KEY WEST — Making music with a conch (pronounced "konk") shell might seem unusual, but several dozen people tried it during the weekend's annual Conch Shell Blowing Contest in the Florida Keys.

Mager, a 35-year-old Key West resident, likens playing a conch shell to playing a brass instrument. P >Judges evaluated contest entrants, who ranged from less than 3 years old to seniors, on the ...