Show runs till midnight, and possibly the last of the season! If weather permits, we might start taking it down tomorrow. We truly appreciate all the feedback we receive from you all, be it the "thank you's" shouted from your cars, the Facebook messages, and sometimes the thoughtful gifts. Santa brought us a cozy holiday throw blanket gift one night, and another night we came home after checking out neighborhood lights ourselves to discover this awesome trophy!! Thank you so much and we can't wait to plan for next year!
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Not quite Clark Griswold status, here are this year's stats:
12,000 traditional lights + 4,500 RGB pixel bulbs = 16,500 total. Light show software: Light-O-Rama (right here in NY in Glens Falls!) 35 days of running the show = around $75 extra on the RG&E bill. (They are all LED...very efficient!!) Yearly budget for new additions and replacements = We'll never tell!! Seeing the smiles on children's faces makes it all worthwhile. The show is up and running!! New this year include RBG arches (8), replacing the incandescent arches (4). We no longer have any incandescent lights in our show, and for the first time the kitchen lights don't fade with the beat to the show. 4 new singing trees look amazing with commercial grade LED's, and they flank to the right of the display favoring the neighbors house. To effect maximum holiday cheer, we have more lights in our display this year than ever before. Check back as we add and enhance the songs, and stay tuned for an exciting announcement about this season.
The singing trees were completed and look great! I also upgraded the software and have been playing around with it. Also started pulling out equipment and giving it a look over. Might start hanging lights soon
I picked up some traditional style singing Christmas trees that were needing a new home, tweaked the mounting setup to fit our needs, fresh coat of paint, and outfitted with new LED light strings. Big thanks to Ryan of West Seneca, NY (fb: Holiday Lights on Pinewood Dr).
Over the winter, I added a network rack to organize our communication needs. Between the internet devices, security cameras, and light show equipment, there's lines running everywhere throughout the house!
I posted a new video to our YouTube channel of a walk through tour of our 2019 display. I do one every year to showcase how our show has evolved and expanded, as well as give other hobbyists ideas. Someday I plan on adding videos of our actual songs with music, however that is more tricky. YouTube has filters that enforce music copyright restrictions pretty aggressively.
There are a couple different ways we get new stuff every year, and one of those is from the local retail stores, or Big Box stores as some call them. You can count on deep discount prices on remaining inventory as the holiday season comes to a close, and typically on the day after Christmas, 75% off. I used to score shopping carts full of new string lights, gutter clips and more by being the first customer in the store that morning. We would take pictures of our "HAUL" as we loaded our trunks with the goods, to share with other hobbyists on Facebook and brag about how much money we saved. I didn't have much this year as you can see below. I've come to realize that I already have a ton of stuff, the equipment I am really after doesn't come from the big box stores, and impulse buying only leads to unused goods that collect dust on the shelves in my basement. So here is my haul from Lowe's: An LED bulb troubleshooter, and 2 remote controlled outdoor outlets. Total cost: $9.95
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