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.

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.
 

2022 Valentine's Day Lights

New starting this year… a Valentine's Day themed musical light show. Since the Christmas lights are still up, why not? Love is in the air. Or maybe it isn't. You'll probably find an appropriate song for your mood this Valentine's Day. Check the Schedule and Playlist tabs for more details.

 

2021 Halloween Lights

The Halloween lights were a little late getting up this year. Mudjacking the driveway and removing the front bushes to prepare for some concrete work delayed and scaled back the light display a little bit from what I was planning for this year. But I did finally get some Halloween lights up. Approximately 1000 LED lights synchronized to music. I was also dressed up as a Ghostbuster again this year. And then there was a special appearance from the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man.


 

2021 Christmas Lights

The 2021 Christmas light show starts Wednesday, November 24th, 2021 and will run until Sunday, January 9th, 2022. Some delays getting the Halloween lights put up and taken down resulted in a slightly late start getting the Christmas lights put up. But they are up. Once again, no incandescent lights were used. Everything is 100% energy efficient LED lights. A total of 5,759 LED lights sets a new record for the most lights I've used since I started doing this over a decade ago. Many thanks to Randy at Law St Lights in New London (312 W Law St, New London, WI) for the deal on the light controllers to make the eight tomato cage trees (400 lights per tree) possible. If you are in or passing by the New London area, definitely check out the Law St Lights Halloween and Christmas musical light shows put on by Randy and Brenda.

2022 Valentine's Day Lights Schedule

The schedule for the 2022 Valentine's Day lights display is as follows:
 

Dates	Times
February 13 - 14	5:30pm - 10:00pm

 

2021 Christmas Lights Schedule

The finalized schedule (as of 11/24/21) for the Christmas lights synchronized to music: is as follows:
 

Dates	Times
November 24 - 25	5:00pm - 2:00am
November 26 - 27	5:00pm - 10:00pm
November 28 - December 2	5:00pm - 8:00pm
December 3 - 4	5:00pm - 10:00pm
December 5 - 9	5:00pm - 8:00pm
December 10 - 11	5:00pm - 10:00pm
December 12 - 16	5:00pm - 8:00pm
December 17 - 18	5:00pm - 10:00pm
December 19 - 22	5:00pm - 8:00pm
December 23 - 25	5:00pm - 2:00am
December 26 - 30	5:00pm - 8:00pm
December 31 - January 1	5:00pm - 2:00am
January 2 - 9	5:00pm - 8:00pm

The lights will be on with no music and no flashing, starting at 4:00pm. The music and light show will start at 5:00pm each night. After the music and light show ends, the lights will remain on with no music and no flashing until 2:00am each night.

 

2021 Halloween Lights Schedule

The finalized schedule (as of 10/19/21) for the 2021 Halloween lights display is as follows:
 

Dates	Times
October 19 - 21	6:00pm - 9:00pm
October 22 - 23	6:00pm - 11:00pm
October 24 - 28	6:00pm - 9:00pm
October 29 - 30	6:00pm - 11:00pm
October 31	4:00pm - 9:00pm

The breakdown of the schedule is like this: Sundays through Thursdays the lights will be on from 6pm to 9pm. Fridays and Saturdays the lights will be on from 6pm to 11pm. The exception is October 31st when the lights will be on from 4pm to 9pm and the outdoor speaker will be turned up just a little bit during trick-or-treating hours.
 

2022 Valentine's Day Playlist

The 2022 Valentine's Day lights playlist is a half hour long and consists of 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

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.
 

2021 Christmas Playlist

The 2021 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
Boughs Of Holly / TSO	4:25	23:21
Feliz Navidad / José Feliciano	3:01	27:48
Dominick The Donkey - Lou Monte	2:27	30:51
Party Rock Anthem - LMFAO	4:22	33:20
Frosty The Snowman - Willie Nelson	2:23	37:44
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer (shortened) - Elmo & Patsy	1:22	40:09
Holly Jolly Christmas - Burl Ives	2:13	41:33
It's The Most Wonderful Time of The Year - Andy Williams	2:30	43:48
Jingle Bells Techno - beaugosse68	3:28	46:20
All I Want For Christmas is You - Mariah Carey	3:55	49:50
Rudolph - Alan Jackson	2:57	53:47
Queen of the Winter Night - TSO	3:12	56:46

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.