Conch Blowing
Cheeks fully expanded, 6-year-old Katie Worth, left, blows a conch shell Saturday, March 6, 2010, during the 48th annual Key West Conch Shell Blowing Contest in Key West, Fla., Contest emcee Gerry Tinlin, right, looks on. Worth won the contest's children's division. 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)
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