Let There Be Lights
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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 7712 lights available (5940 string and prop LEDs and 1772 pixel LEDs for 1372 pixels), but not all lights are used for all light shows. The 2024 Halloween light show uses a total of 5076 LED lights and the 2024 Christmas light show uses 6812 LED lights.
I would like to add more songs to the light shows. If you have any suggestions for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, Valentine's, 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 children of 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.
2024 Christmas Lights
The 2024 Christmas display and musical light show is nearing completion. I just have some playlist adjustments to make and to do some more light sequencing to get the new pixel lights added to the songs. The light sequencing of the full playlist will not likely be complete before the light show starts up on November 22nd, but the show will still go on with a shorter playlist. The remaining songs should be ready and the full playlist should be playing starting on Thanksgiving day.
The light show schedule is much more simplified this year. The musical light show will run from 5pm to 10pm Sunday through Thursday, 5pm to midnight Friday and Saturday, and 5pm to 2am Christmas Eve, Christmas Day, and New Years Eve. The lights will be on with no music for one hour prior to the musical light show and will stay on with no music until approximate 2:20am
2024 Halloween Lights
The 2024 Halloween display and musical light show has wrapped up, and I am now gearing up for an exciting 2024 Christmas light show! Despite chilly weather and strong winds (which kept Mr. Stay Puft down on Halloween), Halloween 2024 was another great Halloween filled with fantastic costumes. Kudos to everyone who joined in the fun! If you missed it this year, here is a link to the Google Photos album which includes video of the musical light show:
Halloween 2024 - West Pershing Lights
He's an ugly little spud isn't he?
2024 Christmas Lights Schedule
The schedule (as of 11/2/24, but subject to change) for the 2024 Christmas musical light show is as follows:
Dates |
Times |
November 22 - 26 |
5:00pm - 10:00pm |
November 27 - 30 |
5:00pm - 12:00am |
December 1 - 23 |
5:00pm - 10:00pm |
December 24 - 25 |
5:00pm - 2:00am |
December 26 - 30 |
5:00pm - 10:00pm |
December 31 |
5:00pm - 2:00am |
January 1 - 5 |
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 approximately 2:20am. 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.
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.
2024 Halloween Playlist
10/20/2024 - Added Enter Sandman by Metallica, added the Alvin and the Chipmunks version of Party Rock Anthem, added a shorter version of Weird Science, and rearranged the playlist to fit a one hour block of time.
The 2024 Halloween Playlist is set (but subject to change).
Playlist
Song Name / Artist |
Duration
(min:sec) |
Start Time
(min:sec) |
I Gotta Feeling / Black Eyed Peas |
1:19 |
0:00 |
Enter Sandman / Metallica |
5:30 |
1:21 |
Dead Man's Party / Oingo Boingo |
6:20 |
6:53 |
Monster Mash / Amc Orchestra |
3:12 |
13:14 |
Ghostbusters / Amc Orchestra |
4:08 |
16:29 |
Nightmare on Elm Street / The Hit Crew |
3:32 |
20:38 |
Party Rock Anthem / Alvin and the Chipmunks |
4:14 |
24:14 |
Weird Science / Oingo Boingo |
3:47 |
28:30 |
Toccata in Fugue / Bach |
1:50 |
32:18 |
Ghostbusters / Amc Orchestra |
4:08 |
34:11 |
I Gotta Feeling / Black Eyed Peas |
1:19 |
38:21 |
Enter Sandman / Metallica |
5:30 |
39:44 |
Dead Mans Party / Oingo Boingo |
6:20 |
45:15 |
Party Rock Anthem / Alvin and the Chipmunks |
4:14 |
51:36 |
Ghostbusters / Amc Orchestra |
4:08 |
55:53 |
2024 Christmas Playlist
The 2024 Christmas Playlist is not fully set yet and will likely see some changes before and after to the November 22, 2024 start date:
Playlist
Song Name / Artist |
Duration
(min:sec) |
Start Time
(min:sec) |
Christmas Vacation Theme Song / Mavis Staples |
3:19 |
00:00 |
Mele Kalikimaka / Bing Crosby |
2:12 |
3:23 |
I Gotta Feeling (shortened) / Black Eyed Peas |
1:20 |
5:39 |
Wizards In Winter / TSO |
3:03 |
7:03 |
Carol Of Bells / David Foster |
2:34 |
10:10 |
Jingle Bells (shortened) / BNL |
2:47 |
12:48 |
Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree / Brenda Lee |
2:04 |
15:39 |
Little Sain Nick / The Beach Boys |
2:10 |
17:47 |
Christmas Don't Be Late / The Chipmunks |
2:20 |
20:01 |
Feliz Navidad / José Feliciano |
3:02 |
22:25 |
Enter Sandman / Metallica |
5:31 |
25:31 |
Party Rock Anthem / The Chipmunks and Chippettes |
4:14 |
31:06 |
Dominick The Donkey / Lou Monte |
2:26 |
35:24 |
Jingle Bell Rock / Bobby Helms |
2:10 |
37:54 |
Frosty The Snowman / Jimmy Durante |
2:37 |
40:08 |
Holly Jolly Christmas / Burl Ives |
2:15 |
42:49 |
It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year / Andy Williams |
2:30 |
45:08 |
All I Want For Christmas Is You / Mariah Carey |
4:01 |
47:42 |
Rudolph / Burl Ives |
2:10 |
51:47 |
Queen of the Winter Night / TSO |
3:11 |
54:01 |
The Christmas Can Can / Straight No Chaser |
2:41 |
57:16 |
2025 Valentine Playlist
The 2025 Valentine light show playlist is set, but subject to change. Currently, it is a half hour long with eight songs. 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 essentially the same each half hour:
Playlist
Song Name / Artist |
Duration
(min:sec) |
Start Time
(min:sec) |
I'm Yours / Jason Mraz |
3:58 |
00:00 |
I Want You / Savage Garden |
4:08 |
3:58 |
I'm A Believer / Smash Mouth |
3:21 |
8:06 |
Never Gonna Give You Up / Rick Astley |
3:48 |
11:27 |
What Is Love / Haddaway |
4:17 |
15:15 |
Love Stinks / J Geils Band |
3:49 |
19:32 |
Tainted Love / Soft Cell |
3:00 |
23:21 |
Achy Breaky Heart / Billy Ray Cyrus |
3:41 |
26:21 |