Animated Christmas Lights » Display News http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow Animated Christmas lights controlled with a homemade control system and hundreds of hours of work. Mon, 14 Dec 2009 03:40:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 2009 Show is up & running. http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow/2009/11/29/2009-show-is-up-running/ http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow/2009/11/29/2009-show-is-up-running/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:23:09 +0000 admin http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow/?p=42 Just a quick note to tell everyone that the 2009 show is up and running. The show started up on Friday the 27th but the first real day was the 28th. We are experiencing a few issues that are taking a while to get resolved but over the next few days things should improve. So if you decided to drive by and things are not quite right just come back in a week or so and everything should be ironed out.

Currently the non Christmas songs are not set to play. We will add these once we make sure we have a stable and predictable show.

This is probably our last large show for the foreseeable future. I will be graduating in May and my engineer friends have already graduated. We will just have to see what the future has in store.

Please continue to check this website for updates as I will periodically post about news and videos.

JM

]]> http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow/2009/11/29/2009-show-is-up-running/feed/ 1 2008 Show Wrap Up http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow/2009/01/06/2008-show-wrap-up/ http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow/2009/01/06/2008-show-wrap-up/#comments Wed, 07 Jan 2009 05:22:32 +0000 admin http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow/?p=37 I wanted to tell everyone thanks for a great 2008 show.  We spent most of the day today taking down the display, so if your hoping to drive by and see the show you will have to wait till next year. Thanks to everyone who helped out this year especially everyone who helped set up the display, helped with the technical issues, programming (especially Ben, Woodfin, Jazzman, and FlyingWrench), clean up (Tim), and especially the neighbors who let us buy a little power to help control the brown out.  The show this year pulled an impressive 45 amps at peak.

I got around to filming the entire show in high definition this past week.  The video will take a little while to edit but I hope to have it up within the week.  Watch the videos page for the video.

I got a very touching card in the mail the other day from a family who enjoyed the show so much that they sent us a Christmas card/Thank you.  It was a very classy move in my opinion.  They could of easily wrote a comment on the site or wrote a quick e-mail but instead they took the time to send a real card.  It was a very nice gesture and I thank them.  Below I have posted it.

]]> http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow/2009/01/06/2008-show-wrap-up/feed/ 0 New Song added to the show Wizards in Winter! http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow/2008/12/02/new-song-added-to-the-show-wizards-in-winter/ http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow/2008/12/02/new-song-added-to-the-show-wizards-in-winter/#comments Tue, 02 Dec 2008 22:39:43 +0000 admin http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow/?p=26 Another new song is running in the show now and here is the video.

Trans-Siberian Orchestra – Wizards in Winter

Click here to view the embedded video.

]]> http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow/2008/12/02/new-song-added-to-the-show-wizards-in-winter/feed/ 2 2008 Show is Up and Running! http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow/2008/11/29/2008-show-is-up-and-running/ http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow/2008/11/29/2008-show-is-up-and-running/#comments Sun, 30 Nov 2008 05:55:23 +0000 admin http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow/?p=21 The 2008 Holiday show is up and running.  So far there is only one song that is up and running but expect a second song sometime this week.  Right now the show is running the following song below.  Here is a short video. Expect more and a video of the entire show when it is up and going.  If you drive by and enjoy the show please tell all of your friends and neighbors.  I also started a 2008 Video page which you can find here http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow/2008-videos/

Carol Of The Bell – Mannheim Steamroller

Click here to view the embedded video.

]]> http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow/2008/11/29/2008-show-is-up-and-running/feed/ 1 It Has Begun 2008 Show http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow/2008/10/19/it-has-begun-2008-show/ http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow/2008/10/19/it-has-begun-2008-show/#comments Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:09:16 +0000 admin http://www.liquidretro.net/lightshow/?p=18 Yesterday we got 300 C9 Lights hung on the house.  We hung 100 of each Red, Green, and White lights on the eve of the house.  We decided to get started this year early while it was warm out.  It was a great decision.  Expect more lights to be hung around Thanksgiving and the show to start sometime soon around that time.

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We are hard at work for the 2008 show.  The engineers are busy working on a new version of the control hardware and software to make the lights dim this year. I am in the process of updating the website and starting to choose music for this years show. I will then start programming soon. My goal is to start the programming by the end of the week. Keep checking the website as we will try and update everyone when major developments happen.

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On December 24th I was contacted by the Local News paper the Lincoln Journal Star. They wanted to do an article about my Christmas Light Display. Later that evening Michah Mertes came and spent about an hour interviewing us and learning all about the display. The article was printed today with two nice photos. One of the house and one of the creators.

 

News Paper Photo (by: Michael McNamara)

(Photo by Michael McNamara, Lincoln Journal Star)

 

Please read the articles below and drive by and see the show.
Link to the print article (PDF)
http://liquidretro.net/lightshow/images/lightarticle.pdf

 

Link to the article on the Journal Star’s Website
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2007/12/26/news/local/doc4771b19d6eede852422813.txt

 

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