Sizzle! Boom! Kapow! Sparks fly July 2

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Fireworks light the sky July 2 from the beach at the Sandbar Restaurant, which hosted one of several area permitted fireworks shows over the three-day July 4 holiday. In the photo above, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, lighted in red, is visible at the top left. Islander Photos: Jacob Merrifield
Fireworks light the sky July 2 from the beach at the Sandbar Restaurant, which hosted one of several area permitted fireworks shows over the three-day July 4 holiday. In the photo above, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, lighted in red, is visible at the top left. Islander Photos: Jacob Merrifield
Fireworks light the sky July 2 from the beach at the Sandbar Restaurant, which hosted one of several area permitted fireworks shows over the three-day July 4 holiday. In the photo above, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, lighted in red, is visible at the top left. Islander Photos: Jacob Merrifield
The crowd looks up July 2 from the beach at the Sandbar Restaurant in Anna Maria, at the rockets’ glare following nature’s sunset show. Islander Photo: Jacob Merrifield

Sandbar sparks, fires back with fireworks at the beach

The Sandbar Restaurant brought back its fireworks extravaganza July 2, the first fireworks display in Anna Maria since the start of the coronavirus pandemic.

The restaurant, 100 Spring Ave., Anna Maria, hosted a VIP crowd and hundreds of onlookers.

Public viewing of the pyrotechnics was on the beach to the north and south of the restaurant.

And, special thanks — “bravo” —  goes to Jacob Merrifield, The Islander’s new drone/still photographer, for top notch work at the island pyrotechnical event.

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