Spooky light show

Christmas isn’t the only time of year when locals break out the Christmas lights and go crazy decorating. Halloween is becoming another big decorating holiday.

Petaluman friends Chad Dunbar and Austin Allen are putting the finishing touches on their annual Halloween music and light show at 1623 Cabernet Court.

This year’s show is set to be bigger than previous years, with an estimated 20,000 lights programed to do a light show to music and addition spooky effect. Folks driving by the home can listen to and watch the show in their cars by tuning in to 96.3 FM.

“We upgraded our light-o-rama program to support 80 computerized channels, compared to 16 last year,” said Dunbar. “We hired a deejay to fully produce a custom mix for the Halloween and upcoming Christmas show.”

With 20,000 lights, all programmed to blink and twinkle to a spooky soundtrack, the home at Cabernet Court will come to life every night through Halloween. Show times are from 7 to 10 p.m. Sunday through Thursday; 7 to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday; and 5 to 11 p.m. on Oct. 31.

Dunbar and Allen were inspired to decorate on such a grand scale in an effort to attrack more trick-or-treaters to the neighborhood.

“Every year, our court has been getting less and less trick-or-treaters,” said Dunbar. “I kept telling Austin in the beginning that if we do this, we need to come up with something other than the D Street thing. The challenge for us was to do something different This is entertainment — a show. It’s something you can come see any night between now and Halloween.”

For more information on the musical light show, visit http://www.aclights.com/ halloween2009.html.