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Key West, Fla., man wins conch shell blowing title (AP)

Clinton Curry, a sixth-generation Key Wester, plays composer Aram Khachaturian's 'Sabre Dance' on the conch shell Saturday, March 6, 2010, during the 48th annual Key West Conch Shell Blowing Contest in Key West, Fla. Curry garnered top overall individual honors for his effort. Blowing the fluted, pink-lined conch shell has been a Key West tradition since the early 1800s, when seafaring settlers used it as a signaling device. (AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Rob O'Neal)AP - A sixth-generation Key West resident, who first blew a conch shell as a child, played two shells simultaneously to take top honors Saturday in the island's 48th annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest.




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