Apologies for lack of a 2010 show

Unfortunately, I was not able to present the show for 2010. We will be back bigger and better than ever for 2011!
 
Let me state first that no one is more disappointed by this than myself.  I do not take the honor of being a part of the holiday traditions of families in Southern Indiana lightly and it is beyond disappointing that I was unable to put up the lights this season.

I have heard many versions of the reason for this circulating, from the heartwarming to the sublime.  Let me state for the record that I am not suffering from some sort of life threatening illness and that the City or Seymour, nor any of my neighbors played any part in the cancellation of this season's show.  It was really a combination of things.

As some of you may know, I also direct Fear Fair, a large haunted attraction in Seymour.  We recently completed our tenth season and very exciting things are happening for us.  We are going to be a featured tour for a national convention known as Hauntcon which will be held in Louisville, KY this coming April.  This is a big opportunity for Fear Fair to gain some national exposure and help us to take it to the next level in terms of attendance.  It's a blessing in so many ways, but it also turned the world upside down in terms of the build schedule.  Basically, everything that normally must be completed by the last weekend in September must now be done by the last week of April.  We are working full tilt to complete the haunt renovations and it just left no time for the light display.  We also had a particularly labor intensive haunt season and I did have about a month long fight with the flu, which caused me to be unable to start preparing the show during October.  This really made it impossible to have the lights on in time.  I posted that the show would be cancelled on the Seymour Lights Facebook profile as well as my personal sites, but neglected to update the actual web site, apologies for that.

Seymour Lights takes seven 12 hour days, just to put up, wire and test.  Hundreds more hours go into the off-season construction of display elements, video production, sequencing of the actual light show, etc.  There was simply not enough time.  I believe in doing things right or not at all, so I chose to take the year off and come back strong in 2011 with a show that will blow your mind.  I already had giant fireworks lights, flame generators and so much more underway for 2010 and I will be adding much more from May to December.  Next year's show will knock your socks off, I promise!

So, once again, I apologize for any inconvenience cause by the lack of a show this year and I can't wait to bring you the best show ever for 2011!  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!