Christmas Lights Synchronized to Music
It’s 2023, and I realize that I’ve let updating this site fall to the wayside. With social media being super easy to update, and notifications being pushed to everyone immediately, the focus of a website like this needs to change slightly. I’m still sorting how I’d like to do that, but for now, feel free […]
For the last five or six years, I have organized a Christmas card swap for a group of Christmas light hobbyists of which I am a part. Just like many of the tasks of the season, setting up the swap had become just another thing to check off the list. It meant finding some okay […]
The 2018 season started a little late for us. An early Thanksgiving, coupled with a couple rain delays put us behind right off the bat. Once the show was going, though, it ran like a champ, even with us being out of town for 10 days. The new pixel candy canes (large and small), all […]
I can attest. The good news is that the show is up and going. Had to track down a communication issue and replace a couple hundred pixels that didn’t play well with rain, but the blinky-flashy has returned.
There will be no lights tonight. We had some water issues, and I have a controller that has stopped responding. Hope to be all back up tomorrow, 12/3
Well, after numerous small struggles and a full day of modifying sequences today, it’s all up and running! If you’re out an about come by! If you’re not- stay home! The lights will run through January.
With Thanksgiving being early, and me running late, the lights with be delayed a couple days. Look for them to start this Saturday night!
Most of you that know me, or follow these posts online, know that we collect funds for Kansas City Rescue Mission during the light display. Those that have poked around the website may have noticed that we leave the donation links up all year, since their needs are more than just during the Christmas season. […]
I know I have been absent from the blog this year, but I’ll attempt to stay up on it through the Christmas Season. For today, I am just announcing that I had to change the broadcast frequency for the show from 101.7 FM to 99.9 FM. There is a new sports talk station on 101.7 […]
I was (finally) able to get downtown to KCRM this morning and drop off the donations from the light show this year. We padded it just a touch to make it an even $800. This is our largest donation total yet! I met with Julie, my primary contact at the mission, and she introduced me […]
It was a good run this year, but the time has come to shut them down for the season. Short of some filming time this week, that’s a wrap. The show ran almost flawlessly, feedback was positive, and we collected nearly $800 for KCRM-our highest total yet. Thanks again for all the support. […]
This is the last weekend this season for those of you who would like to see the lights again (or for the first time). We are running the show from 5:25pm until 9:45pm, tonight and tomorrow night. It’s supposed to warm up some this coming week, so we’ll begin disassembly directly 🙂 Thank you to […]
…on a few different fronts: -Thank you for voting us into the top three in Shawnee’s Facebook Christmas light competition! Julie from the City of Shawnee stopped by tonight and dropped off a bag of Shawnee swag. Yes, I said swag. Shirts, mugs, stickers, and the like. Fun. -Thank you for making this our largest […]
Shawnee’s Facebook Christmas Light competition ends tonight! If you haven’t voted for us yet, please do so! If you want to vote for someone else, please don’t! 🙂 Just click this link and like the photo of our display! VOTE HERE! Thank you!
I found a well-loved charm in our donation box last night. I don’t believe it to have any monetary value, but someone has had it for some time. If it is yours, please feel free to come by and claim it:
Only a few more days until Christmas! It’s hard to believe, and each year the season seems to pass with increasing speed. Traffic this year has been a little lighter than in years past, but I hope that this week will make up for it 🙂 We will be out on the drive handing out […]
I happened to glance outside while the lights were running, and noticed a person out front taking video of the lights. They were set up with a tripod and everything. Unfortunately, I had prior obligations to prepare for, and was unable to go out and say ‘hi.’ If the person who was taking video sees […]
The display is up and running. I will continue to tweak on it, but I’m satisfied enough to let everyone come see it 😀 Come by between 5:15 and 10:15 (for now, later hours nearer Christmas), and see the new LEDs and the new pixel display elements. We are once again collecting monetary donations for […]
KCRM has published the 2016 Holiday edition of their Connect newsletter. We managed to get a mention on page 2! You can browse the newsletter at kcrm.org/connect-newsletter/ or read it below:
It’s easy to skip past Thanksgiving in the holiday rush, but there’s many reasons to slow down and put some thought into this day. The history of the Holiday is interesting in and of itself, including not only the accounts of the ‘first Thanksgiving’ given by William Bradford, but also individual days of thanksgiving proclaimed […]
Most of the display preparations are completed, and as usual it required a crazy of couple weeks to get it done. The show will kick off officially on Friday, November 25th. If you come by on Thanksgiving night you may see some lights, but only in bits and pieces as the final testing is completed. […]
It’s that time of year again, where charities start popping out of the woodwork and asking for your consideration. With the increasing prevalence of GoFundMe pages, and constant social media bombardment from those who would have our money, it becomes easier and easier to just pull back and pocket what we have. Giving when pressured […]
It’s time for our third annual post showcasing Old Time radio Christmas shows. If you have missed the past posts, you can find them HERE and HERE This year, I have selected yet another set of classic Christmas shows to share, and I hope you will enjoy listening to them. The first selection is from […]
Well, that’s a wrap. The lights have run their last sequence for the season, and the yard has gone dark. It was a successful, though stressful, season, with a good amount of traffic. Feedback on the new display features was overwhelmingly positive. Donations were down from last year, but still 50% more than the previous […]
If you want to see the lights, you have exactly two more chances: tonight, and tomorrow night. This season flew by, and I’m sure part of that is due to the late start. It’s been a season of struggles and learning, as we adapted some new technology to the show. We managed to work out […]
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