I have seen them use the Florida Horse conch (our own shell)!
 
ferreter wrote:
 
> Sponsor was the Key West Chamber of Commerce or at least that's what the
> news lady said . last years winner played "Ode to Joy" This years was "Blue
> Danube"
> This brings up a new topic , what other shells are used in music and how? I
> once saw a hollowed gourd , covered in lengths of money cowries that was
> shook.
> Mark James & Peta Susan Bethke
> 3001 South Ocean Dr. Suite 4-V
> Hollywood, Florida
> 33019-2804
> U.S.A.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ross Mayhew <[log in to unmask]>
> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Saturday, April 10, 1999 2:52 AM
> Subject: Conch-blowing contest at Key West
>
> >If anyone is still opening my messages, can someone tell me who
> >sponsored that neat conch-blowing contest at Key West this week??  The
> >winner was the one who could play their shell the best, and from the
> >sounds of it they could have formed their own orchestra - we're talking
> >Real Music here, o my people!!
> >Captivated in Canada,
> >Ross M.
> >--
> >Ross Mayhew:    Schooner Specimen Shells:
> Http://www.schnr-specimen-shells.com
> >"We Specialize in the Unusual"
> >Phone: (902) 876-2241     Snail Mail; P.O Box 20005, RPO Spryfield,
> >Halifax, N.S., Canada, B3R 2K9.
> >But try to find "something for Everyone"!!
> >
 
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Jim and Bobbi Cordy
of Merritt Island, Florida.
 
Jim Specializes in Self-Collected
Caribbean & Florida Shells
 
Bobbi in Shell Creations