Larry D 1 Posted November 25, 2010 Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 Hope everybody has a great Thanksgiving! We'll turn the lights on Dec 1. When do you? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LJYJ 10 Posted November 25, 2010 Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 As soon as they are ready.... Where is the Smiley with the elf dragging christmas lights? still have a LONG way to go here. Maybe dec 1st :pinch: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ironman 10 Posted November 25, 2010 Report Share Posted November 25, 2010 thanksgiving eve. but i couldn't wait and turn them on for a couple of hours tonight Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dy929 10 Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 planning on december 1st, taking a personal day from work tomorrow to try to get it finished. weather looks nasty for monday and tuesday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
H2Opolo15 10 Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 Tonight was my first show! It was a great feeling! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tistheseason 10 Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 Went LIVE last night around 8:30pm...with a couple of annoying goofs! I forgot I had a background sequence in my show for lighting the radio sign from last year. Well this year I used that same channel for the new strobes on the right side of my display. Needless to say, I was being STROBED constanly I kept thinking I forgot to clear out the channels in all the sequences that I reused for the Strobes...So, I went back and edited all the sequences, trying to find the problem...nope! Background sequence... Looks alot better now. Still in a massive state of sequence editing. This year I doubled my channels from 32 to 64 and when to all RED and White. So, now all my sequences from last year are all white, and I have to add in the RED. This is a major task. If you come by to see it, cut me some slack for a week or too, while I shake out the bugs. Merry Christmas Mike Quote Link to post Share on other sites
LJYJ 10 Posted November 28, 2010 Report Share Posted November 28, 2010 If its not pouring and just sprinkles today, then We might be done by this evening or tomorrow. We have all of the wire frames and most of th lights up, Just gotta finnish the mega tree and run all of the extensions out to the yard. I have been already working on the sequences for a month so hopefully with a few quirks and kinks everything will just work. We do have a side project going with some 2k light driveway arches, But I dont know if they will be finnished in time for opening night on Dec 1'st.. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Alabama_Santa 0 Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 Had them on Friday-Sunday, but now with all the rain I can't run them. Hope it drys out soon, I have a few things to fix from all the wind also. Hope to have then running again tomorrow night. About 90,000 lights- 80,000 LED with 176 channels this year. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
festivus4u 0 Posted November 30, 2010 Report Share Posted November 30, 2010 We are hoping for tonight! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
superiman 10 Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 We start ours on Thanksgiving night. It works out good with all the people out with kids after the Thanksgiving dinner. This year we jumped from 16 to 112 channels, lots of extra fun. Jim Quote Link to post Share on other sites
linda1234567 10 Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 We put our lights up last weekend (Nov 27/28). They went on the Sunday night. There is still a little tweaking to do and adding a plywood "Gingy" cutout before Friday - our official "Light-up" where we'll be throwing on the switch for the mini-trees and the Lights and Sounds of Christmas, as well as eating goodies and drinking hot chocolate!. I thought of waiting until Friday to put up all the lights but they were looking good so why not put them up as soon as we could Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bigred7469 10 Posted December 1, 2010 Report Share Posted December 1, 2010 Went live a few days after Thanksgiving Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Davester40 10 Posted December 2, 2010 Report Share Posted December 2, 2010 We always plan to test the lights and give the neighborhood a "sneak Peek" the night before Thanksgiving for a couple hours. Then start nightly from Thanksgiving on. Plan didn't work so good this year and had problems and didn't get running until this past Saturday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
hardisj 10 Posted December 4, 2010 Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 (edited) Our lights are on, though I'm not completely finished with the setup. I still have a few smaller things to do, such as make the "tune radio to..." sign and put lights on the a-frame of the roof. But, we're about 90% done. After I finish that up, I'll have to start building sequences. So far, I've been rocking 3 I've downloaded from lorsequences.com. That has helped me get the 'vision' for what it could be. But, then again, I may just not get the time to build my own this year with a newborn. If anyone is in the Decatur area, swing by "Napa Valley Way SW" road. We'll be running our wanna-be-show until 10pm every night, weather permitting. Edited December 4, 2010 by erinh Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Larry D 1 Posted December 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2010 Sounds good, but make sure you take a deep breath! Your show will be a gift to your area. Larry Our lights are on, though I'm not completely finished with the setup. I still have a few smaller things to do, such as make the "tune radio to..." sign and put lights on the a-frame of the roof. But, we're about 90% done. After I finish that up, I'll have to start building sequences. So far, I've been rocking 3 I've downloaded from lorsequences.com. That has helped me get the 'vision' for what it could be. But, then again, I may just not get the time to build my own this year with a newborn. If anyone is in the Decatur area, swing by "Napa Valley Way SW" road. We'll be running our wanna-be-show until 10pm every night, weather permitting. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dy929 10 Posted December 5, 2010 Report Share Posted December 5, 2010 lights came on friday, a few small glitches but everything worked out great. Now with the wind last night and today it's being a booger keeping a few things from geting toppled over. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
toddluv1 10 Posted December 6, 2010 Report Share Posted December 6, 2010 I live in decatur, al, if u need any help let me know. How many channel up got Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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