Olaf Comes Out (Finally)

Needless to say the weather lately has been awful and has prevented us from bringing out our snowman, Olaf.

Well tonight the weather looks much better and Olaf is ready to perform.  It sounds like he will go back in hibernation tonight as the weather forecast for tomorrow is stormy but its possible Friday, Saturday and Sunday will be better.

Our address is: 4120 38th Ave SW in West Seattle 

We are on 38th between Genesee and Dakota 

Just look for the flashing lights. 

And here is a list of songs in our show.

(This may not be the order of the songs you see as we mix things up)

Joy To The World  -  Twisted Christmas

Blue Christmas  -  Elvis

Hot Chocolate  -  Tom Hanks from The Polar Express

Carol of the Bells  -  Trans-Siberian Orchestra

I Am Santa Claus  -  Twisted Christmas

Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)  -  Darlene Love

It's The Most Wonderful Time of the Year  -  Andy Williams

Let It Go  -  Idina Menzel From the Movie Frozen

Little St. Nick  -  The Beach Boys

Sleigh Ride  -  Johnny Mathis

Polar Express  -  Tom Hanks from The Polar Express

Frosty the Snowman  -  Jimmy Durante

The Grinch  -  From the Movie The Grinch

Christmas Canon  -  Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Toy Sack  -  Twisted Christmas

Snowman Summer Mash-Up  -  From the Movie Frozen

It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas  -  Johnny Mathis

A Mad Russian's Christmas  -  Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Galloping Jingle Bells  -  Sarah Morley

Rudolph Ovature  -  Burl Ives

Wizards In Winter  -  Trans-Siberian Orchestra

Twelve Days of Christmas  -  Bing Crosby and The Andrew Sisters

Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree  -  Brenda Lee

Yule 2022 Plans

 At this time we are planning on a Yule show for 2022, our first in three years.  We hope to have our first show on the Friday after Thanksgiving and run through Sunday from about 6:30PM until about 10:00PM.  We will continue the pattern and run shows the weekends of December 2, 9 and 16.  Then, the plan is to run continuous December 23 through January 1, 2023.

We will include the light matrices that were first used in our 2019 show along with our new RGB star. Weather permitting Olaf, our animated snowman will be performing during that last week. Our list of songs exceeds 20 sequences and we may add more.

So make plans to come and watch the lights dance to the music!

Olaf, Anna and Elsa

And from Years Past

We're Up and Running

 We hosted our first show last night (Thursday) and had a great turnout.  It was loads of fun and everyone we spoke to indicated how much they liked our show.  Running the show is something we didn't realize how much we missed it. 

The high winds kept the Witch inside but the forecasts for the next few days look favorable.  She is a great addition to the show.

So, we'll continue to run shows from about 6:00PM until about 9:30PM.  If there is an audience, we'll keep the show running.  Attached are a few more photos of our show.

Starting Our Show Tonight

 We are putting the finishing touches on our display and plan on starting our shows about 6:00PM tonight.  Our shows will run until about 9:30PM or longer if there is an audience.  We'll run shows tonight through Halloween on Monday.

We're located on 38th AVE SW between Genesee and Dakota in West Seattle.  Our show consists of a dozen sequences with our Singing pumpkin providing the vocals backed up by three of his Monster friends.  Our dancing skeleton, Skelington will be performing too.  And the Wicked Witch of the West may make an appearance, too.

We're Doing a Halloween Show for 2022

 It looks like our street won't be closed this year and we are

gathering a team  to set things up for doing a show this year. 

Our Singing Pumpkin and his back-up Monsters are

practicing their songs.

So we will be Monster Mashing, Ghost Busting, Fearing the

 Reaper, Feeding our Frankenstein along with the Adams Family

and Godzilla.

The expectation at this time is to do our first show Thursday,

October 27 and run through Halloween, Monday, October 31.

More to come.

Canceling Light Shows for 2021

 We are Canceling our Halloween show for 2021 due to conflicts with other activities in our neighborhood.

At this time its not likely that we will do any shows during the Yule season.

We thank those of you who have attended in the past.

Up And Running!

It was close but we went 'On Line' on the Friday after Thanksgiving.  Our new front panels and new star have been well received and are fun to watch.

Turnout has been light.  We will plan on running Friday, Saturday and Sunday, for the first three weeks of December.  We'll run every night starting December 20 and run our last show on Wednesday, January 1, 2020.  We'll start at about 5:00PM and run until about 9:00PM.  Shows on Christmas Eve and New Year's eve may run a little later.  And we won't shut down the show if there is an audience.  Olaf, the snowman will be in all planned shows unless the weather turns bad (he doesn't like rain!).

If you would like a special show on the days we're not scheduled just let us know.  We can be contacted at: SeattleMusicGuy48@Yahoo.Com

2019 Holiday Plans Update

We had to cancel our Halloween show this year.  The neighborhood decided to
close our street and without traffic we decided there was no reason for a show.

However, we are going forward with plans for Yule.  We've added more RGB light props and our new light count will be close to 17,000.  Our song list is being updated to accommodate the new equipment and hope to be on time on November 29.

Plans for 2019 Shows: Halloween and Yule

We just returned from the 2019 gathering of Christmas Light Addition Problem (C.L.A.P.) and are now preparing for shows for 2019.  We're especially looking forward to adding to our Yule light display.

So here is our initial plan (subject to change):

Halloween - Wednesday, October 30 through Saturday, November 2
                       We may run a little longer depending on feedback.

Yule - Start the Friday after Thanksgiving, Novenber 29 and run though
           New Year's Day, January 1, 2020.
           Also subject to change.

And here are a couple of photos from last year: 

Olaf Doing His Thing

The Grinch in All His Glory under the the Full Moon

Plans for Yule, 2018

We're planning on another show this year.  Lights are already appearing in our trees and shrubs and new lights have been ordered.  This year we're planning on running full shows starting Friday, December 21, 2018 through Tuesday, January 1, 2019. 

Its a shorter schedule but takes into account a longer time between Thanksgiving and Christmas and the fact that in previous years we had sparse turnouts during that time.  However we will be building our display during the next few weeks and may do some 'testing' as the display is closer to completion.

Here are a few photos from last year's shows:

 Its a White Christmas!

Anna Ilsa and Olaf Enjoying the Snow

 Full Moon at WestSeattleYuleTide

Some Photos from Halloween 2018

We had a successful 2018 show except for Saturday when it rained so hard that some of the electronics failed.  Fortunately, things came back to life on Sunday.  A real Frankenstein experience!

Here are a few photos:

 The Pumpkin and his Back-Up Singers

Skelington

Ghoul Alley

"Oooo"

Halloween 2018

Its been quite a challenge but we are doing Halloween.  Of course, today is Halloween.  Sorry for the late post but I often wonder if anyone looks at our Blog.

This year we experienced lots of challenges getting things set up and on Saturday evening nothing seemed to work correctly, but tonight we expect our show to run smoothly and the weather is holding off so far and it looks like the Wicked Witch will be making an appearance.

Yule Schedule for 2017

Where has the time gone??!!

We're (finally) preparing for our show for the 2017 Yule season.  Since Thanksgiving is early this year, we'll not begin our show until the following week.  Here is our expected schedule:

First show: Friday, December 1, 2017.  We'll run weekends, (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) through Sunday, December 10, 2017.  We'll run continuously beginning Friday, December 15, 2017 through New Year's Day, January 1, 2018.

Our plan is to begin our shows about 5:30PM every day and run through about 9:00PM.  We'll run later if an audience has assembled and its likely we'll run later on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

If anyone would like a special show, just drop us an e-Mail at the address shown here on our blog.

Happy Holidays!!

Ken and Cora

Halloween 2017

We are preparing for our 2017 Halloween show.  At this time we will schedule shows from Friday, October 27 through Halloween which is on Tuesday, October 31.  Approximate times will be from about 6:00PM until 10:00PM but as with last year may run a little later on Saturday and Halloween depending on turnout.

Skelington Getting Excited for the Show

Larry and Skully practicing being scary
with the Witch of the West

Oh, and we're also preparing for Yule, too.  We'll post schedules a little later.

Schedule Update

Please note that we have decided to make a reduction in our schedule.  We will not have a show on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, December 5, 6 and 7 and again on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, December 12, 13 and 14.

We will continue with our original schedule Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

And effective Thursday, December 15 we'll operate continuously through Sunday, January 1, 2017 as per our original scheduling.

We apologize for any inconvenience.

We're Up and Running!

After a few 'issues' with our display equipment, we did open our show last night.  We're planning to operate each night starting at about 5:30PM and running until 9:00PM Sunday through Thursday and until about 10:00PM on Friday and Saturday nights.  If there is demand we may operate a little later on Christmas and New Year's eve. 

Here are a couple of photos from previous year's displays and we'll add some current ones when the weather improves enough to get the cameras out.



Olaf returns for 2016



Skelington, Singing Pumpkin and Back-Up Monsters

Below are some photos of our current (2016) Halloween Show:

The Pumpkin Sings

 

The Three Monster Back-Up Group

Skelington Waiting to Dance for You

The Wicked Witch of the West

"Scary!"

 

 

Zombies Are Here!!!

RUN!!!!!!!!

Larry and Skully

Actually, we are gearing up for our 2016 Halloween Show and Zombies Larry and Skully will be joining the Wicked Witch of the West, our dancing skeleton, Skelington.  And this year our talking pumpkin will be joined by a trio of back-up singers. 

Larry and Skully joined by the Wicked Witch of the West

We are planning to begin our shows on Thursday, October 27 and will run through Halloween, Monday, October 31.  Approximate times will be 5:00PM to 10:00PM although we may run a little later on Saturday and Halloween depending on the weather and the turnout.

Please join us in West Seattle for the festivities on 38th Ave. SW between Genesee and Dakota streets.

Olaf Returns

Olaf has been cooling down (snowmen don't 'warm up') for his 2015 return.  His elves have been busy getting the show ready.

Olaf's first performance is planned for the day after Thanksgiving (Friday, November 27).

At this time we plan to start or shows at 5:00PM and run through 10:00PM on week days and a little later on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  We'll also run longer on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. 

Shows are planned to run from the day after Thanksgiving until New Year's Weekend.

We are located in West Seattle on 38th Ave SW between Genesee and Dakota.  Come by and say Hi!