Patron Conduct
I would like the West Pershing Lights light show to be a safe and enjoyable experience for my neighbors and visitors. So, please use some common sense, care, and courtesy while in the neighborhood by observing the following guidelines:
- While driving, be watching for parked vehicles, traffic, people, and pets, not the light show!
- Do not stop in the driving lanes of the road, pull to the side of the road and park.
- Do not leave your trash or cigarette butts behind, please take all garbage with you.
- Do not block the neighboring driveways when parking to watch the lights.
- Do not use driveways to turn around; please go around the block.
- Do do not turn the music up loud enough to be heard or felt by me or my neighbors while we are indoors.
- If on foot, please stay on the sidewalk, my driveway, or in the park, do not stand in the road.
- For your safety, do not walk through the display. Stay on the pavement and out of the yard.
I can't stress this enough; Don't watch the light show while driving and don't watch the light show while standing in the road! And, for the record, the speed limit is 25MPH on West Pershing Street. Kiwanis Park is across the street from the light display. The Kiwanis Park block has no sidewalk around it. Kids and adults walking, running, riding bikes, and walking dogs on the streets around the park are a common occurrence. Don't hit my neighbors or their pets! It's also common for vehicles to be parked on both sides of the street (non-light show related). Please take care not to hit parked vehicles, especially in the winter when the plowed snow makes the street narrower.
Let There Be Lights
If you haven't done so already, please, please, please, please read the guidelines in the
Patron Conduct tab now. Learn it. Know it. Live it.
All lights in the West Pershing Lights light shows are energy efficient LED lights and pixels. Absolutely no incandescent lighting is used! The light shows are fully automated with the help of Home Assistant home automation software and the Light-o-rama light show software. In total, there are 8012 lights available (5940 string and prop LEDs and 2072 pixel LEDs for 1472 pixels), but not all lights are used for all light shows. The Halloween light show currently uses a total of 5376 LED lights and the Christmas and Valentine light shows currently use 7112 LED lights.
I would like to add more songs to the light shows. If you have any suggestions for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, St. Valentine's Day, or St. Patrick's Day songs,
email me some links to songs on Amazon or YouTube. My main requirement for song choices is that they are suitable for all ages. Songs that contain profanity or other strong adult content will not be considered unless a clean radio-version that is suitable for all ages is available.
To my West Pershing Lights neighbors: As the display gets bigger, it is also getting brighter. If my lights are flashing into your windows and you find it to be an annoyance, or if you have any other issues with the display or playlist, please
email me so we can work together on a solution.
Valentine Lights
The 2025 Valentine display and musical light show has ended. If you missed out on the 2025 Valentine musical light show, here is a link to the Google Photos album which includes video of the musical light show:
Valentine 2025 - West Pershing Lights
Halloween Lights
The 2025 Halloween light show has concluded. 2025 has been another great Halloween with lots of awesome costumes that seem to get better every year. Great job to all trick-or-treaters!
Christmas Lights
The 2025 Christmas display and musical light show is getting ready to start up. Just working on some final tweaks to the songs and light sequencing. If you missed out on the 2024 Christmas musical light show, here is a link to the Google Photos album which includes video of the musical light show:
Christmas 2024 - West Pershing Lights
2025 Christmas Show Schedule
The schedule (as of 11/9/25, but subject to change) for the 2025 Christmas light show is as follows:
| Dates |
Times |
| November 23-25 |
5:00pm - 10:00pm |
| November 26-29 |
5:00pm - 2:00am |
| Nov 30 - Dec 22 |
5:00pm - 10:00pm |
| December 23-27 |
5:00pm - 2:00am |
| December 28-30 |
5:00pm - 10:00pm |
| Dec 31 |
5:00pm - 2:00am |
| January 1 - 11 |
5:00pm - 10:00pm |
The breakdown of the schedule is like this: The lights will be on with no music for one hour prior to the musical light show from 4:00pm to 5:00pm. The musical light show will start at 5:00pm and run until the time specified in the schedule listed above. After the musical light show, the lights will remain on with no music until 2:20am. The musical light show will run from November 23rd, 2025 until January 11th, 2026. After January 11th, 2026, the musical light show ends but the lights will come on without music through the start of the Valentine's light show. The music may be heard from the sidewalk or driveway if you are walking by, and you can hear the music by tuning to 106.5 FM on your radio. The music will only be playing during the times in the schedule posted in the box above.
2026 Valentine Show Schedule
The 2026 Valentine light display and musical light show schedule will be announced after the 2025 Christmas light show ends in early January 2026.
2026 Halloween Show Schedule
The schedule for the 2026 Halloween light is not set yet.
For all West Pershing Lights light shows, the music may be heard from the sidewalk or driveway if you are walking by, and you can also hear the music by tuning to 106.5 FM on your radio. The light show will start on-the-hour. The
Start Time column in the playlists will be the approximate time after the top-of-the-hour (and half-hour for the Valentine light show) a song is expected to start playing.
2025 Christmas Playlist
The 2025 Christmas Playlist is not fully set yet. The Christmas Can-Can by Straight No Chaser will be added:
Playlist
| Song Name / Artist |
Duration
(min:sec) |
Start Time
(min:sec) |
| Christmas Vacation Theme Song / Mavis Staples |
3:09 |
00:00 |
| Mele Kalikimaka / Bing Crosby |
2:57 |
3:11 |
| I Gotta Feeling (shortened) / Black Eyed Peas |
1:19 |
6:10 |
| Wizards In Winter / TSO |
3:05 |
7:32 |
| Carol Of Bells / David Foster |
2:34 |
10:40 |
| Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree / Brenda Lee |
2:04 |
13:17 |
| Little Saint Nick / The Beach Boys |
2:10 |
15:23 |
| Christmas Don't Be Late / The Chipmunks |
2:20 |
17:36 |
| Feliz Navidad / José Feliciano |
3:02 |
19:59 |
| Enter Sandman / Metallica |
5:31 |
23:03 |
| Party Rock Anthem / The Chipmunks and Chipettes |
4:14 |
28:37 |
| Dominick The Donkey / Lou Monte |
2:26 |
32:53 |
| Christmas Vacation Theme Song / Mavis Staples |
3:09 |
35:25 |
| It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year / Andy Williams |
2:30 |
38:36 |
| Mele Kalikimaka / Bing Crosby |
2:57 |
41:09 |
| Wizards In Winter / TSO |
3:05 |
44:08 |
| Little Saint Nick / The Beach Boys |
2:10 |
47:16 |
| Christmas Don't Be Late / The Chipmunks |
2:20 |
49:30 |
| Feliz Navidad / José Feliciano |
3:02 |
51:53 |
| Dominick The Donkey / Lou Monte |
2:26 |
54:58 |
| It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year / Andy Williams |
2:30 |
57:27 |
2026 Valentine Playlist
The 2025 Valentine light show playlist is set. Currently, the playist is a half hour long with eight songs. With the exception of the middle and end of the playlist, there is a delay of approximately 11 seconds between songs, with a longer delay in the middle and at the end of the playlist. Each half hour will consist of four pro-Valentine's Day songs (first 15 minutes) and four anti-Valentine's Day songs (second 15 minutes). This playlist setup will allow the show to run for a half hour and the specific time a song is played will be the same each half hour:
Playlist
| Song Name / Artist |
Duration
(min:sec) |
Start Time
(min:sec) |
| I'm Yours / Jason Mraz |
3:53 |
00:00 |
| I Want You / Savage Garden |
4:03 |
3:53 |
| I'm A Believer / Smash Mouth |
3:17 |
7:56 |
| Never Gonna Give You Up / Rick Astley |
3:33 |
11:13 |
| <pause between sets> |
0:30 |
14:46 |
| What Is Love / Haddaway |
4:12 |
15:16 |
| Love Stinks / J Geils Band |
3:44 |
19:28 |
| Tainted Love / Soft Cell |
2:55 |
23:12 |
| Achy Breaky Heart / Billy Ray Cyrus |
3:25 |
26:07 |
| <pause between sets> |
0:28 |
29:32 |
(Last updated 2/9/2025)
2026 Halloween Playlist
The 2026 Halloween Playlist is updated and set as of 10/1/2025 (but subject to change).
| Song / Artist |
Length |
Start Time |
| I Gotta Feeling / Black Eyed Peas |
01:20 |
00:00 |
| Enter Sandman / Metallica |
05:32 |
01:22 |
| Light 'Em Up / Fall Out Boy |
03:07 |
06:56 |
| Monster Mash / AMC Orchestra |
03:13 |
10:04 |
| Ghostbusters / AMC Orchestra |
04:11 |
13:19 |
| Dead Man's Party / Oingo Boingo |
06:22 |
17:32 |
| Party Rock Anthem / Alvin and the Chipmunks |
04:14 |
23:56 |
| Tocatta in Fugue / Galbatron |
01:51 |
28:12 |
| Weird Science / Oingo Boingo |
03:49 |
30:05 |
| Nightmare on Elm Street / The Hit Crew |
03:33 |
33:56 |
| I Gotta Feeling / Black Eyed Peas |
01:20 |
37:30 |
| Enter Sandman / Metallica |
05:32 |
38:52 |
| Monster Mash / AMC Orchestra |
03:13 |
44:26 |
| Ghostbusters / AMC Orchestra |
04:11 |
47:41 |
| Party Rock Anthem / Alvin and the Chipmunks |
04:14 |
51:54 |
| Weird Science / Oingo Boingo |
03:49 |
56:10 |
(Last updated 10/1/2025)