Frequently Asked Questions
- Where is your display located?
- How many lights do you have?
- How do you make the lights dance to the music?
- How much time does it take to program each song?
- Why do you put up all those lights?
- How many channels do you have?
- How long does it take to set up the display?
- How do you transmit the music out to the cars?
- When did you start doing this?
- What kind of a display is this?
- What music do you use for this display?
- When do you start planning?
Our display is located in the northwestern portion of Livonia. Please check back in late November/early December for directions to our display.
Over 16,000 for 2007.
We use a program called Light-o-Rama to make it all work.
Anywhere from 1-4 hours for every minute of music that you hear.
To celebrate the birth of our LORD, Jesus Christ, as well as to communicate the reason behind it all.
We have 48 channels of Light-o-Rama control for 2007. A channel is an individual item or strand of lights that you can control with the software. Think of it as 48 different objects that can be controlled and flashing to the beat of the music.
Usually, the equivalent of 1-2 weeks, with the help of the entire family!
We use a low-power FM transmitter to broadcast the music from the computer out to the car radios. It transmits just far enough so that the cars can hear it on their own FM radio.
We started synchronizing the lights to music in 2006. 2004 was the first year that the display really started to grow, though.
This is a residential display, at our family house. This entire display is put up by our family - Ken, Connie, Scott, Timothy, Shawn and Franklin Howse. There is no charge to see the display, but we do ask that you please be courteous to the neighbors while doing so.
These are the music selections that you will hear in our 2008 display:
- "Turn Your Radio On" - Bill Gaither
- "Angels We Have Heard on High" - Brian Setzer Orchestra
- "Happy Birthday Jesus" - Mike Douglas
- "Reflections of Earth" - Epcot
- "Little Drummer Boy" - Josh Groban
Planning for our display is a year-round process. It takes a whole year to plan, construct, and put up our display every year.