Lights on Quail is a one-person show running out of a yard on Quail Creek Avenue in Newton, Kansas. It's part soldering project, part Christmas card, and — underneath all of it — a thank-you for the reason we're celebrating at all.
Some of these songs point straight at Him. Others are just for the kid in the back seat. But the reason there's anything to celebrate is the same either way: Christmas is the night God stepped into the world He made.
That's what the lights are for. Everything else is just how we throw the party.
If one person tunes in and has their heart opened to our risen Savior, it will have all been worth it.
This is my second year running the show with music. It's been a huge learning experience — and while there are still a few issues I'm working through, I'm incredibly excited to share the display with you.
I've learned so much throughout this journey: from sequencing and wiring to timing, layout, and show setup. I'm already looking forward to improving and expanding in the years to come.
My hope is that this show brings joy and wonder to everyone who watches — and that the words of these songs land on somebody who needed to hear them.
Thank you for supporting this new tradition at Lights on Quail.
The big blue spruce out front was the first thing I ever lit, along with the dwarf spruces beside it. Started playing with individually controllable pixels that year — and realized every single bulb could be its own idea.
The yard went up and looked the part, but nothing was sequenced to music yet. Good year for learning how the wiring, the weather and the extension cords actually behave.
First season with music. Sequencing turned out to be its own craft entirely — every effect placed by hand against the waveform, one song at a time.
Twenty-two thousand pixels across three controllers, a wider layout, and a twelve-song setlist being cut through the off-season. On to whatever year three turns into.
The ones people shout out their car window, paraphrased. If yours isn't here, send an email or a Facebook message — I read everything.