In this photo, provided by the Florida Keys News Bureau, 'Sushi,' portrayed by female impersonator Gary Marion, is lowered from the balcony of the Bourbon Street Pub Friday, Dec. 30, 2005, in a mammoth reproduction of a women's high-heel shoe.
The practice drop was staged as a dress-rehearsal for Sushi's real performance, set for New Year's Eve Saturday. The red shoe drop was conceived as a whimsical answer to New York City's ball drop in Times Square and traditionally attracts thousands of revelers to Key West's Duval Street.
(AP Photo/Florida Keys News Bureau, Andy Newman)