11-4-2024 - All the Halloween decorations are down. We will start our Christmas setup on Thanksgiving Day as our HOA doesn't allow Christmas decorations/lights before that day. I expect to have everything up and running by Sunday, December 1st. We will test during the week and hopefully the show will kick-off on Friday, December 6th. New additions this year: (3) window matrices on the upper windows and 1000 node Grand Illusions replacing the 277 node spinners on the garage.
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2-6-2024 - On January 4th, we were able to donate 215 pounds of food along with checks totaling $1,666.16 to All Faith Community Services. I also made a trip to Gilbert Engineering USA's Garage Sale. Well, I will be making some changes to the 2024 show. I will be replacing the 277 node Spinners with 1000 node GE Grand Illusions. I'll also be replacing our Wreaths with Flakes (405 nodes total) with Mother of all Wreaths (MOAW) 640 nodes. Also putting up 3 Matrices in the windows using 1" spacing. For Halloween, we are adding a GE Spooky Tree.
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1-2-2024 - It was a great season for the Halloween and Christmas shows. Less stressful overall. Looking forward to 2024.
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12-22-2023 - We have rain in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow, (Friday 12/22 and Saturday 12/23). The show is waterproof, and we don't expect any issues. Bring rain gear LOL. I will update this page IF there is any impact to the show.
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11-28-2023 - I was blessed with multiple volunteers on Saturday, 11/25, who worked hard assisting with the setup. We ran a test last night and made some small sequence adjustments. The Show Controller is running FPP 7.3 and has the ability to "normalize" all the songs...AWESOME. I have completed the schedule and hopefully all goes well for our opening night this Friday, December 1st starting at 6PM. We also have a SignUpGenius and still need volunteers to assist with the shows; easy 2 hours of work.
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10-5-2023 - ***OPENING NIGHT Friday, 10/6***
We are almost ready for our 2023 Halloween Light Show! Please be extra considerate of the following rules this year:
—DO NOT park in front of anyone’s driveway or in front of the red curbing.
—DO NOT step off of the sidewalk into anyone’s personal yard/grass.
—DO NOT leave any trash behind. Please take with you what you bring.
—DO NOT throw rocks into the street.
These rules allow us to continue running our show each year.
This years' show will ONLY run on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights from October 6 - 29. The show will run for approximately 18 minutes beginning at 6, 7, 8, and 9PM. For Halloween night, October 31st, the show will run continuously from 6 - 9PM. The sequences include Titanium, Skelton Sam, Bring Me To Life, The Spook Returns, and This is Halloween.
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12-21-2022 - LAST SHOW: SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25th
With the issues we've been having with Cohere, the Verrado Community Association, and their attorney, we have decided to cancel the Friday, December 30th show. Our last show instead will be Sunday, December 25th.
We will be running our 40-minute show beginning at 6, 7, 8, and 9PM, Friday through Sunday, December 23-25.
We continue to pray and hope for a solution that allows our Halloween and Christmas shows to continue in 2023 and beyond.
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12-21-2022 - In case you are wondering, ”What is up with all of the drama with The Lights on Evergreen lately?”
Well, we have been served with a certified letter from an attorney group representing the Verrado Community Association (Cohere). It states that we are in violation of the Community Charter rules. We strongly believe that an unhappy neighbor is pushing Cohere to do this and Cohere is only doing what they are required to do. We do not think Cohere are the bad guys.
Here is what the letter states we are in violation of:
1. Significant noise heard outside of your home and in the homes of your neighbors.
2. Significant light pollution to the surrounding area.
3. Damage to landscaping of your neighbors, trash and other debris left behind, and unreasonable vehicular traffic congestion, all caused by your invited guests.
We are told we must take immediate action, which includes significant reduction in the light pollution emanating from your property, removal or silencing of all outdoor speakers, reduction in the number of visitors, as well as cessation of any conduct by visitors that violates the charter.
If we do not comply, they are stating they could assess us fines or even take legal action.
All of the above violations are unfounded (which can be proven by all of our neighbors except one) and the actions they want us to take are unrealistic for a musical light show. The sound is at a reasonable level and is over at 9:40 PM and only plays on the weekends.
Our hope is that with the petition and other forms of documentation that we can go to the Verrado Board of Directors and get the rules amended to be more reasonable. This will probably not happen until the first of the year.
Just wanted to add some clarification to people about what has been going on. We are very courteous to our neighbors and it is sad it has come to this. Please reach out to Cohere and/or the Verrado Board of Directors to let your voices be heard.
Merry Christmas everyone!!!
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11-24-2022 - A big shoutout to Cassandra Munholland for designing our new logo. We absolutely love it!!!
We did our final test tonight and 98% done. Our opening and closing sequences still have "Lights in Verado" which needs to be updated. I am just waiting on the audio clips. Once I have them it will take about an hour of work and our show will be 100% ready for Friday.
Are you a Disney Princess fan? This year we will be showing our 11-minute Disney Princess Medley before our Sunday show. Bring your blankets, chairs, hot chocolate and enjoy!
Sunday, November 27 at 5:30PM
Sunday, December 4 at 5:30PM
Sunday, December 11 at 5:30PM
Sunday, December 18 at 5:30PM
Sunday, December 25 at 5:30PM
Music from SNOW WHITE, CINDERELLA, SLEEPING BEAUTY, THE LITTLE MERMAID, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, ALADDIN, POCAHONTAS, MULAN, PRINCESS AND THE FROG, TANGLED, BRAVE, FROZEN, and MOANA.
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11-23-2022 - **LIGHTS IN VERRADO NAME CHANGE**
It is with great sadness and frustration that the name we've been using for our Christmas and Halloween Light Shows since 2019 is gone. This comes from Cohere (DMB Community Life) stating Trademark infringement and attorney involvement if "Verrado" was not removed. With that said, we are now The Lights on Evergreen. The site has been updated and we have transferred the FB and IG over to The Lights on Evergreen too. We are updating our Christmas show sequences to reflect the new name. We are also in the process of a new logo design.
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11-21-2022 - ***OPENING NIGHT: Friday, November 25th***
We are ready for our 2022 Christmas Light Show! This years' show will ONLY run on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights from November 25th - December 30th. The last show will be Friday, December 30th. Our show has 11 songs/sequences and will run for approximately 40 minutes beginning at 6, 7, 8, and 9PM. You are welcome to bring a chair or blanket and sit on the sidewalk or curb across the street (we have outdoor speakers). You can also watch/listen to the show from your car (limited parking) by tuning to FM 93.9. As a reminder, please be considerate of our neighbors. Do not block or park in their driveways and stay off of their grass. Do not throw rocks into the street. Do not stop in the roadway and take with you whatever you brought (trash, food, drinks, etc.). We have once again partnered with All Faith Community Services located in downtown Buckeye and will be accepting non-perishable food donations and cash/checks during the show this year. If you are able, please donate to help the many people in our community needing assistance right now. The donation box will be located in our driveway.
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10-6-2022 - Last night we finally got the P5 panels up. Frustrating as I had to replace 6 of the 42 panels from last year. It is working right now and hope it keeps working throughout the season. I also made social media postings to FB and IG. We are finally ready!!!
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9-30-2022 - I have been pulling props/lights out of storage and testing. Picking up a 34' Boom Lift on Friday and will work throughout the weekend getting everything put up and connected. Opening night will be Friday, October 7th if all goes well.
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8-8-2022 - We have picked 6 songs for Halloween this year and they are complete. Starting to work on Christmas now. A BIG CHANGE for our 2022 season. Our Halloween show will ONLY be on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday nights (and Halloween night). This is due to the time and energy it takes to be outside for EVERY show monitoring traffic and keeping people off our neighbor's grass. This has taken a toll on me and my family.
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1-12-2022 - We were so happy to deliver a check for $3,011.06 and 330 lbs of food to All Faith Community Services on behalf of all the great people who donated during the 2021 Lights in Verrado Christmas light show. Every $1 provides 7 meals; that’s 21,077 meals! Thank you so much to everyone who donated!!!
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12-9-2021 - Rain tonight. Looks like the show will go on at this point. If something changes, I will post on here and social media.
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12-8-2021 - Are you a Disney Princess fan?
For the next 2 weekends we will have a special showing of our Disney Princess Medley.
-Saturday, December 11 at 5:30PM
-Sunday, December 12 at 5:30PM
-Saturday, December 18 at 5:30PM
-Sunday, December 19 at 5:30PM
Bring your blankets, chairs, hot chocolate and enjoy!
Music from SNOW WHITE, CINDERELLA, SLEEPING BEAUTY, THE LITTLE MERMAID, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, ALADDIN, POCAHONTAS, MULAN, PRINCESS AND THE FROG, TANGLED, BRAVE, FROZEN, and MOANA.
For a preview, visit https://vimeo.com/654684916
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12-7-2021 - Added the sequence videos to the site. We have Fox10 Phoenix coming out tomorrow morning to shoot video to air on Thursday, 12/9. I think I am finally done making edits to the show (sound, video, etc).
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11-30-2021 - ***OPENING NIGHT: Friday, December 3rd***
We are ready for our 2021 Christmas Light Show! We've added additional lights (26,400 total), a 86,000 pixel P5 Matrix, and 5 Moving Heads (spotlights) to compliment our 9 new songs/sequences for this year. We are located at 3131 N Evergreen St. Buckeye, AZ 85396
This years' show will run nightly from Friday, December 3rd - Thursday, December 30th. The show will run for approximately 35 minutes beginning at 6, 7, 8, and 9PM.
You are welcome to bring a chair or blanket and sit on the sidewalk or curb across the street (we have outdoor speakers). You can also watch/listen to the show from your car by tuning to FM 93.9.
As a reminder, please be considerate of our neighbors. Do not block or park in their driveways and stay off of their grass. Don't stop in the roadway, turn off your headlights, and take with you whatever you brought (trash, food, drinks, etc.).
We have again partnered with All Faith Community Services located in downtown Buckeye and will be accepting non-perishable food donations and cash/check during the show this year. If you are able, please donate to help the many people in our community needing assistance right now. The donation box will be located in our driveway.
We look forward to seeing you this year!
~The Williams-Rutt Family
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11-25-2021 - The prep work is coming along. Still pushing pixels into the Megatree strips (4,800 total) and finishing up the sequences for the 2021 Christmas Show.
With that being said, our opening night will be Friday, December 3rd, at 6PM.
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10-6-2021 - ***OPENING NIGHT Friday, 10/8***
We are ready for our 2021 Halloween Light Show! We've added an 86,000 pixel, P5 Matrix above our garage and (5) 230W Moving heads on the roof this year.
This years' show will run nightly from October 8 - October 31. The show will run for approximately 20 minutes beginning at 6, 7, 8, and 9PM. For Halloween night, October 31st, the show will run continuously from 6 - 10PM. The sequences include Toccata, The Devil Went Down To Georgia, Enter Sandman, This Is Halloween, and Light 'Em Up.
You are welcome to bring a chair or blanket and sit on the sidewalk or curb across the street as we have outdoor speakers. You can also watch/listen to the show from your car by tuning to FM 93.9.
Please be considerate of our neighbors. Do not block or park in their driveways and please stay off of their grass/yard!
We look forward to seeing you this year!
~The Williams-Rutt Family
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9-29-2021 - We plan on having our 2021 Halloween Show opening night on Friday, October 8th. Last weekend was spent mounting the (5) Moving Heads on the roof, garage props, and house outline. Still have work to do but getting closer. The 5 sequences are done and ready to play.
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9-7-2021 - Please join us Saturday evening, 9/11, as we pay tribute to the 20th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States. We will be playing 2 tribute videos, with music, lasting approximately 9 minutes total. The videos will be repeating on a loop from 7PM until 10:30PM. We will also have 2 large spotlights pointing to the sky in remembrance of the Twin Towers.
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9-7-2021 - Please join us Saturday evening, 9/11, as we pay tribute on the 20th anniversary of the terrorist attacks against the United States. We will be playing (2) tribute videos with music that will repeat every 9 minutes between 7PM – 10:30PM. We’ll have (2) spotlights point up along with video projected on a 6½’ x 12’ screen with music.
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1-19-2021 - UPDATE: All Faith Community Services Donations
We were able to drop off 876 pounds of non-perishable food, a pair of fuzzy socks, and a Cashier’s Check for $1,922.65 to All Faith Community Services in downtown Buckeye on 1/7/2021. We were also informed that a check for $100 was received by AFCS referencing Lights in Verrado. So over $2,000 raised! Every $1 donated provides 7 meals for those in need. Amazing!!!
Thank you to everyone who made donations this year. What a Blessing!
We plan on continuing our relationship with AFCS for our 2021 Shows in support of our local community.
God Bless!
~The Williams-Rutt Family
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12-31-2020 - A final count for cash raised for All Faith Community Services is $1,922. 64!!! Amazing!!! We plan on taking all the donated food and cash to AFCS on Thursday, 1/7/2021. What a wonderful season this has been. Already have plans to add additional pixels for 2021 as well as making this more of a "show" by incorporating the Talking Trees more. Thank you for all your support and God Bless!
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12-30-2020 - ***FINAL NIGHT TONIGHT***
Our 2020 Christmas Light Show is wrapping up tonight. It will play at the usual times of 6, 7, 8, and 9 o’clock.
We have raised over $1,600 in cash and received numerous bags/boxes of non-perishable food. What a blessing it will be to make this donation to All Faith Community Services in Buckeye on behalf of those of you who have visited our show.
A sincere thank you from the Williams-Rutt family! Our hope is that we were able to provide an exciting Christmas Light Show to all during these tough times.
We look forward to seeing you in 2021 for our Halloween and Christmas Light Shows.
~The Williams-Rutt Family
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12-29-2020 - Our last night will be December 30th. This has been a great season. We have seen so many families enjoying the show with kids singing and dancing. We received a lot of food and over $1,000 in donations to All Faith Community Services so far.
There was a FB posting by "TRENDING WORLD by THE EPOCH TIMES" from December 24th capturing our Christmas Light Show Intro and part of the Children's Christmas Mix. This has over 1.3M views, 44,000 likes, and 1,700 comments. Here is the link: https://fb.watch/2HkWskCGx_/
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12-24-2020 - Merry Christmas from our family to yours. 2020 has been a crazy year for everyone. We hope our shows have brought a smile and some happiness to your lives.
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12-18-2020 - We had to stop the show last night at 8PM due to a gas leak across the street. There were multiple vehicles parked in front of their house. This created a lot of noise and very little room on the street for cars to pass. I made the call to end the show early due to safety concerns. I apologize if you came out after 8PM and were unable to see our show.
With that said, the show will be up and running tonight!
Thank you for your patience and understanding.
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12-17-2020 - The rest of tonight's show has been cancelled due to a gas leak at a neighbors house. We will resume the show on Friday, 12/18.
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12-16-2020 - We will be running our show on the half-hour for the next 3 nights. This is to allow judging by the City of Buckeye. Show times for tonight, Wednesday, 12/16 through Friday, 12/18 will be 6:00, 6:30, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, and 9:30PM.
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12-9-2020 - FOX10 was out on Monday to shoot video for the Tuesday FOX10 morning segment. I have added the videos to the "2020 Christmas Video" tab. We continue to receive non-perishable food donations as well as cash. Looking to have one night without a show to allow our family to go and look at Christmas lights in the Verrado community as well as "The Lights on Maui" located in Surprise, AZ.
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12-2-2020 - The show has been going well. I have made some changes to the order of the songs being played so it flows cleaner. Today, I uploaded multiple videos of the sequences as well as photos. We've received cash and food nightly in support of All Faith Community Services!!!
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11-29-2020 - ***OPENING NIGHT TONIGHT***
We are ready for our 2020 Christmas Light Show! We've added 7,000 additional lights (for a total of 17,000 lights) and have 7 new songs/sequences for this year. We are located at 3131 N Evergreen St. Buckeye, AZ 85396
This years' show will run nightly from November 29 - December 30. The show will run for approximately 28 minutes beginning at 6, 7, 8, and 9PM.
You are welcome to bring a chair or blanket and sit on the sidewalk or curb across the street. You can also watch/listen to the show from your car by tuning to FM 93.9.
Please be considerate of our neighbors. Do not block or park in their driveways and please stay off of their grass.
We have partnered with All Faith Community Services located in downtown Buckeye and will be accepting non-perishable food donations and cash/check during the show this year. If you are able, please donate to help the many people in our community needing assistance right now. The donation box will be located in our driveway.
We look forward to seeing you this year!
~The Williams-Rutt Family
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11-28-2020 - Wanted to let everyone know that we finally have all the props up, cabling done, and sequences finished...at least we THINK we do.
If everything goes well, we will hopefully start our 2020 Christmas Light Show tomorrow (Sunday) night. I will be posting more detailed show information and times soon. Thank you for your patience!
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11-19-2020 - Picked up our donation box from All Faith Community Services located in downtown Buckeye. We will be accepting cash, check, and non-perishable food donations during the show this year. The song list is finalized but still making updates to the actual sequences. Plan on getting all the house and yard props setup this weekend into Thanksgiving week. Think we will be at 17,000 lights this year (10,000 for 2019).
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10-28-2020 - If you haven’t made it out yet, our 17 minute Light Show will be ending Halloween Night.
Our Show Times are 6, 7, 8, and 9PM today and Thursday.
Friday and Saturday (10/30 and 10/31) the show will run continuously from 6PM - 10PM.
We hope we've provided a fun experience to everyone who has come by.
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10-27-2020 - This has been a great season so far. Our Halloween Show will end on October 31st, Halloween Night.
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10-16-2020 - FOX10 AZ was here early this morning to film a segment for airing today.
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10-12-2020 - Last night's show went very well. The 7PM showing had 50 plus people (yay)! So fun listening to the kids screaming "Ghostbusters" during the sequence. The new speakers and amplifier turned out to be a good investment.
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10-11-2020 - Tonight is opening night for our Halloween light show!!! The show will play every night at 6, 7, 8, and 9 o'clock and will last approx. 17 minutes. Come enjoy 4 of your favorite Halloween songs synced to lights.
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10-8-2020 - Added a 6PM showing to the Halloween shows.
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10-7-2020 - Good Afternoon folks!
Well I broke my right Tibia in late August so the setup has taken a little longer than expected. I am hoping to have the show up to start this Saturday night, October 10th...but no guarantees.
The show will run for approximately 15 minutes beginning at 7, 8, and 9PM. The sequences include This is Halloween, Bangarang, Ghost Busters, and a Michael Jackson mix including Thriller.
I will post updates if there are any changes.
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6-30-2020 - Good morning. The (5) Moving Heads and Waterproof Enclosures arrived and all have been tested! This is going to add a "bang" to the show for 2020. 10,000 lights have arrived for the new props and slowly getting installed. Can't wait for the end result.
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4-30-2020 - Good afternoon! I wanted to give an update on our plans for 2020. We are in the planning stages for our new Halloween Light show in addition to our 2nd Christmas Light Show.
Lots of new props are planned for both shows with an additional 10,000 pixels overall. May even have (5) 230 watt Moving Heads (spotlights)???
We look forward to seeing everyone again this season.
The Williams-Rutt Family
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1-8-2020 - St. Mary's Food Bank Donation Update
Thank you to all who donated non-perishable food and cash while visiting Lights in Verrado! Today we dropped off 186 lbs. of food and $142 cash at the St. Mary's Food Bank location in Surprise, AZ.
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1-5-2020 - Tonight will be the last show of the season. Thank you to everyone who has come by to view the show. We are already planning for Halloween and Christmas of 2020.
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There will be no Light Show on Tuesday, December 31st.
We have dedicated a lot of time being outside greeting people, monitoring traffic, and doing our best to keep our neighbors happy while the show has been playing. With that said, we are taking a break to celebrate New Year's Eve. The show will resume on Wednesday, January 1st at 6PM. The last night of the Light Show will be January 5th.
Sincerely,
The Williams-Rutt Family
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12-26-2019 - Show will run even though there is a 70% chance of rain this evening.
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12-25-2019 - Merry Christmas from the Williams-Rutt family.
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12-24-2019 - Though rain is coming down, the show will be running tonight.
Fox 10 Phoenix was out this morning and shot some video. You can access these under the "VIDEOS" tab.
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12-20-2019 - We are Blessed. We have been honored with 1st Place in Verrado's Hometown Holidays - 2019 Holiday Home Decorating Contest. We also received the "People's Choice" award.
We are very happy with the show and full of delight watching kids singing and dancing to the music. Thank you to all who have come by and made the show very special for our family. We hope we’ve provided a fun experience for you and your families.
God Bless and Merry Christmas from the Williams-Rutt family.
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12-11-2019 - We are now accepting non-perishable food donations in support of St. Mary’s Food Bank.
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12-8-2019 - Light drizzle here and there. Show is a GO for tonight.
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12-7-2019 - We have a chance of rain tonight. Show is a go and will continue if the rain is lite.
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12-4-2019 - We are a go for the 6:00 PM start.
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12-4-2019 - The Weather Channel is showing a 40-70% chance of rain tonight. As long as it's not to heavy, the show will go on.
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11-30-2019 - Tonight's show is ready to go. Bring a chair and blanket if you like and watch the show.
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11-30-2019 - Last nights show went well. A little cold out though. You can watch from you car by tuning into FM 93.9 but bring a chair and blanket and sit on the sidewalk for the best view. Thank you to those that came out for the opening night and made it all worth it for our family!!!
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11-29-2019 - <<UPDATE>> We were able to get the singing faces back up and checked all the lights. We are good-to-go for tonight's opening show.
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11-29-2019 - Strong winds brought down 2 of the 4 singing Christmas trees. I'll get those up later and test all connections. Weather permitting, we will kick off the show tonight!!!
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11-28-2019 - Happy Thanksgiving to all! We are watching the weather and will determine if the Friday (11/29) opening will happen or not. Please stay tuned.
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11-26-2019 - Due to the weather coming in, the show may not start on Friday evening, 11/29.
Please check back before coming to the show.
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7-30-2019 - The first night of the show will be Friday, 11/29/2019 from 6-10:30PM.
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