Epic Star Wars Christmas Light Show!
Tis the season for epic light shows, and for many people those light shows include being synced to music. But how about a Christmas Light show that is synced to Star Wars Music. Check out one of the coolest light shows of this Christmas season below and share your thoughts after the JUMP!
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Now witness the power of this fully operational light show!
Tom BetGeorge, a music teacher in the San Francisco Bay Area, is catching national attention for his spellbinding Christmas light tribute to “Star Wars” this holiday season.
“Honestly, it’s a little surreal. It’s humbling,” he said in an interview with Yahoo News. “I anticipated that a lot of people [would] like ‘Star Wars,’ but I didn’t expect it to blow up like that.”
The roughly 100,000 choreographed lights accompany some of composer John Williams’s most recognizable themes from the blockbuster space opera, including “The Imperial March (Darth Vader’s Theme),” “Binary Sunset” and “Cantina Band.”
BetGeorge, a music instructor at the Conservatory of Vocal and Instrumental Arts in Oakland and Centerville Presbyterian Church in Fremont, particularly likes “Duel of the Fates.”
“I teach chorus, and the choral parts of the song are just so epic-sounding,” he said.
BetGeorge says he probably spent about 1,000 hours working on the light show in total, but most of that time was spent building the decorations from scratch, using wood, metal, acrylic and corrugated plastic.
These props include singing faces, candy canes, a drum kit, a 17-foot long guitar and a 19-foot long piano. The lights on the roof are store-bought.
After everything was built, it took about a month to set up the Yuletide display, which is connected by about two miles of cable and 5,000 wires.
If you look closely, you will notice that the correct musical notes illuminate throughout.
“To make the timing match, I have to do tons of trial and error,” he said.
He also put together a show for “Let It Go,” the hit song from last year’s phenomenally successful animated Disney film “Frozen.”
