‘The sky is our canvas:’ Meet the pyrotechnicians, artists behind Fireworks on the Mississippi

BATON ROUGE – Get ready for a dazzling display over the Mississippi River this Fourth of July as WBRZ presents the annual Fireworks on the Mississippi on Friday.

Behind Louisiana’s largest fireworks show is Brandon Spear, a second-generation pyrotechnician whose life has been intertwined with the art of lighting up the night.

“My dad started the business 40 years ago,” Spear says, reflecting on the decades of expertise in his family’s craft…

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