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  2008 News
 
 
2007 Christmas show 2008-10-21 - 17:48:00 - 2007 Christmas show

I recently suffered a major setback, one of my primary hard drives failed, and I lost a bunch of data.  Fortunately my shows were not lost, but all my videos of the 2007 Christmas display were lost.  Now I need to come up with $1,700 to recover the data, but I don't have any way to do that since my wife lost her job.  If you want to see the videos, and can help, please visit the Contact Us page and click the PayPal donate button. 

Thank you. 

 
 
2008 Light Shows 2008-10-19 - 15:50:00 - 2008 Light Shows

I've just about finished putting the finally touches on the lights and the show schedule has now been posted.  If you are in the area and want to see the show, stop by the Contact Us section for directions.  For more info, images, and song info, see the 2008 Halloween Page.

Happy Halloween!

 
 
Show Info 2008-09-26 - 02:41:00 - Show Info

For a few months now, I've been putting together a new project involving animated light shows. I figure it is time to unveil it and get things moving.  Come visit the

Million Christmas LEDs

project where I am attempting to put together a light show with, yeah, 1 million LED lights.  But I need everyone's help to do it, so I'm asking for generous people to sponsor my channels to make it happen.  Mesa Holiday Lights will not be affected by this, I concider this my personal show and it will continue regardless.  However, I needed a way to raise money to buy a new house, and this is my solution.  So come over and check it out at

http://www.millionchristmasleds.com
 
 
2008 Light Shows 2008-09-26 - 02:37:00 - 2008 Light Shows
Halloween is coming soon and we are getting ready for a new light show. To celebrate the new house we have new look and feel to the site. The old pages will continue to look the same, but the new pages will be using the new template.
 
 
Show Info 2008-08-15 - 23:57:00 - Show Info
Well, we got moved and are in our new house now. We no longer have to deal with being in a gated community, yeah! Of course, new houses bring new problems, such as power, I'm going to have to do something to get power for my lights because there isn't enough to go around in the house. I also have to redesign the display since we are now in a one-story house with a large front yard.
 
 
Show Info 2008-06-29 - 23:54:00 - Show Info

Things don't always go as planned, looks like we will be moving in just under 2 weeks. Where? We don't know, but our land lord informed us that the house is being foreclosed and will be owned by the bank soon. I did have a 4th of July water show planned, but once I got wind of this, I canceled it, especially since we will probably be close to leaving next weekend.
This of course could not have been more inopportune, and we have just barely enough either rent a new place (not desirable) or buy a house, but with no down payment, assuming we can get the financing. So there might be some disruption to this site due to the move as well.
Stay tuned for more info. 

 
 
Show Info 2008-04-04 - 01:25:00 - Show Info
Sadly, there is nothing going on right now. Real Life is consuming my time right now. I really meant to get the videos from 2007 finished and put up, but I ran out of spare time to work on them.
I have however been working on expanding my show equipment. I will be adding more MR-16 and hopefully more channels. I don't expect much news for a while, but check back this summer.
 
  2007 News
 
 
Show Info 2007-12-31 - 21:33:00 - Show Info

It has been a great season, and we would like to thank everyone that stopped by and watched our lights. We will not be running the lights any more (except for perhaps a special request). In the mean time we will be finishing the rest of the videos from the Christmas shows and posting them. Once those are done I hope to assemble another DVD of the light shows.
We will hope to see you back next year, we are planing to do a fourth of July event, stay tuned for more info on that. Till then things will be slow around here as we shift our focus away from the Holidays.

Wishing you a Merry Christmas and a happy new year from Mesa Holiday Lights.

 
 
Show Info 2007-12-25 - 02:12:00 - Show Info
From Mesa Holiday Lights, Merry Christmas everyone. Wishing you and your family the best for Christmas. We are running a experiment tonight, we have added announcements before each show to give the name of the song, come by and tell us what you think.
 
 
2007 Christmas show 2007-12-22 - 12:29:00 - 2007 Christmas show
Over the Weekend and up until Christmas we will be running extended hours. The lights will come on a 5 pm and stay on till 1 am. The shows will be running from 5:20 pm till 11:30 pm. So come on by and see the lights. We will also be running all our songs Christmas Eve and Christmas Night.
 
 
2007 Christmas show 2007-12-20 - 02:23:00 - 2007 Christmas show
Starting the 20th we will be playing a new song. From Home Alone: Setting the Trap. We will be playing it every night left this week. So come by and see the new song!
 
 
2007 Christmas show 2007-12-11 - 11:10:00 - 2007 Christmas show
The first video from the 2007 Christmas display is now online and available. Visit the Christmas 2007 page to watch the video.
 
 
2007 Christmas show 2007-11-30 - 17:08:00 - 2007 Christmas show
Sorry about the inconvenience, but because of the heavy rain we are getting I am canceling tonights show. Hopefully the rain will let up and I won't have to cancel tomorrow's show.
 
 
2007 Christmas show 2007-11-24 - 17:32:00 - 2007 Christmas show
We have about 98% of our lights up and working. Unfortunately I have to wait for UPS to deliver the last lights, so stay tuned for the show to start. In the mean time I will be running a somewhat static display until then.
 
 
2007 Christmas show 2007-11-20 - 11:24:00 - 2007 Christmas show
I just confirmed that the last pieces will be here on Monday the 26th. So the show will be starting Tuesday the 27th. See the Show Schedule for full details and lineups.  Also the Christmas Show page is now available.
 
 
2007 Christmas show 2007-11-18 - 21:46:00 - 2007 Christmas show
Ok, the problems have been resolved. Depending on how soon the parts arrive, will dictate when the show starts, so it could be as late as Monday the 26th.
 
 
Show Info 2007-11-13 - 11:05:00 - Show Info
DVDs of the Halloween show will be available soon. The discs will contain videos of all the sequences used in the show.  Features of the disk:
  • Animated menus
  • 9 different sequences from the show
  • 2 slideshows of the show, daytime and night time.
  • All videos are mastered with the original sound file used for the show.
  • Bonus content on disk
If you are interested in a copy, I am asking for a $10 donation to the light show to help expand the show and cover the cost of producing the disk.
To order, visit the Contact Us Page and either send me an e-mail with your Name and Address and I will send you instructions to mail a check, or you can click the PayPal Donation button and put your Name and Address in the comments.
 
 
2007 Christmas show 2007-11-10 - 13:12:00 - 2007 Christmas show
At this point the Christmas light show is going to be delayed indefinitely until certain financial problems can be resolved. I am unable to get the parts I need to finish the show properly. Sorry for the delay, but it is for the best right now.
 
 
Show Info 2007-11-04 - 01:40:00 - Show Info
We have new videos of four of the songs for the Halloween show now up and available on the Halloween page!
 
 
Show Info 2007-11-01 - 11:37:00 - Show Info
Thank you to everyone that came by on Halloween. We had a great turn-out and appreciate all the positive comments we got. I'd also like to thank my mother for handing out the candy for most of the evening.
If you missed the show, then plan to come by at the end of the month for our Christmas show. As soon as I have the time I will finish and start posting videos of our other songs, for now you can see the Harry Potter song Lumos! here
We will be gearing up for Christmas over the next few weeks (as soon as Halloween is put away). So stay tuned for more info.
 
 
Show Info 2007-10-30 - 11:51:00 - Show Info
Halloween is tomorrow, come by and see the expanded show. We will be adding 3 more songs to the lineup, tomorrow only. Come on by, and say hi, then stay and enjoy the show. For the trick-or-treaters, we will have a radio on the porch so they can enjoy the show too.
 
 
Show Info 2007-10-20 - 21:04:00 - Show Info


We got everything up and running and the show is live. Come over and see the lights.

 
 
Show Info 2007-10-20 - 12:10:00 - Show Info
Today we put up the Halloween Lights. If everything goes according to plan, the show starts tonight. The Mesa Holiday Lights Radio is now on-line and running. See the bottom of the page.
 
 
Show Info 2007-10-18 - 13:41:00 - Show Info
The last of the sequences are ready to roll!
We start the show this Saturday the 20th!
See our show schedule that is available now for times and details.
 
 
Show Info 2007-10-15 - 02:56:00 - Show Info
With just under a week now till the lights on, we have been putting the final touches on everything. There was a little setback with one of our cats chewing a wire through, but that is resolved now. Even put together a box to hold the Light-O-Rama units in. Then I hit our one snag, we don't have enough extension cords. Oops. Will have to find a way to work that into the budget next week.
 
 
Show Info 2007-10-08 - 00:08:00 - Show Info
Started October 21st, we will be running a Halloween show. Click Here for more info.
 
 
Show Info 2007-09-11 - 11:29:00 - Show Info
The 2007 Christmas show is coming along, I am currently sequencing the songs for the show and I'm about half done with my list.  I will be posting the list of song for this year some time in November.  I've also finished the build out of one of the largest parts of the display, a Merry Christmas sign.  Now I just need to make my radio sign.
 
 
Show Info 2007-09-05 - 15:44:00 - Show Info
  • This year we will be running about 6,500 lights with 32 channels.
  • All the Lights running would take about 30 amps
  • There will be about 100 strings of light.
 

  2006 News
 
 
Show Info 2006-12-24 - 14:02:00 - Show Info


For 2006 we had approximately 2,500 lights in a static display.
All that will change for the Christmas 2007 display.

More info
 

  Mesa Holiday Lights Radio
During the off hours we will be playing holiday music on our station 96.5 FM. When it is running the last 10 songs will show below:
The Show music is currently running.