St. Petersburg came out decked in its Sunday best, and decked the halls of the Duke Energy Center for the Performing Arts at Mahaffey Theater last night for a Christmas concert from Florida’s first Black Miss Florida, Ericka Dunlap. Mayor Ken Welch was among those in attendance along with students from Eisenhower Elementary School in Clearwater.

Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
St. Petersburg Mayor Ken Welch (center) at Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida on Dec. 20, 2023. Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
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Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
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Ericka Dunplay plays Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg, Florida on Dec. 20, 2023. Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern
Credit: Photo by Ryan Kern

Read his 2016 intro letter and disclosures from 2022 and 2021. Ray Roa started freelancing for Creative Loafing Tampa in January 2011 and was hired as music editor in August 2016. He became Editor-In-Chief...