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The Evolution Of The Show

What’s New?

Every year, Hidden Lake Lights grows with new lights, new props, better effects, and bigger upgrades. Here’s how the show has changed since 2018.

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Since 2018

From Simple Lights To A Full Show

This timeline mixes Christmas upgrades, Halloween additions, new equipment, sequencing improvements, and future placeholders.

2018
🎄 Christmas Launch

The Show Gets Synced

  • Over 6,000 blue and white icicles
  • Total of 9,235 LED lights
  • Total of 1,250 incandescent lights
  • All lights synced to Christmas music
2019
⚡ Equipment Expansion

Pixels, Controllers & Cables

  • 1,000 ft of Cat5e cable and 500 ft of SPT cable
  • 20 pixel extensions and 20 power injections
  • 1,000 smart pixels for window frames
  • 500 dumb pixels for pillars and 500 LED C9s
  • Falcon F16V3, DMX controllers, and another Light-O-Rama AC controller
2020
✨ Bigger Yard Effects

Icicles, Pillars & Arches

  • 15 new power injection tees
  • Over 100 feet of pixel extensions
  • Over 2,000 more pixel lights for pixel icicles
  • 800 pixels for pillar matrices
  • 1 New power supply and 2 More power distros
  • 8 new leaping arches for the middle of the yard
  • 2 More flood lights for roof
  • 1,000 white incandescent lights
2021
🎃🎄 Halloween + Christmas

Two Holiday Shows Level Up

Halloween

  • Singing faces
  • Technical upgrades
  • New songs and sequencing updates

Christmas

  • Pixel mega tree
  • Pixel spiral trees TBD
  • Singing trees
  • New pixel hardware
2022
🎃🎄 Props & Pixels

More Effects, More Movement

Halloween

  • More yard props
  • Lots of new colors and effects
  • Added Thunderstruck

Christmas

  • Arches upgraded to pixels
  • New pixel wreaths in every window and door frame
  • Both singing faces work
  • Mega tree star
2023

Massive Expansion Year

  • 🎄 20 New mini pixel trees in the yard
  • ⚡ New Falcon F16V4 controller
  • ⭐ New Mega Tree Topper
  • 🔌 4 New Power Distro Boards
  • 💡 10 New 30 Watt pixel flood lights
  • 🏠 5 roof floods + 5 ground floods
2024

Pixel Conversion Era

  • 🍭 Candy cane perimeter upgraded to pixels
  • 🏠 All roof C9 lights upgraded to pixels
  • 📡 4 New Smart Receiver controllers
  • 🎤 Added new pixel singing faces
  • 💡 2 Bulbs + 2 Tree singing faces
  • 💳 Introduced online donations
2025

Show Optimization

  • 🌲 No more trees blocking the display
  • 🎵 All-new programming for most songs
  • 🔊 Added F-Amps for redundancy
  • ⚡ Improved signal reliability
2026
🚀 Future Season

2026 Updates Coming Soon

  • New season announcements TBD
  • Christmas special dates TBD
  • Halloween special dates TBD
  • More upgrades coming soon

More To Come

The Show Keeps Growing

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