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2008 Display

Preparations
The 2008 Display went live on Thanksgiving eveining. There are some changes to the display this year. The theme for this year is "The Peppermint Palace". We have stepped up from 16 channels of Light-O-Rama automation to to 64. The number of lights has increased from 17,000 to more than 31,000.

The Mega Tree is built on a new base from Christmas Lights Designs. It is complete with a lighted tree skirt.

Strobes and a Peppermint fence are the main additions. The candy garlands were retired this year but may reappear with next year's display.

Playlist
The playlist for the 2008 show has been set. Four songs return from last year along with the addition of 7 others. Sequencing is a good bit more challenging with 64 channels vs. 16 The following is the play list. 
# Song Title Artist Video Link
1 Main Christmas Reminder The Demented Elf  
2 The Magic Tree The Demented Elf  
3 The Polar Express Tom Hanks
Polar Express 2008 from Forest Dennis on Vimeo.
4 Rockin Around the Christmas Tree Brenda Lee
Rockin Around the Christmas Tree 2008 from Forest Dennis on Vimeo.
5 All Around the World It's Christmas Time Dino Kartsanokis  
6 House on Christmas Street Judy Pancoast
The House on Christmas Street 2008 from Forest Dennis on Vimeo.
7 Wizards in Winter Trans Siberian Orchestra  
8 It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas Dino Kartsanokis  
9 Ring Christmas Bells Ray Conniff  
10 Silent Night Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Silent Night 2008 from Forest Dennis on Vimeo.
11 Lippai - Upon the Mountain Mormon Tabernacle Choir  
12 How Great Our Joy Sandi Patti / Peabo Bryson
How Great Our Joy 2008 from Forest Dennis on Vimeo.
13 We Wish You a Merry Christmas Andre Kostelanetz  
Construction Four days of construction and lots of help from great friends and family made for a lots of pictures.
Cheryl Huff (aka Gumdrop) came from Dallas to help out this year.
Marty and Laura Crese stopped by to help out.
Rows of candy installed to make this year's show pop.
Derrik came in from California and wound up with ladder duty.
Reeaaach! Cheryll (aka Darling) streches to hand Derrik another bulb while Derrik hangs on for dear life.
Derrik and Max prep garland for the side entry.
The MegaTree was cranked into place on Monday evening and we turned the lights on just to get a preview.
Press
After all that work, we made the front page of the Elgin Courier Newspaper the first week after Thanksgiving.
 

 

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