Carnival's Grand Finale...Explosive

Each year Carnival’s grand finale erupts high above St. Thomas Harbor in a dazzling fireworks display rivaling the best of the Fourth of July.

This year’s show at 9 p.m. Saturday honoring President Barack Obama will carry on that tradition, says promoter Steve Bornn of Left-Lane Productions, who let the Source take a sneak peek at the preparations for this year’s display. "It’s funny because a lot of people think we just come up here and strike a match. But there’s a lot more to it," Bornn said.

On Thursday afternoon he checked in on the crew from the famous Grucci Family of New York as they rigged hundreds of tubes on flatbed trailers with Chinese-made shells for the 24-minute show.

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La Fiesta All Over Latin America!!

IT'S CARNIVAL TIME AND LATINEGROS ARE CELEBRATING!

This is one of the best times for mi gente. We dress up, watch the dancers, drink, eat, cook and sing all day and well into the night. In Colombia we drink aguadiente and arepas and sanchocha and dance until dawn. It's almost as festive as Christmas.

We have some of the most beautiful Latinegras performing and people come from all over the world to watch.

When I was a little girl I knew I wanted to dance in Carnival one day and in 1992, 1995 and 2007 I got my chance. I honed my skills when I worked part-time as a Reno Show Girl and got to dance in shows for a summer. Check out the photos below of Carnival and see how we do it from Haiti to Colombia to Nicaragua and points in between.

Haitians celebrate in the city
of Jacmel. Credits: Belizire/Getty

Dancers in Granada, Nicaragua Credits: Felix/AP

Graciane Melo (r.), Queen of Mangueira samba school,

performs at the Sambodrome in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Credits: Scorza/Getty

Endless partying in Montevideo.

Uruguayan artist Carlos Paez Vilaro (second from right), a dancer and

drummers, in the first day of the "Llamadas," one of the main carnvial

parades in Montevideo, Uruguay. Credits: Rojo/AP

A typical "mama vieja" in the second day of the "Llamadas."

Credits: Porciuncula/Getty

Fire spiter in Barranquilla, Colombia

Credits: Vergara/AP

Revelers during a carnival parade in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Credits: Vergara/AP