Thanks for a wonderful year of many viewers! We'll be back this coming Christmas season.
I already have a few songs picked out and a couple of exciting ideas.
The below picture was what caused some of the show not to work earlier in the showing schedule.
Squirrels chewed through some of the wiring.
I also lost two sets of LED lights due to the squirrels chewing off the light bulbs.
Please follow twitter and this website for future updates.
The Light Show will OPEN again for the 2012
Christmas season. Watch for details here or twitter.
5:30 - 11:00 p.m.
Check this page to be sure we are open before driving out.
A gift to you from Dale's Clock Shop
Statistics, map and more links below See set up info and totals below
A video of the 2010 Light Show
Each year I put on a Christmas Light Show. This show was edited and produced by CJ Smith, korinra@gmail.com
The quality is always better when seen in person. The show for 2010, seen here, was started on November 3, 2010
and took 35 to set up, programming for 12 hours, and testing for 3 hours. The show has 96 separate
circuits of lights. Each year is different. Visit dalesclockshop.com for more info.
2011 Light Show, professional video by Superior Productions, Marquette, Mi.
If you missed this one, besure to see the one in December of 2012!
Stats at the end of the video or scroll down for more.
Our home is operated
and mainly run by a computer. Since 2002, I have
been using a computer program to run the current Christmas Light Show.
See Links Below
or Pictures and Video HEREfor previous shows This year's show includes
a laser light, strobe lights,
AND 96 separate circuits!
After you have seen
the light show, please comment below
Since this is a computer
controlled display, driving
in during the set times will automatically turn it on.
The show is FREE, but donations are accepted
to offset the cost of equipment and operations.
Thank you very much to all who donated.
Facts about 2011's setup: Updated on January 5, 2012 Set up began on October 27, 2011
Totals so far:
Programming - 10 3/4 Hours.
Testing - 5 Hours with about the same amount of time
finding the broken wires and replacing them and retesting.
Setup time - 39 3/4Hours
TOTAL Time - 55 1/2Hours
The show was delayed this year due to rainy weekends where I couldn't set up, and then
I needed more cables and had to wait for them. Also some squirrels ate the lights
off of two sets of LED lights and I had to repurchase them at $15.00 a set and find broken cables
that the squirrels chewed up.
Total vehicles counted - 226, which includes two small busses.
On Christmas eve there were 37 vehicles; the most ever in one night.
There was another small bus and over 20 some vehicles that
came when it wasn't on due to rain or not working from the
rain and squirrel problems. Some still drive in and leave within
1 minute as they either don't have the radio tuned in or just want
a static display and not a light show that lasts 4 minutes and 20 seconds
.
