ChristmasKaty celebrates it’s fifth year of synchronized lighting in 2011. There have been some big changes in our 2011 display and we are in the process of adding four houses on our street into the show. These changes have made for some very challenging updates to programming and network requirements. We began our installation November 1st and you can visit our Rig Up Blog to see how things progressed. When ChristmasKaty started the original show used 48 channels of LOR ((Light O Rama) controllers. This has grown over the years and this year ballooned to over 1500 channels. We will have 8 Cosmic Ribbons this year which will really accent the show. Each Cosmic Ribbon (from LOR) has 50 RGB LED lights. These are individually color controlled and together add 1256 channels to our show. Each LED light must be programmed when to turn on or off, and what color to produce. This year we also added a 30 ft. tunnel of lights over the drive way. Our sequence list has increased to 12 for 2011. New songs include the Nutrocker and Halleluja Chorus to name a few. Due to all the new Cosmic Ribbons (6) and addition of 4 houses all sequences from 2010 had to be re-sequenced to incorporate the new channels and layout. We still have our big 32 ft. Mega Tree but it will have a new look for 2011. We have built a new “Marty Fan” and some special arches for the Cosmic Ribbons which are made of clear Acrylic tubing. Those of you returning to see our display will have fun seeing how things have switched around. We hope you can visit and enjoy the holiday music and the light synchronization. We started our shows Thanksgiving night and will continue through New Year’s Day. Please remember to turn your headlights off, and use your parking lights when you watch the show. FM 89.9 for the radio.
First Picture of 2011
First Picture 2010 Show on test night.
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