Noblesville Lights 2010
Status: Lights are off.
November 28th is the first show.
Watch our recorded videos here on YouTube
Watch our Christmas show LIVE here on ustream.tv
This is currently off the air until the season begins.
NEWS:
Web Site Move:
We have recently moved hosting services and are in the process of redesigning our site from scratch.
Please bear with us through this process. We will have our site back up and running and will end up with much more content very soon!
New Radio Station Frequency:
At the end of 2009, a new local radio station began broadcasting on 88.3FM, which turns out to be exactly what we use to broadcast our audio. While our audio worked ok during the season last year, it decreased the range, and in the future could cause some frustration for anyone that wants to hear the new station in our neighborhood.
So, this year we'll be posting a new FM frequency for our broadcast. We'll try to pick one that's far from other stations to avoid interference. We'll keep you posted as soon as we settle on the final numbers!
2010 Christmas Light Show:
Well, another Christmas is starting to gear up! We are in the process of mapping out all of the new things we'd like to add, prioritizing them and starting at the top of the list. I won't give away any of the surprises, but i'll throw out some hints.
- We are planning on building a few new show elements, large ones.
- We purchased a large lot of LED lights from a great clearance deal at the end of 2009, so we are dreaming up ways to replace less efficient lights and add them to new display elements.
- We are going to expand some of our roof lighting this year.
We would like to thank our neighbors who put up with extra traffic every year, and not only smile, but offer words of encouragement. Their understanding is very important to us and makes this all possilbe. So thanks to everyone who makes an effort to not block driveways and shine their headlights in their windows. :)
Thanks for all of the kind comments to those of you that made a point of thanking us. One very nice couple sent us a wonderful Thank You card. That really made our season! We enjoy making a fun atmosphere for quality family time during the holiday season. If you'd like to tell your story of how your family enjoys the show, please email us at info@noblesvillelights.com. We'd LOVE to hear it!
Our Show:
Our lights on date for 2010 will be November 28th at 6 PM. We play our new musical light show from 6 PM until 9 PM on Sunday through Thursday nights. On Friday and Saturday nights, the musical show runs from 6 PM until 10 PM. We will be changing the radio station frequency next year, so stay tuned and we'll post it here when we figure it out.
This year, we will be setting up a little earlier so it won't be so hectic as the first show approaches. Weather can be unpredictable, so we want to get a jump on it. Our neighbors volunteered their side yards (next to ours) for us to expand into again this year (Thank you SO much!). Each year we learn many new things (mostly what NOT to do next year), so look for more improvements, new songs, and a few surprises next year!
We should have just over 26,000 lights for our display again this year. We will also expanded our FM transmitter hours so we are now broadcasting Christmas music around the neighborhood, usually 24 hours a day (and on Ustream.com). If you live near us, try tuning into 88.3 FM and listen to music, as well as time and temperature announcements when our musical light show isnt playing. Or you can visit http://www.ustream.tv/channel/noblesville-lights to listen to the music, or watch the light show when it's on.
If you have suggestions on display ideas or songs you'd like to see us syncronize, email us !
General information:
Almost all of our display is controlled by computer and 14 control boards, with each board controlling up to 16 different channels. This allows us to coordinate the lights blinking, dimming, and fading with our Christmas music that is transmitted over a low-power (legal) FM radio broadcast. Visitors can drive by, tune their radio to our FM transmitter and enjoy the show without bothering our neighbors too much. We had alot of people drive by the display last year and expect even more traffic this year as the word continues gets out more. So if you want a less crowded time to view, try early in the season, during weeknights, or before 6:30 PM or after 8:30 PM most nights (almost no one stays after 9:30).
Our normal lighting hours:
Lights turn on at 5:30pm with a simple animation with radio station music
The REAL fun starts with the
Musical light show at 6pm to 9pm Sunday - Thursday
and 7pm to 10pm Friday - Saturday
NOTE: If it is, or has been raining, our safety features may turn off sections of our display. We try very hard to keep them on and running, but sometimes mother nature has other ideas. If too many sections are off, we may cancel that night's show all together.
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