! Be Bubblemakers! PARTY ON!!! BENEATH THE SEA is a great place to meet and socialize with other divers. To help you party and find that ``special" friend, BENEATH THE SEA will open their exhibits Friday night, the 26th; and then let the evening spill over into an opening ``Dive in" welcome party. Saturday is the busy day at BENEATH THE SEA. Still, there is time for the VIP awards dinner with its presentation of the annual ``Diver of the Year," and ``Lifetime Achievement" awards. Then it's Saturday evening's Film Festival hosted this year by the ever-humorous, all-knowing, all-telling rascally Bret Gillian. Following the Film Festival is the Cayman Islands' Decompression Party with plenty of music, refreshments, and prizes for all. Sunday the excitement continues with the addition of Ocean Pals special program for children, their families and teachers. – all children accompanied by two (2) family adults admitted free. Throughout BENEATH THE SEA prizes large and small will be awarded. Prizes such as: a seven night dive trip aboard Peter Hughes' M/V Star Dancer in Papua New Guinea; five nights, including diving, at the Jean-Michel Cousteau Fiji Islands Resort; a week for two at Bonaire's Divi Flamingo Beach; a week for two at the Divi Club Tiara Resort on Cayman Brac. Photo Contest prizes feature winners being awarded trips aboard the Fiji Aggressor with air travel provided by Air Pacific, and a voyage aboard the Little Cayman Diver II. Do not miss being part of the past, the present and the future of scuba diving, oceanography, and photography. Make yourself part of BENEATH THE SEA, when it opens at the Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey the weekend of March 26, 27 and 28. – only 4 miles from mid-town Manhattan. All social events and the Saturday Evening Film Festival will take place at the Embassy Suites Hotel, right next door to the Meadowlands Exposition Center. There is a special show package for persons who would like to stay at the hotel. BENEATH THE SEA™ is a ``not-for-profit" public service, membership organization dedicated to educating the public about the oceans of the world and the preservation of the marine environment. . Ocean Pals™ is a special project of BENEATH THE SEA. For more information call 1.914.664.4310, e-mail info@beneaththesea.org, or visit Beneath The Sea's web site: WWW.BeneaththeSea.org Word Count: 1,031 |
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