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Answers To The Most
Frequently Asked Questions
for our Belardo Lights Display

• 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!!!