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Professional 'mermaid' Linden Wolbert entertains both children and adults at special events

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As budgets for special events gradually improve, four experts providing entertainment for events note the top trends: acts with a high-tech twist, such as the iPad Magician, Barack Obama impersonators, and anything glowing with LEDs. Acts falling...