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Beavercreek couple goes big with Halloween display: 30,000 lights, Michael Jackson
Dare Richard Rempes of Beavercreek and he’ll do his best to show you up.
A challenge is part of the reason 30,000 lights and a ton of Halloween decorations - pumpkins, vampires, ghost, a Michael Jackson mannequin in a red jacket - cover Rempes’ yard.
Rempes’ says a coworker dared him and others to duplicate Carson Williams of Mason’s famous musically synchronized home Christmas light display.
Four years after taking on the challenge, Rempes, a musician and computer programmer by trade, said it has turned into a labor of love for he and his wife, Jayne.
“You should see the look on little kids’ faces,” the associate professor at the at the Defense Institute of Security Assistance Management said of his display at 2466 Glenboro Drive.
Rempes syncs Halloween-themed music with lights and decorations using computer programs. This year’s show includes a crowd-stirring rendition of “Thriller” features the new of Michael Jackson mannequin.
The project is addictive, Rempes said.
“I do Christmas too and it is even bigger,” Rempes said. “Basically four months out of the year I am not available for anything else.”
The show is 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. nightly - weather permitted - until Nov. 2.
What do you think?
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By Billy Mays
October 27, 2009 3:19 PM | Link to this
I bet the neighbors love this
By Stacey
October 27, 2009 4:04 PM | Link to this
We love it actually.
By Courtney
October 27, 2009 4:15 PM | Link to this
Amazing work!Kick a$$ job!
By BH
October 27, 2009 5:52 PM | Link to this
RATHER TACKY. HAVE SEEN OTHERS, IN PERSON AND ON THE NET, THAT ARE MUCH MORE IMAGINATIVE AND CLASSY,ESPECIALLY AT CHRISTMAS. THIS MAY BE BIG FOR DAYTON AREA, BUT IT IS AMATEURISH.
By Tom
October 27, 2009 7:09 PM | Link to this
BH Have you done any better. People like you sit on the sidelines and criticize others who do the work. Mr. Rempes has done a good job and provided a lot of people with amusement. All you provide is criticism.
By Candace
October 27, 2009 10:18 PM | Link to this
Thanks so much for the lively entertainment! Very much appreciated! Your talent is amazing!
By Kendra
October 28, 2009 8:54 PM | Link to this
This was FABULOUS! So cool and well done. My 9yo complained when we left. Apparently he wanted to stay all night. And to BH - Like Thumper said in the movie “Bambi” - If you can’t say something nice, don’t say nothing at all.
By Michael
October 29, 2009 2:49 AM | Link to this
By BH October 27, 2009 5:52 PM RATHER TACKY. HAVE SEEN OTHERS, IN PERSON AND ON THE NET, THAT ARE MUCH MORE IMAGINATIVE AND CLASSY,ESPECIALLY AT CHRISTMAS. THIS MAY BE BIG FOR DAYTON AREA, BUT IT IS AMATEURISH. ^^^^^^^^^^ LETS SEE YOU DO BETTER THEN YOU MISERABLE GIT
By Kramer
October 29, 2009 10:14 PM | Link to this
I love to take the family out driving to see the elaborite yards. There’s also another one in Beavercreek over by Dayton Xenia off of Woods. It sets down in a dip so it’s hard to see from Woods. It’s well worth the trip. No music, just a cool graveyard atmosphere. Must be the year for celeberties. He has the 3 Stooges along with the ghosts. Every year seems to get more elaborite. The DDN should run a section of just the yard haunts to visit.
By Repair
October 30, 2009 2:37 AM | Link to this
In this day in age when a movie cost over ten bucks to see. it is people like Rick and his wife Jayne who for free give us a life-time of memories. to load up the whole family, and share an experance like this is the greatest thing. so drive up tune in and enjoy the show!!! thank you! Rick and Jayne p.s if we were more like these people, the world would be much better.
By JMR
October 31, 2009 11:49 AM | Link to this
We and a bunch of other cars drove by last night, 10-30 and we disappointed that at 9PM, the show was NOT on.
By Rick
October 31, 2009 11:36 PM | Link to this
Thanks to all that have come out to see our show. Apologies to those that came after 9 PM on Friday night. Rain - even the smallest bit of it - would destroy 90% of the characters on the lawn (made of fabrics, straw, etc.) and any water getting into any of the hundreds of electrical connections would short out and destroy the controllers. So, again we apologize, but weather has been great tonight (show is still running) and hundreds of folks have stopped by. Weather permitting, we’ll run tomorrow and Monday, then I need to regroup and start preparing for Christmas.
By Lorene
November 1, 2009 9:28 PM | Link to this
My husband I really enjoy this display, We live down the road and go by frequenty when the show is on, it is part of our holiday celebration. Keep up the good wok, don’t let the criticisim count.