A Brief History of LTLS
Our story actually begins in 1988 on a summer trip to Disneyland. At night, the park would go dark and The Main Street Electrical Parade would take over. I thought it was so awesome that the music and lights danced together and at the ripe age of 12, a light nerd was born. Fast forward to January 2011. Someone sent me a video of Richard Holdman’s house in Utah. To this day, it is one of the best-sequenced shows I’ve ever seen. Knowing that I didn’t have the engineering or electronics background to take on such a cool project, I did a little research and came across a website called Do-It-Yourself Light Animation. You buy the kits and build them yourself. I forwarded it to my dad, the electrical engineer. I said, “We have 10 months to build a Christmas show.” And by October (2 months ahead of schedule) we were setting up our first Halloween shows. The hobby has evolved greatly since our humble beginnings and we have met some great people along the way.
Every Halloween we love the trick-or-treaters comments of “We always come by your house at Christmas too.” We’ve also been blessed by letters from kids and adults alike thanking us for our display. This gratitude helps to get through some of the aggravating surprises that can occur during setup. So, thank you, for your thank yous.
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