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Despite COVID surge, Key West planning to party on for New Year's Eve

Gary Marion, also known as Sushi, descends into a crowd in a large red high heel. The drag diva had dropped for 25 years in a row.
Gary Marion, also known as Sushi, descends into a crowd in a large red high heel. The drag diva began the event "as a fluke."

To welcome 2022, a famous Key West drag queen will drop inside a red high-heeled shoe from above a Duval Street bar.

The celebrated New Year’s Eve tradition at the Bourbon Street Pub that has been running for more than 20 years — with performer Sushi n the shoe — was turned into a private party last year after the Southernmost City imposed a 10 p.m. curfew because of the pandemic.

A year later, Key West’s outdoor festivities have returned, along with the star of the big shoe.

Read more at from our news partners at flkeysnews.com.

Gwen Filosa covers the Florida Keys for WLRN. She has been reporting from the island chain for over a decade, from Cuban landings and the workforce housing crisis, to the oddities and charms of the Keys.
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