http://www.frontdorr.com Random musings from Tim Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:32:13 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Things have been progressing nicely. Song #2, Wonderful Christmas Time is complete and I'm well on the way through song #3, Jingle Bells. Some may ask, "Why the heck are you messing around with Jingle Bells when you included it in last years show?" The answer is that last year's ... http://www.frontdorr.com/2008/08/10/christmas-lights-2008-4/ With only 116 days until the lights go on, I'm feeling some pressure to get things in a higher gear, since we were out of town for 20 days in July. All that aside, I've tested all of the LOR controllers, including a new one that wasn't anticipated, but necessary if I plan ... http://www.frontdorr.com/2008/08/04/christmas-lights-2008-3/ We now have only 163 DAYS BEFORE THE LIGHTS GO ON At this point, I have only a little over 40 hours expended toward this year's Christmas Lights Display. That doesn't count the time I stood out in front and visualized what things were going to look like. Or reading up ... http://www.frontdorr.com/2008/06/18/christmas-lights-2008-2/ Is it May already? Where has time gone. And there are only 196 days or 28 weeks until the 2008 version of our Animated Christmas Lights display is open to the public. While there has been a lot of head thinking since the unveiling of the 2007 show about this year's show, ... http://www.frontdorr.com/2008/05/15/christmas-lights-2008-1/ The lights are down and put away. We were lucky on the front end to have nice weather to put the lights up, and lucky on the back end taking them down. We did have to wait a few days after New Year's Day for the snow to melt and ... http://www.frontdorr.com/2008/01/18/christmas-lights-2007-last/ On November 20, we had a preview showing of the 2007 Christmas lights display for those on Fontana. We had about 50 people in attendance, on a crisp and windy night, and received positive feedback. The lights went on Thanksgiving evening for the rest of the world, but not exactly when ... http://www.frontdorr.com/2007/11/26/christmas-lights-2007-8/ The lights go on in 4 days, but there is still much to do. Since the last post, all of the sequencing has been completed. Night two is comprised of five songs plus voiceovers and took only 24 hours to sequence. But the songs are shorter than for the first night. ... http://www.frontdorr.com/2007/11/19/christmas-lights-2007-7/ Things are fast and hectic around here because THE LIGHTS GO ON IN ONLY 12 DAYS The last two days were spent putting up some of the outdoor lights. We had beautiful weather days and were also able to take advantage of help from our long-time friend Jim, who was in ... http://www.frontdorr.com/2007/11/10/christmas-lights-2007-6/ Last week has been spent sequencing the lights to the selected music. So far seven voiceovers have been completed, which took two hours to sequence. These voiceovers introduce the evening's show, tell a story to weave the five songs together, and close the evening. Three songs have also been completed. ... http://www.frontdorr.com/2007/10/29/christmas-lights-2007-5/ The four new controllers have been tested and work perfectly. Light-O-Rama makes a good product. So now it's on to sequencing. For one night there will be six songs in all, and all have been edited to be shorter in length. Then I have recorded the voiceover for an introduction, a ... http://www.frontdorr.com/2007/10/16/christmas-lights-2007-4/