Posted by Shannon | Posted in | Posted on Thursday, October 09, 2008
Many people in the Cincinnati area know exactly who Carson Williams is. While he may not have been the first to be inspired to do an animated Christmas display, his viral video took the internet by storm and thousands came from all over to see his amazing display. Unfortunately, this lead to problems for local traffic and became a safety concern, so Carson took his show on the road. It now seems that he might not have a place to put up his display.
MASON -- Unless a new host is found, darkness may come to a popular holiday lights show that started with an Ohio man's electrifying home display.Carson Williams drew international attention three years ago when he lit up his home northeast of Cincinnati with 25,000 lights synchronized to music, and spectators overwhelmed the neighborhood.So Williams pulled the plug and moved an expanded version of the display to a park in suburban Mason.
Now the small nonprofit group that's been putting on the show says it's too big to handle, after the display drew 80,000 cars and about 250,000 visitors last year.Festivals of Mason President Scott Pierce said his group hopes a large sponsor will step in so the show can go on at another location this year.“Without the extra funding or extra sponsors, we're going to have to shut it down,” Williams said.Organizers said they were exploring several options and remained hopeful the display would continue for at least one more year.“Last year we were ranked on USA Today as one of the top 10 places to get Christmas spirit, so hopefully we can bring that back this year,” Williams said.
Lets hope that someone steps up and Carson finds a place to set up the lights this year
MASON -- Unless a new host is found, darkness may come to a popular holiday lights show that started with an Ohio man's electrifying home display.Carson Williams drew international attention three years ago when he lit up his home northeast of Cincinnati with 25,000 lights synchronized to music, and spectators overwhelmed the neighborhood.So Williams pulled the plug and moved an expanded version of the display to a park in suburban Mason.Now the small nonprofit group that's been putting on the show says it's too big to handle, after the display drew 80,000 cars and about 250,000 visitors last year.Festivals of Mason President Scott Pierce said his group hopes a large sponsor will step in so the show can go on at another location this year.“Without the extra funding or extra sponsors, we're going to have to shut it down,” Williams said.Organizers said they were exploring several options and remained hopeful the display would continue for at least one more year.“Last year we were ranked on USA Today as one of the top 10 places to get Christmas spirit, so hopefully we can bring that back this year,” Williams said.
Lets hope that someone steps up and Carson finds a place to set up the lights this year
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