ShowTime Showcase for 2010
We're all about creating dynamic shows by mixing lights, music and
electrical control of almost anything and everything. Our customers
are very proud of their displays and have sent us videos. Watch them and get some great ideas!
Click any image to watch a video optimized for your PC.
See the prize winners below.
All videos are in a universal ,mp4 format so they should play on Macs, PCs
and smartphones. If videos are slow to open, it's because the entire
video is downloaded before playback begins. Adjust your browser
default program settings to start playing an .mp4 file while it is still
streaming to your device for a much better viewing experience. If you
are using Windows 7 and Internet Explorer 9, we suggest you goto:
Tools :: Internet Options :: Programs Tab :: Set Programs (near the bottom).
Now goto Set Program Access and Computer Defaults. Select Custom then
scroll down the list till you see "Choose a default media player." Click the
radio button next to Windows Media Player and you are good to go.
A message from one of the 2010 judges:
Congratulations on winning
the 2010 Light-O-Rama contest! Your show was stunning, planned well, and
looked like a lot of effort was put into making this! Everyone this year
did great, and you did an amazing job!
We liked your choice of music, colors, and displays and we
hope everyone out there enjoyed you show! We sure did! It was a lot of
fun judging and I had a good time! We wish you good luck in the next
Light-O-Rama Light Show contest!
MERRY CHRISTMAS! yours truly, Alex B. at
Light-O-Rama
The 2010 prize
winners are:
|
Grand Prize Winner for 2010 |
 |
Joe Farbizio Walworth, NY
United States. This
is a computerized Rock Band light display to the song "Toy Sack"
using Light-O-Rama (LOR) hardware and software. Unfortunately, I
don't have a great camcorder so the quality isn't that good. It is a
lot clearer and brighter in person! This display uses 32
channels and the lights are mounted on coroplast sheets. It is
broadcast on 91.1 FM every 3 minutes and there are short sections of
various Christmas songs between shows. It can be found on
"YouTube" at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QZKDFwcei8 and on Vimeo
at
http://www.vimeo.com/18859673.
I hope you enjoy it and have a Rockin' 2011!!
:)
|
|
|
|
|
Static Display Winner for 2010 |
 |
Greg Hebert Oklahoma City, OK United States. 15,000
lights on the roof alone. We had to add 2 extra breakers just for
lights along with several GFI electrical outlets. A great test this
year as we are hoping to completely computerize next year.
|
|
|
|
|
32 Channels or Less Winner for 2010 |
 |
Jeremy Trumble Quest
Real Estate Solutions, Inc. Port St. Lucie, FL United States. over
10,000 lights featuring a 60' Christmas tree
agoodlight.com
|
|
|
|
|
33-64 Channels Winner for 2010 |
 |
Val Bennett Tremonton, UT United States. This
is our first year doing the lights-to-music.
We have three 16-channel controllers, using 40 of the 48
channels. We also have two CCR's (my personal favorite). I did a
total of four songs this year, and plan to add a few more for next
year - plus some more channels.
Most of our lights are LED's, with a few older incandescent
ones. The smaller trees are
home-made using rebar and 9 ga. wire.
|
|
|
|
|
65-128 Channels Winner for 2010 |
 |
Ben Aromin MAGICAL HOLIDAY MOMENTS FAIRFIELD, CA United
States. Magical Holiday Moments started out as just a simple static
Christmas lights display until the 'Animation Bug' bit us. Our
Display is a Christmas lights tribute to Disneyland in Fairfield,
Calif. making it a premier destination in Northern California to
view a Christmas lights display.
Our light show is computer controlled animation synchronized
to music broadcasted on 88.3fm so you can listen to the music and
enjoy the show in your car. This year our show will feature freshly
introduced elements to the display making for a more exciting
experience with visually stunning lighting effects to dazzle your
senses. Also we have upgraded
more existing lights to the energy efficient, vibrantly colorful,
LED lights.
MAGICALHOLIDAYMOMENTS.WEEBLY.COM
|
|
|
|
|
128+ Channels Winner for 2010 |
 |
Timothy Gay LaGrangeville, NY United States. Total
Lights = 277,169, 528 Light-O-Rama Channels, I first started using
Light-O-Rama in 2007. Everything you see
in the video, was made by us.
The display covers my entire 1.7 acres, and is around a pond.
in 2010, we added a 2nd heart, with 11,000 lights - you see
this at the end of the video.
We also added 15 squares of light, each with 1,300 lights.
We remade the stars this year.
We had over 85 songs in the show.
Coldplay released this song on December 1st.
I spent the next 4 days sequencing it, so that we could add
it to our shows. www.erdajt.com
|
|
|
|
|
240 volt Countries Winner for 2010 |
 |
Geoff Harvey Brisbane, Queensland
Australia. My display
consists of about 80,000 lights running from about 360 Light-O-Rama channels
(10 AC boards + 19 DC boards)+ 6 CCRs which are connected end to end
in pairs with all 3 pairs running from the same address. I first
became interested in Christmas lights about 7 years ago (to impress
our young (then toddlers) grandchildren). I then found lights could
be computer controlled. Having always had an interest and
involvement with computers during my working life, this prospect
fascinated me. I bought my first Light-O-Rama boards about 6 years ago and
experimented. This year 2010 was the first year in which I have
achieved lights & music synchronization. While this had always been
my goal, I had a mental block in previous years. While I had
previously produced some nice animation shows with background music,
the synchronization had always eluded me for lack of knowing how,
time etc... My display is comprised of components which are mostly
Australian local components and the entire display has to be capable
of erection by one person - myself. I have adapted features from the
internet to suit my location - eg megatree, arches, minitrees,
firework stars, etc. This year I am very happy with the light
display and the performance of LOR, and in having achieved my goal
of synchronization. Even with the very wet and trying conditions we
have experienced this year, we have been getting good crowds and
have collected over $700 for charity in this, our first year of
accepting charity donations.
|
|
|
|
|
Commercial Display Winners for 2010 (it was a
tie) |
 |
Shadrack Productions Shadrack Productions Bristol, TN
United States. This
drive-through display covering more than 10 acres with a one mile
long vehicle trail features hundreds of thousands of LED lights! The
music selection was arranged, performed and recorded by Shadrack.
This display uses over 1600 Light-O-Rama channels spanning 4
networks. Among the hundreds of hand-crafted elements included in
this show are two particularly large items, a 70 foot tall Mega Tree
and a 70 foot tall Vertical Leaping Light. Located in Sevierville,
TN, this was one of four shows by Shadrack Productions in 2010.
www.shadrackchristmas.com
|
 |
Joseph Noe Crooks, SD United States. Well,
in our 5th year, we sold our house and moved our display to a
commercial location. A mall
to be exact. It went over
pretty well and we had our second highest donation total ever at
over 27k for the season.
We've raised over 123K for make a wish in the last 5 years with this
display. westernmallchristmas.com
|
Still don't know how to start? We do!
Contact us or one of our
partners.
We're here to make sure you're successful. Imagine it, then
do it.
|

|