6), temperature-defying costumes could be found everywhere ... Costumed groups embodied the event theme -- "Swimmin' with the Gods and Goddesses" -- and were joined by a host of local dance ...

Burtka opted for the likeness of Poseidon the god of the sea, carrying a trident and wearing shelled armor. Harper dressed as Aphrodite the goddess of love, putting on a long blonde wig and ...

Hespera and Kalypso are introduced as gods rather than goddesses. Is it an important ... as I found out. The costumes are heavier than they look. And we were wobbling around on enormous platform ...