Posted on 12/20/2014 10:50:32 AM PST by artichokegrower
The force is strong with one Bay Area Star Wars fan.
Tom BetGeorge, a music teacher at the COVA Conservatory in Oakland and the Centerville Presbyterian Church in Fremont, strung together more than 100,000 lights across the front of his Newark home, as well as a 17-foot guitar and a 19-foot piano, then synchronized the whole thing to nine Star Wars songs and filmed it from a 35-foot lift.
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it proves that some people are here simply to serve as warning to others not to waste your life.
Although it is pretty good, couldn’t compare to the other displays on the show....
I think it’s great. I love it. We had one home in our town with a spectacular light display. Unfortunately, they moved a few years ago. We were all sad to see it go.
Complaints are coming in from aircraft operating in the San Francisco area.
Four hours each night with spotlights going across my house? The Christmas spirit would wane quickly.
I hope he bought blackout curtains for all his neighbors.
The same home near San Francisco last year..
This one’s a hoot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bua18A09xfQ
Great light show but kind of misses the reason for the season.
“Great light show but kind of misses the reason for the season.”
That’s the point.
I didn’t read the article. Apparently he raises money for the poor through his church via these light shows. And his neighbors are okay with it.
My guess is if it were a Christmas themed display/show that it’d be shut down.
That. Would. Make. Me. Crazy.
Well sure, this has nothing to do with Christmas....So what if he’s doing this for his church and the needy. They’re probably bums and too lazy to get jobs...
Thanks artichokegrower. We’ll just bflr this one so we can come back to it when we have more time. Looks like fun.
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