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Jim and Nicole Graeser read in chairs between a resort and the water.

Dragged down from the SeaHorse Beach Resort, these chairs hold a family's place while they stroll along the beach.

At 3355 Gulf of Mexico Drive, trees and shrubs give the beach access a more wild-jungle feel.

Beachgoers and turtle nests share the sand at the access point at 3175 Gulf of Mexico Drive.

Andrea Grimm watches over the water.

The small signs make it easy to miss Longboat Key's beach access points.

Patrick Brown has one hand on his coffee and the other on an animal in the touch tank.

Camden Walters uses the gentle two-finger touch to interact with a starfish.

Trey and Maddox Eldredge watch a ray fly by.

Lucca Brown and a shark after both had their breakfast.

Gavin and Patrick Brown watch a shark after it got its breakfast.

Shark teeth and jaws are displayed on a table for folks to look at.

Kayla Keyes shows a bull shark jaw to the crowd.

Camden and Jane Walters sort their trash from breakfast, throwing the banana peel into the compost bag.

Roy Barzel checks out shark artifacts with a cup of coffee.

Emmalyn Walters, Gavin Brown, Camden Walters

Jane, Emmalyn and Camden Walters get up close to the tanks.

Fred Crane and Mona Salomon

Ellen Klein, Roz Kline and Suzan Brodsky

Richard and Ruth Goldman

Susan Skovronek and Alice D'Souza

Paul Kline, David Kaufman and Elan Mizrahi

Guests could dress up a hamburger and munch on potato chips.

Stanley and Judy Zinnamon and Paula Kaufman

Judy Levy and Aviva Berg

Harriette and Mike Krasnoff and Felice and George Hedge

Lisa and Adrienne Krouse

Joel, Elinor and Howard Greenberg and Caryl Magnus

Linda Lichtman and Betty Crane

After the show, patriotic props continued to light up the night.

The bigger the blast, the bigger the cheer from the crowd.

Red, white and blue fireworks dominated the shows.

Fireworks over Sarasota Bay delighted revelers.

Ryan Smith and Shaun Swartz and their bikes waited for the fireworks.

Liz and Finnegan Gray prepare to cool down with shaved ice served by Joe McVicker.

Chairs hold fireworks spots while the families revel in the activities at Selby.

Elina Goncalves waited patiently for her closeup.

Rose, Louis, Elina and Louie Goncalves enjoyed a night at Selby.

Matt Brittain takes a photo of Max Brittain posing with his balloon hat.

Wade Abercrombie dances to the music at Marie Selby Botanical Gardens.

Scott and Lisa Owen order BBQ from Michael's on East, who catered the event.

Greg Art's hat bobbed in the breeze.

Maya Lenhardt assesses her balloon unicorn.

Greg Art puts together a unicorn balloon.

Amy, Brian, George and Erica Dauphin, along with their relative, resident Wendy Stern, set up at 5 p.m. for the fireworks.

Balloon artist Greg Art fashions a piece for Dustin Nguyen as Keila Nguyen looks on.

Shawn and Jacob Stuart partake in the games at the gardens.

Selby volunteers Cecily Schneider, Pete Schneider and Debbie Yates ate BBQ during the event.