Light Show Contest Entry

2023 Shining Bright & Share the Show Contests

Contest Dates: November 24, 2023 - January 15, 2024

Show us your masterpiece!

You must use the entry forms below

Proud of what you’ve done using Light-O-Rama technology? You should be! Share with the world what you have created in 2023 for Christmas, Halloween, 4th of July or any other holiday and you might win a prize from Light-O-Rama. To make it even easier to win, we have two contests for 2023.

Shining Bright is the contest where you show off your venue in all of its glory and enter your display in a specific category! Let others see what you’ve been able to accomplish and compete for the best show of the season.

Share the Show is a way for you to share your show with others with the chance to win a prize just for sharing!
This is a random drawing for 10 winners, so any Light-O-Rama display can win!

Shining Bright Contest Entry

Proud of your display and want to compete for the best show of the season? Enter the:

Shining Bright Contest 2017

Shining Bright Contest Prizes

To give you a real chance to win, the Shining Bright Contest 2023 has several different categories. Simply enter the category that best describes your display. Displays may be submitted for Christmas, Halloween, or any other holiday in 2023.

CATEGORY	DESCRIPTION	PRIZE	VALUE (USD)
1	Static Displays – Static Displays that are not computerized in any way (yet)	Light-O-Rama Store Credit Towards any Starter Package	$200.00
2	First Year – First year with a computerized display, any combination of channels/controller, custom sequenced by YOU or one of our partners, or using an adapted sequence from our Sequence Store.	Light-O-Rama General Store Credit	$200.00
3	Sequence Store Adaptation (Traditional/Deluxe) – Displays that used a default or adapted 'Traditional' or 'Deluxe' sequence from the Light-O-Rama sequence store or SD Card on their own display.	Light-O-Rama Sequence Store Credit	$200.00
4	Sequence Store Adaptation (RGBPlus) – Displays that used a default or adapted 'RGBPlus' sequence from the Light-O-Rama sequence store or SD Card on their own display.	Light-O-Rama Sequence Store Credit	$200.00
5	Traditional Display – Any number of AC channels/elements custom sequenced by YOU or one of our partners! No RGB/Pixels used.	Light-O-Rama General Store Credit	$200.00
6	Mixed Display – Any number of AC channels/elements + any amount of dumb or smart RGB elements custom sequenced by YOU or one of our partners!	Light-O-Rama General Store Credit	$200.00
7	Full Pixel Display – Any number of dumb or smart RGB elements (no traditional lights) custom sequenced by YOU or one of our partners!	Light-O-Rama General Store Credit	$200.00
8	Non-USA Display – Any combination of synchronized elements custom sequenced by YOU or one of our partners, or using a sequence from the Light-O-Rama sequence store. The display must be outside of the USA.	Light-O-Rama General Store Credit	$200.00
9	Creative Application/Over The Top Displays – Unique uses of LOR hardware/software or over-the-top prop builds or backdrops for layout/show storytelling (not on a standard home layout). Must use LOR software and at least 75% LOR hardware.	Light-O-Rama General Store Credit	$200.00

Which Category to Enter:

If your display is static, meaning there is no controllers anywhere in your display making the lights flash to music or animation, then enter Shining Bright Category 1 for a chance to win Light-O-Rama store credit towards a starter package for next season!

If this is your first year with a computerized display, regardless of what’s in your show (AC channels, dumb pixels, or smart pixels), Shining Bright Category 2 is reserved for you.

Shining Bright Category 3 is designed for you to show off what you've done with our Traditional or Deluxe store sequences in your own layout; Category 4 is for displays using our RGBPlus sequences with CPC Packages. For example, if you used an RGBPlus sequence this year and made it fit your own display, enter Category 4 to show us how it turned out!

AC channels refer to ‘Non-pixel” fixtures. If you have one of our CTB16PC or LOR1602 controllers, they each have 16 channels (for 16 different elements/fixtures). If you ONLY have AC channel controllers in your display, count up your channels (4 full controllers equals 16 channels), and enter Shining Bright Category 5.

If you’ve added dumb pixels or smart pixels to your AC display and have a mixture of AC and RGB, take a look at Shining Bright Category 6.

If your display is ALL pixels (not an AC controller to be found), Shining Bright Category 7 is for you.

If your display is located outside of the United States, Shining Bright Category 8 is the category to enter, regardless of what is in your show.

Shining Bright Category 9 is for the above and beyond! If you’ve used Light-O-Rama products to create a one-of-a-kind display (not a show on a typical house), we want to see your show! Your entry doesn’t even need to be for Christmas – if you’ve used our products to create a stage and unique experience for your visitors for any holiday, or you’ve rigged our equipment and software to control something unusual, submit your show to Category 9. This is also where commercial displays (non-home layouts) should submit their videos.

Requirements to enter the Shining Bright Contest

Category 1 is for static displays (meaning the lights are not controlled by Light-O-Rama right now, but your goal is to upgrade to a computerized display in the future).

Categories 2-9 must be sequenced exclusively using Light-O-Rama software and must be predominantly controlled using Light-O-Rama hardware.

Video must be posted on public sites (YouTube or Vimeo) and reference Light-O-Rama and LOR in the keywords, title, and/or in the video clip.

Media formats accepted for the Shining Bright Contest

Upload your contest entry video to Vimeo.com or YouTube.com, send us the link and we’ll watch from there. We cannot use videos posted to Facebook or your personal website. You must submit a SPECIFIC VIDEO. Submissions that link to full playlists of multiple videos will be automatically disqualified and not considered.

We do not accept videos submitted by mail, email, hand delivered or any physical form.

Special note if you upload your video to YouTube.com: YouTube has been known to strip of the audio of popular tunes that might be part of your video. After you have uploaded your video to YouTube and it’s been processed and posted, wait about 30 minutes and check again. Typically, if there are audio problems, you’ll receive an email from YouTube.

Strong Suggestion: Check your video link to make sure it’s active and plays back as you desire before submitting your entry to this contest. Please make sure your video stays posted through March 31, 2024.

The official rules

Entries must be received no later than January 15, 2024 at 11:59pm, EST.

You must use the entry form below to submit your display. Only one entry per person.

Submissions to an incorrect category will not be considered. Please ensure you meet the criteria before you submit.

Employees of Light O Rama Inc., and such employees’ immediate family members and persons with whom such employees are domiciled are excluded from this contest.

Decisions of the contest judges are final.

By claiming the prize, the winners authorize the use, without additional compensation of their name and/or likeness and/or voice/photograph and municipality of residence for promotion and/or advertising purposes in any manner and in any medium (including without limitation, radio broadcasts, newspapers and other publications and in television or film releases, slides, videotape, distribution over the internet and picture date storage) which Light O Rama may deem appropriate.

In accepting the prize, the winner acknowledges that Light O Rama, Inc. may not be held liable for any loss, damages or injury associated with accepting or use of prizes.

Light O Rama, Inc. retains the rights, in its absolute and sole discretion, to make substitutions of equivalent kind or approximate value in the event of the unavailability of any prize or component of the prize for any reason whatsoever.

This contest is subject to all USA federal, state and municipal laws.

All entries become the property of Light-O-Rama, Inc. Entrants agree that their video entries may be displayed on the Light-O-Rama web site in full or partial form.

Entries will be judged on curb appeal, overall creativity, use of materials, exactness of synchronization (computerized shows), use of color and originality. Judging for categories will be performed by a panel of Light O Rama employees.

And finally

Only one (1) entry per person allowed for our Shining Bright Contest.

By entering the Light-O-Rama Shining Bright Contest 2023 you agree that video of your display may be added to the Light-O-Rama website and used in any of our materials. Please include what information (if any) you want included with your video (your name, town, a write-up about your display.) Once your entry form is submitted, changes are not allowed.

Enter the Contest

Share the Show Contest

Want to share what you’ve done with all your friends. Take advantage of a little social networking and maybe win a prize from Light-O-Rama. We call it Share the Show.

Share the Show Contest 2017

Share the Show Prizes

10 prizes, each of which is worth $100.00 USDof Light-O-Rama General Store Credit

Requirements to enter the Share the Show Contest

You must use Light-O-Rama hardware and software in your display.

Your video must be posted on a video sharing site (YouTube, Vimeo, Etc.) and must reference Light-O-Rama and LOR in the keywords and/or in the video clip.

Each entry submitted for this Share the Show 2023 contest must be a unique video. If you have two entries rather than one then you double your chances to win. You may submit up to 5 videos.

Media formats accepted for the Share the Show Contest

Upload your contest entry video to Vimeo.com or YouTube.com, send us the link and we’ll watch from there. You must submit a SPECIFIC VIDEO. Submissions that link to full playlists of multiple videos will be automatically disqualified and not considered.

We do not accept videos submitted by mail, email, hand delivered or any physical form.

The official rules

Entries must be received no later than January 15, 2024 at 11:59pm, EST.

You must use the entry form below.

Only one entry per person.

Employees of Light O Rama Inc., and such employees’ immediate family members and persons with whom such employees are domiciled are excluded from this contest.

Decisions of the contest judges are final.

This is a random drawing from all entries received. We do not judge the video itself but rather just confirm that “Light-O-Rama” or “LightORama” is mentioned in the title or tags, and that you detail what Light-O-Rama equipment and/or sequence you used in the video description. The more unique entries you make the better your chances.

In accepting the prize, the winner acknowledges that Light O Rama, Inc. may not be held liable for any loss, damages or injury associated with accepting or use of prizes.

This contest is subject to all USA federal, state and municipal laws.

All entries become the property of Light-O-Rama, Inc. Entrants agree that their entries may be displayed on the Light-O-Rama web site.

Enter up to five (5) video links for the Share the Show Contest

By entering the Light-O-Rama Share the Show Contest 2023 you agree that videos of your display may be added to the Light-O-Rama website. Please include what information (if any) you want included with your video (your name, town, a write-up about your display.) Once your entry form is submitted, changes are not allowed.