2011 The New Year

The new year is ahead and its time to get started. Making a good light display is a year-round hobby and its never a time not to work on it. This year, we will be doing a display for the 4Th of July, Halloween and of course, Christmas. The 4Th and Halloween are smaller displays and are ran only a few days unlike Christmas. These 2 displays are 32 channels or smaller with only a few strings on any channel. As with Christmas, we know that it will get more attention than if we didn't. If we can get that attention, we stand a better chance to get more donations to send along to our charities. Building a display and running it is not our only contribution as we also donate items to them as well. Lets all do our part to help those we can.

2010 Light System Report

2010 Light System Report
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64 channels of lights
21,645 total lights
33 extension cords of varying lengths 476 feet
16 SSRs with data cables a total of 645 feet
total run time of 193 hours
total electric cost: approx. $48

Repairs due to weather and/or vandalism
total repair time of 7 1/2 hours

Donations collected: 40 Lbs of nonperishable food

Smiles and Christmas cheer: $$ Priceless $$

Donations are still needed

During our show, we were accepting donations for the 3 charities that we were supporting. Although it was a bit of a long shot, we offered to accept donations on their behalf then pass along the donations afterward. Some of the donations we wanted to receive were nonperishable food items, pet supplies and cash. After just over a month, we received 40 pounds of food, no pet supplies and no cash. This was a good start and we hope we as a community can do better during the upcoming year. Its up to all of us to help where and with what we can. Besides, it will make you feel good :)

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year!
Christmas is a bit behind us and the new year is ahead. We at TimberTownChristmas wish all a safe and happy New Year. We want everyone to be here again when its Christmas time once more. Make your Resolution a good one (and stick to it.)

Our Vixen Sequences

Our 1st show was amazing and we would like to share it everyone. Using the Vixen 2.1.1 software package, we put together the following sequences. You can get them at: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MBSDJ3J1 This includes the profile, sequences, daily show program and music. Enjoy and Merry Christmas!

The View

Now that the show is up and running, how about taking a look around?

A walk through the display.

A view from across the street.

A view on the inside.

A view from the Highway.

Finally Underway! Full speed ahead to Christmas!

Due to a publishing error, we started a day early. I'm sure this wasn't noticed by many but we did. All channels are working and there are only a few minor problems mostly caused by the rain. Still not sure when the Home Illumantion Contest is but we will continue to try to find out. A second webcam was obtained and is in the process of installation. Some items are still being made and installed to the system to fill out some dark spots. Next year's upgrades are being discussed and some rearranging will be necessary to incorparate them into the system. Some feedback from our Runescape friends has ranged from "cool" to "Awesome!" as they are from all over the world. Local feedback is encouraging as well.