On May 21st I attended the VA Mini expo/meeting in Ashland Virginia. It was a real nice gathering of like minded folks and as usual the pot luck lunch was really good. Paul Glancy from Paul’s bakery supplied us with delicious cupcakes and brownies. Several people got up and talked about their displays, including me! I showed the, new for 2015 show, bells I made out of PVC primarily for the song Snoopy and the Red Barron. Everyone seemed to like the bells and I showed two short videos of our display that several seemed really interested in. The organizer, Andy Anderson brought a PVC spiral tree that I was one of several that helped him set it up. Below are some photos of it and other items from the gathering. The folks at this show are real nice and I enjoy going every year.

Al

We are well on our way to completing the setup for this year’s show. We have a few more items to get setup and then we need to do a few more double/triple checks on the lights to make sure everything is working properly. Sorry we don’t have any pictures during setup yet but maybe over the weekend I can get some and post them. Please check back for another progress post.

Happy Thanksgiving!

I was at the 2015 Christmas Expo in Fort Worth, TX from July 16th to 18th. This was my second Expo to attend and had a great time talking to other over the top Christmas decorators and learning so much from the instructors there. Everyone had a great time and several people even won some door prizes. They had a catered reception for us sponsored by Light-O-Rama. This is the company that supplies controllers and software for our show. I’m really looking forward to attending another Expo. Now I’m all pumped up ready to sequence some new songs. 🙂

Below are several photos I took while there.

The trophy from the ABC TV show “The Great Christmas Light Fight.”

Animated Snowman from Season’s Greeters.

I attended the 2015 VA Mini meeting in Ashland VA on Saturday 05/16/15. This is a small gathering of like minded over the top Christmas decorators. We all brought a pot luck dish to share and some brought items from their display. A few others shared photos and/or videos from their display. Below are a few photos I took while there.

These are my gift package and snowflake that I made and brought.

This is one of Paul Glancy’s gingerbread boys he makes.

These are Paul Glancy’s as well. He had them made so children could have their picture taken while visiting his display.

A handmade wood prop for one of the attendees from Richmond, VA.

These are actually soft dog toys that had the sqeeker removed and an LED bulb was inserted in it’s place.