Ariel from "The Little Mermaid" visits Sigourney Public Library

All the way from the underwater kingdom of Atlantica, Princess Ariel made a visit to the Sigourney Public Library on Wednesday, July 6 to have some fin-ny fun with overjoyed children.

Kids were able to ask the Disney princess questions about life as a mermaid, play mermaid games like bubble popping and “Sharks in the Water”, watch Ariel perform water coloring tricks, and sing along to popular songs from the movie. Amanda Rostami, Sigourney Public Library Director, organized the event after hearing about a certain princess making an appearance at the Pella Library, and became extremely curious.

“We found out about this company that has actresses perform as Disney princesses that will visit libraries, go to parties and events from that library,” Rostami said. “Once we learned about Ariel being at Pella, we thought it would be great to have her visit our library.”

The company is called Little Princess Parties, based out of Urbandale. According to their website, Little Princess Parties was founded in 2005, striving to “not only entertain with songs, stories, games and more, but we encourage your little ones to be the best princesses and princes they can be.”

Ariel was played by Emmy Cuvelier, a Iowa State University student majoring in Performing Arts. Cuvelier began performing as the popular Disney icon a year and a half ago.

“I was job searching one day and an ad came up looking for someone to play the part of Ariel,” Cuvelier said. “I’ve been a part of this company ever since, and I love it!”

Ariel also signed autographs, handed out pretty “Dinglehoppers” and took pictures with all her adoring fans present, boys and girls alike. The library staff were just as excited to take photos with Cuvelier’s character.

“This was a lot of fun for everyone involved,” Rostami said. “The kids loved it and we enjoyed have Ariel here.”

The Sigourney Public Library will be hosting several kid-friendly events over the course of the summer. Next will be the Ninja Obstacle Course on July 8 at Legion Park. All ages are welcome to this free and exciting event.

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