2013 Videos
This is the ONE video that went viral in just a couple of weeks. This had nationwide coverage by various news outlets.
2013 Halloween Videos
Here is the songs we did in 2013. Added to the display are RGB lights for the "Mini Ghosts", along with "Fire Sticks" for the vertical strips (Lightshow "Flex Tech" strips).
Behind the scenes 2012
Here is a video on some of the behind the scenes of my display. There is a lot of features left out. I actually was asked more about the spiral tree than anything... so it mainly focuses on that. Next year, I will do a better job of the behind the scenes. Much of it is "smoke and mirrors" to the audience and is not real pretty. ;-)
2012 Christmas Videos
These are videos from my 2012 Christmas Show. We have around 30,000 lights and use a mix of Light O Rama Controllers (208 channels) and dmx controllers
Jing, Jing, Jing by "The Airmen Of Note" and the CD "Cool Yule"(U.S. Air Force Jazz Band)
All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey
A Mad Russian's Christmas by "Trans Siberian Orchestra"
Carol Of The Bells by Monique Danielle
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day by Casting Crowns
Disney's Believe In The Holiday Magic
Christmas Time by "Go Fish"
Joy To The World by "Go Fish"
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by Mercy Me
Blue Christmas by Harry Connick Jr.
Stille Nacht with Linus from the "Charlie Brown Christmas Special"
Christmas Don't Be Late by "The Chipmunks"
2012 Burton Christmas Lights Opener
Overture from Miracle On 34th Street (1994 movie version)
2012 Halloween Videos
These are videos from my 2012 Halloween Light Show. Pretty interesting videoing this in 35 to 40mph winds. Several times almost fell off the ladder I was using! Look closely at the ghost and you will see the sheets fluttering in the high winds.
2011 Christmas Videos
These are videos from my 2011 Christmas Light Show. I have about 28,000 lights and use Light O Rama controllers with 176 channels.
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Monique Danielle - Carol Of The Bells
Monique Danielle - Carol Of The Bells
I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day by Casting Crowns
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen by Mercy Me
Christmas Time by Go Fish
Blue Christmas by Harry Connick Jr.
Christmas Don't by Late by The Chipmunks
Silent Night (Stille Nacht) by Manheim Steamroller / with Linus (from Charlie Brown Christmas Special) reading the Christmas story from Luke.
Joy To The World by Go Fish
Mad Russian by TSO
Disney's - "Believe In The Holiday Magic"
This is originally from the Disneyland Christmas fireworks show. This is one of my very favorites. The female voice you hear at towards the beginning is often heard throughout the Disney Parks. If you have seen "Illuminations of Earth" at Epcot...you have heard this wonderful singer. It reminds me of "Disney" each time I hear her voice.
2011 Christmas Videos Animations
These are videos from my 2011 Christmas Light Show. 176 channels of computer controlled animation.
This is a explanation of the animations below.
Above is the animation for the music of "Go Fish" and their song "Christmas Time". This is using Light O Rama software version 3. For people not familiar with computer controlled Christmas lights...this software is used with Light O Rama controllers to animate the lights to music. This animation lets me know what the light show will look like in my yard. The tree on the far left is my 24 channel mega tree. Above it (in the trees) is a animation of what the tree would look like from the top looking down. A 3D version if you would. The small trees in the front of the yard are my mini trees and they have 3 colors for each (red, green, white). To the right of the yard is my "Twig Trees" (or stick trees...Planet Christmas people call them "Holdman Trees" ). There is a 7ft one, 6ft one, 3ft and 3 2ft trees. All will change to red, green, white. The "leaping arches" are the bouncy things up front and behind them are the Snowflakes. The red, green, blue "finger looking things" are my LED spots on the snowflakes and house. Everything else is pretty self explanatory.
This is a animation of my 2011 "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen" by Mercy Me.
This is a animation of my 2011 Believe In The Holiday Magic.
Halloween 2011 Videos
The videos below are videos from my 2011 show.
Display at a "Trunk or Treat"
This is at my wife's school's (Mount Carmel Elementary, Hampton GA). Watch the little "Woody". Real cute. He knows one word to the song. See if you can tell which one ;-)
2010 Videos
The videos in on this page feature around 28,000 lights and 128 channels of computer controlled animation. This is my second year of doing the "Animated Light Shows". Look to the projects pages soon for updates on each element in the display.
Christmas With A Capital C from Robert Burton on Vimeo.
Mad Russian from Robert Burton on Vimeo.
Believe In The Holiday Magic
I am not sure why, but YouTube has messed up every video, except this one.
Blue Christmas from Robert Burton on Vimeo.
Let It Snow from Robert Burton on Vimeo.
2010 Jingle Bell Opener from Robert Burton on Vimeo.
Carol Of The Bells from Robert Burton on Vimeo.
This is David Foster's version of Carol of the Bells. I was having some issues with YouTube syncing the audio and video correctly shooting with 720p. Hopefully I can get a little better quality video up soon.
2010 YouTube Videos
Between YouTube pulling some of my videos and the fact their audio syncing would not work with my 720p HD videos, I had to upload on YouTube in mp4 format. This is a lower quality video scheme. It does load faster however. If you need that for slower internet connections, here you go.
YouTube pulled the audio on this one. Got to love them ;-)
Christmas Lights in Snow!!!!....in metro Atlanta, GA!!!!!....
Christmas Night snow in Georgia!!
IT WORKS IN THE WET SNOW!!!! Incredibly it worked great in the snow and really looked cool reflecting off the snow.
IT WORKS IN THE WET SNOW!!!! Incredibly it worked great in the snow and really looked cool reflecting off the snow.
2009 Videos
2009 was my first year for computer controlled animation of the Christmas Lights. I had 48 channels and about 12 to 14,000 lights. I used Light O Rama controllers.
2009 Show Opener (with voice ID) Jingle Bells by Bennie Goodman Orchestra This is a large file and will require a long buffer time. I will try and update this in a different format soon. It is in a .avi format right now.
2009
The above video is my very first one from scratch. Love this version (also love Elvis's but...love those horns!). YouTube would not let me upload with 1080p stuff. Will have to either re-shoot or compress it to put it there.
The above video is my very first one from scratch. Love this version (also love Elvis's but...love those horns!). YouTube would not let me upload with 1080p stuff. Will have to either re-shoot or compress it to put it there.
2009 Ok...so YouTube is now playing correctly on this one. Not sure why it wouldn't at first.
2009 - This is another Harry Connick Jr. piece.
Barking Jingle Bell Dogs from Robert Burton on Vimeo.
2009 - Corny classic from my childhood.
TSO's version of the "Russian" dance from the "Nutcracker"
The above version is the full sequence compared to the below one.
This is a test video for me. I have a radio up to the camera...so the audio is real low. Hope to have this video (full length) along with others soon. Also have some of the display not in the video on either side. Hope to improve that too.
This will probably be my last sequence of the season. This is David Foster's "Carol Of The Bell". Sorry for a couple of the mid sized trees being out of the picture. Didn't have the ladder any more...that I borrowed...and didn't think the neighbors would appreciate the truck being backed up into their yard ;-) I am in the back of the truck with a tripod across the street.
This is my two daughters "Testing" the setup for one of the show openings. The audio is a little off from the video...thank you YouTube. It is barely noticeable unless you know what your looking for, so I didn't bother uploading it to Vimeo which does a better job of preserving the quality of the upload. YouTube compresses like there is no tomorrow...so even though it is in HD...THEY make it out of sync.