Answers To The Most
Frequently Asked Questions
for our Belardo Lights Display
With his Favorite Orange Ceramic Lights
- In 2008, the display will feature over 58,000 lights total
- Planning, designing, and building the display takes about 11 months on the weekends and in the evenings starting in January right after Christmas
- Once the display design is conceived and elements are built, programming or sequencing the music takes about 3-4 months just before setup
- Brandon and Dad work on it together all year as a father-son activity
(see Dedicated To.. page) - Display setup for 2008 will take 12-13 days in November starting before Thanksgiving
- Teardown will take about 3 days, and then some time to organize and put away
- We do this as a Labor of Love for our boys and a gift to the community;
the smiles from everyone make it all worthwhile - If the lights were all on at the same time, it would take just over 160 amps to power them (or almost 20,000 watts)
- Most of the lights are incandescent, but in 2008 we will be introducing thousands of high quality LED lights for their non-fading color and energy-saving features
- We use specialized electronic controllers and software from Light-o-Rama to animate the lights and figures
- The music used in the display is synchronized with the lights using 400 separate channels and wires
- The music is played on speakers outside and is also broadcast on FM 89.7 so you can hear the music in your car
- For every minute of music in the display, it takes anywhere from 6-12 hours to program the lights, depending on the complexity of the music
- The display uses over 3 miles of wire to connect the lights to the controllers
- Much of the display decorations are home-made, such as the new "Singing Reindeer", the "Leaping Lights", the "Talking Heads", the "Dancing Stephen", the "Sparkleballs", and our very own "Christmas Word Tree" !
- Please write us a comment, note, or suggestion in the guestbook, located in front of the display by the mailbox
- Thanks for making Belardo Lights part of your Holiday Tradition...Help us Dream Big!!!