Welcome to the Downs Family Christmas Light Ministry
The 2011 show is now live, and will run every night through January 1st, from 6:00 PM until midnight.
As of Wednesday, December 21st, the show WILL be running once again. There are large areas of water to the right of the driveway as you pull in, and they will mostly be roped off. Feel free to drive much farther out into the field, or off to the left of the driveway past the first sign to avoid the mud.
In case of inclement weather, check this page for show status.
Note that areas in the field that have puddles due to rain, or are otherwise potential 'get your car stuck' locations are marked off with traffic cones. Please try to avoid these areas if at all possible.
Check out the Donations page for the final totals for 2010. Weather permitting, 2011 should be yet another record breaking year.
Follow us on our Facebook fan page. We'll be updating it throughout the year with pictures and comments.
We've expanded the playlist for this 2011 season, with a total of seven show songs plus two separate intermissions. Here is the 2011 playlist:
| Song | Artist |
|---|---|
| Christmas With a Capital C | Go Fish |
| Dueling Jingle Bells | United States Navy Band | Joy to the World | Go Fish | Jingle Bells | Cast of Glee |
| Do You Hear What I Hear? | Spiraling |
| O Holy Night | David Phelps |
| 12 Days of Christmas | Relient K |
The intermission song is the Nutcracker Suite by the Brian Setzer Orchestra. You probably know this song from the movie Elf, which is an annual must-see movie here at the Downs household each and every Christmas.
As always, every song we use can be downloaded from iTunes. We hope you buy the music and help support these awesome artists.
This year we received a visit by the Ugandan Orphans Choir, an amazing group of kids from Uganda that travel the US singing and dancing, in hopes of raising awareness about the problems back home in their native Uganda. We hated to get them out on a cold night, but couldn't resist a picture.
We thought everybody might enjoy this video we made last year while setting up one of the two giant trees. This is a time-lapse video that compresses two hours of work into two minutes. Enjoy!