Patron Conduct
I would like the West Pershing Lights display to be a safe and enjoyable experience for my neighbors and visitors. So, please use some common sense, care, and courtesy while in the neighborhood. And please observe the following guidelines:
- While driving, be watching for parked vehicles, traffic, people, and pets, not the light show!
- Do not stop in the driving lanes of the road, pull to the side of the road and park.
- Do not leave your trash or cigarette butts behind, please take all garbage with you.
- Do not block driveways when parking to watch the lights.
- Do not use driveways to turn around; please go around the block.
- Do do not turn the music up loud enough to be heard or felt by me or my neighbors while we are indoors.
- If on foot, please stay on the sidewalk, my driveway, or in the park, do not stand in the road.
- For your safety, do not walk through the display. Stay on the pavement and out of the yard, unless otherwise noted.
I can't stress this enough; Don't watch the light show while driving and don't watch the light show while standing in the road! And, for the record, the speed limit is 25MPH on West Pershing Street. Kiwanis Park is across the street from the light display. That Kiwanis Park block has no sidewalk around it. Kids and adults walking, running, riding bikes, and walking dogs on the streets around the park are a common occurrence. Don't hit my neighbors or their pets! It's also common for vehicles to be parked on both sides of the street (non-light show related). Please take care not to hit parked vehicles, especially in the winter when the plowed snow makes the street narrower.
In these challenging times of a coronavirus pandemic, please exercise reasonable precautions. If people gather around the light display, please be respectful of the desire for people to exercise social distancing. Disrespectful behavior or any other disorderly conduct will not be tolerated.
Serious violators of traffic laws or city ordinances that are caught on camera will be reported to the local police department.
Let There Be Lights
If you haven't done so already please, please, please, please read the guidelines in the
Patron Conduct tab now. Learn it. Know it. Live it.
All lights in the West Pershing Lights light shows are energy efficient LED lights. Absolutely no incandescent lighting is used! The light shows are fully automated with the help of Home Assistant home automation software. In total, there are 8548 lights available, but not all are used for all light shows. The Halloween light show configuration uses 6348 lights, and the Christmas and Valentine's Day light show configurations each use 7644 lights.
I would like to add more songs to the light shows. If you have any suggestions for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Valentine's Day songs,
email me some links to songs on Amazon or YouTube. My main requirement for song choices is that they are G-rated or near G-rated and suitable for children of all ages. Songs that contain hard profanity or other adult language or topics will not be considered.
2023 Valentine Lights
The 2023 Valentine light show will start Friday, February 10th, 2023 and will run until Tuesday, February 14th, 2023. Check the Schedule and Playlist tabs for schedule and playlist details.
2023 Halloween Lights
2022 Halloween has come and gone. Lots of trick-or-treaters and lots of great costumes! I'm already looking forward to seeing what costumes 2023 brings. The 2023 Halloween light show should be up and running in early October.
2023 Christmas Lights
The 2022 Christmas light show has concluded. The 2023 Christmas light show should be starting up on (or just before) Thanksgiving Day.
2023 Valentine Lights Schedule
The finalized schedule (as of 2/02/23) for the 2023 Valentine light show is as follows:
| Dates |
Times |
| February 10 -11 |
5:00pm - 10:00pm |
| February 12 - 13 |
5:00pm - 8:00pm |
| February 14 |
5:00pm - 10:00pm |
The breakdown of the schedule is like this: The lights will be on with no music for one hour prior to the musical light show from 4pm to 5pm. The light show will start at 5pm and run until the time specified in the schedule listed above. After the light show, the lights will remain on with no music until 2am.
For all West Pershing Lights light shows, the music may be heard from the sidewalk or driveway if you are walking by, and you can also hear the music by tuning to 107.3 FM on your radio. The light show will start on-the-hour. The
Start Time column in the playlists will be the approximate time after the top-of-the-hour (and half-hour for the Valentine light show) a song is expected to start playing.
2023 Valentine Playlist
The 2023 Valentine light show playlist is set, but subject to change. Currently, it is a half hour long with eight songs. Each half hour will consist of four pro-Valentine's Day songs (first 15 minutes) and four anti-Valentine's Day songs (second 15 minutes). This playlist setup will allow the show to run for a half hour and the specific time a song is played will be essentially the same each half hour. The following playlist contains the name of the song, artist, duration, and the time of the hour the song is expected to start playing:
Playlist
| Song Name / Artist |
Duration
(min:sec) |
Start Time
(min:sec) |
| I'm Yours / Jason Mraz |
3:58 |
00:00 |
| I Want You / Savage Garden |
4:08 |
3:58 |
| I'm A Believer / Smash Mouth |
3:21 |
8:06 |
| Never Gonna Give You Up / Rick Astley |
3:48 |
11:27 |
| What Is Love / Haddaway |
4:17 |
15:15 |
| Love Stinks / J Geils Band |
3:49 |
19:32 |
| Tainted Love / Soft Cell |
3:00 |
23:21 |
| Achy Breaky Heart / Billy Ray Cyrus |
3:41 |
26:21 |
2023 Halloween Playlist
The 2023 Halloween Playlist is set (but subject to change):
Playlist
| Song Name / Artist |
Duration
(min:sec) |
Start Time
(min:sec) |
| THX Electrical Failure Intro |
0:27 |
00:00 |
| I Gotta Feeling / Black Eyed Peas |
1:19 |
0:32 |
| Ghostbusters / Amc Orchestra |
4:11 |
1:56 |
| Dead Mans Party / Oingo Boingo |
6:21 |
6:12 |
| Monster Mash / Amc Orchestra |
3:12 |
12:38 |
| Nightmare on Elm Street / The Hit Crew |
3:32 |
15:55 |
| Party Rock Anthem / LMFAO |
4:22 |
19:32 |
| Toccata in Fugue / Bach |
1:50 |
23:59 |
| Ghostbusters / Amc Orchestra |
4:11 |
25:54 |
| I Gotta Feeling / Black Eyed Peas |
1:19 |
30:10 |
| Dead Mans Party / Oingo Boingo |
6:21 |
31:34 |
| Party Rock Anthem / LMFAO |
4:22 |
38:00 |
| Monster Mash / Amc Orchestra |
3:12 |
42:27 |
| Ghostbusters / Amc Orchestra |
4:11 |
45:44 |
| Nightmare on Elm Street / The Hit Crew |
3:32 |
50:00 |
| Toccata in Fugue / Bach |
1:50 |
53:37 |
| Party Rock Anthem / LMFAO |
4:22 |
55:32 |
2023 Christmas Playlist
The 2023 Christmas Playlist is set (but subject to change):
Playlist
| Song Name / Artist |
Duration
(min:sec) |
Start Time
(min:sec) |
| Christmas Vacation Theme Song / Mavis Staples |
3:19 |
00:00 |
| Mele Kalikimaka / Bing Crosby |
2:12 |
3:21 |
| I Gotta Feeling (shortened) / Black Eyed Peas |
1:20 |
5:35 |
| Wizards In Winter / TSO |
3:03 |
6:57 |
| Santa Claus Is Coming (shortened) / The Tractors |
2:10 |
10:02 |
| Sleigh Ride (shortened) / Brian Setzer |
2:02 |
12:14 |
| Carol Of Bells / David Foster |
2:04 |
14:18 |
| Jingle Bells (shortened) / BNL |
2:47 |
16:24 |
| Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree / Brenda Lee |
2:02 |
19:13 |
| Let It Snow / Bing Crosby |
2:02 |
21:17 |
| Little Saint Nick / The Beach Boys |
1:59 |
23:21 |
| Christmas Don't Be Late / The Chipmunks |
2:22 |
25:22 |
| Feliz Navidad / José Feliciano |
3:01 |
27:46 |
| Dominick The Donkey / Lou Monte |
2:27 |
30:49 |
| Party Rock Anthem / LMFAO |
4:22 |
33:18 |
| Frosty The Snowman / Willie Nelson |
2:23 |
37:42 |
| Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (shortened) / Elmo & Patsy |
1:22 |
40:07 |
| Holly Jolly Christmas / Burl Ives |
2:13 |
41:31 |
| It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year / Andy Williams |
2:30 |
43:46 |
| Jingle Bells Techno / beaugosse68 |
3:28 |
46:18 |
| All I Want For Christmas is You / Mariah Carey |
3:55 |
49:48 |
| Rudolph / Alan Jackson |
2:57 |
53:45 |
| Queen of the Winter Night / TSO |
3:12 |
56:44 |
