Where to begin...well I have been putting up a static display since 1997. While my display has been nothing to write home about (laugh), I always put up lights for Christmas because I love to do it. Christmas is my favorite time of the year and I love to see houses all decorated, mine included, for the season. And I have to tell you, there are some beautiful displays out there!
Around March of 2006, I got a call from a good friend of mine - Nancy, and we talked for quite some time. Somehow we got on the subject of Christmas & Christmas lights, and she sent me a link to this website that hosted this video of a house with animated lights, synchronized to music. It was the home of Carson Williams in Mason, OH. For those of you that have seen the video, you know what I am talking about, if you haven't seen it, you can google it as it's all over the net. Anyway, I read the article about the display, and thought it was something really nice and way out of my league. So I pretty much just put it out of my mind, as it was out of my reach...or so I thought.
About a week before Christmas of 06, I was surfing the net for Christmas lights timed to music (that Carson Williams video was on my mind), and I don't remember what site I was at, but I saw this link to a place called PlanetChristmas and thought I would check it out. Five days later (12-20-06 to be exact) I signed up at the site. I was so excited that I was reading everything I could, and came to the realization, that I could have an animated light show, that it was in my grasp.
Since that time, I have been researching, designing, planning and getting the necessary equipment & supplies, for my first animated light show (07) sync'd to music!
I am a huge fan of Trans-Siberian Orchestra, and their concerts are AWESOME! If you have the opportunity to see them in concert, I strongly recommend you go, you will not be disappointed! I mention that because... it's "Wizards In Winter" (that Carson used in his famous video - which was also featured in a Budweiser commercial), that inspired me to go the route of animation, that and all of the wonderful people at
PlanetChristmas & ConstantlyChristmas!
Without their knowledge and help, I wouldn't be where I'm at today!!!
So, that is a little history of how I got started in this great hobby. It is my hope that you enjoy the show!
A little more about my show:
Sequencing the lights to the music takes time, that is why I currently only have 6 songs...now 7.
The 7 songs on my play list are:
White Christmas
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree
It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year
Midnight Clear
Wizards In Winter
Mad Russian's Christmas
The Nutcracker
With the voiceovers, the show is approximately 19 minutes long.
The show is run by my 40-channel light controllers & my computer, running just over 13,000 lights
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For 2008, I have 88 Channels controlling about 30,000 lights. I have 8 songs in my show. With the voiceovers, my show is approximately 25 minutes long.
My songs are:
Wizards In Winter (TSO)
A Mad Russian's Christmas (TSO)
March from the Nutcracker (101 Strings Orchestra)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (Gene Autry)
Wish Liszt (TSO)
Amazing Grace (a techno version)
A Holly Jolly Christmas (Burl Ives)
Christmas Eve-Sarajevo (TSO)
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2010 Song List... tba
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