Key West "Drags" In 2009: Key West continued it's own unique New Years tradition, welcoming in the new year by dropping the drag queen known as Sushi

In Times Square, they needed heavy coats and wool hats to fight back the first chill of 2009 just to see a crystal ball drop. Just over 1 thousand miles to the south, they can see a stand in shorts and t-shirts to watch a drag queen drift to earth in a giant red shoe. Welcome to New Years Eve, Key West style. Thousands of revelers stood outside of the Bourbon Street Pub on Duval Street as drag queen Sushi, lavishly costumed and seated in a glittering ruby slipper suspended above the crowd, slowly dropped into their midst, popping a bottle of Champaign as the clock struck midnight.

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