Florida woman wins conch-blowing contest – and a marriage proposal
A Florida woman’s acceptance of her partner’s elegant marriage proposal was heard loud and clear by those gathered – and she didn’t need to say a word.
Mary Lou Smith’s yes was implied by her joyous, reverberating blast on a large conch shell.
Smith had just won the women’s division of the Key West annual conch-blowing contest held at the weekend, with an impressive display of lung power and mastery over the large shell.
Fellow conch player Rick Race, 73, then dropped to one knee on stage and proposed to Smith, 70. She responded by coaxing a hearty note from the shell, as onlookers cheered.
Someone shouted that they assumed this was a yes. All smiles, the two then indulged the audience with a brief duet on their respective conches, making the shells of conch, a marine gastropod, look easy to play.
Other contestants included children who took deep breaths before applying themselves to the shells and then grinning broadly upon eliciting short blasts from the fluted, pink-lined shells commonly found washed up on the archipelago off the tip of Florida.
Mary Lou Smith’s yes was implied by her joyous, reverberating blast on a large conch shell.
Smith had just won the women’s division of the Key West annual conch-blowing contest held at the weekend, with an impressive display of lung power and mastery over the large shell.
Fellow conch player Rick Race, 73, then dropped to one knee on stage and proposed to Smith, 70. She responded by coaxing a hearty note from the shell, as onlookers cheered.
Someone shouted that they assumed this was a yes. All smiles, the two then indulged the audience with a brief duet on their respective conches, making the shells of conch, a marine gastropod, look easy to play.
Other contestants included children who took deep breaths before applying themselves to the shells and then grinning broadly upon eliciting short blasts from the fluted, pink-lined shells commonly found washed up on the archipelago off the tip of Florida.
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theguardian
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