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Oxnard Bandstand Comes to Life for the Holidays
Gary Blum
Holiday music and 27,000 lights perform nightly in a computer generated show at downtown Oxnard's Plaza Park Pagoda through January1st. 5pm-10pm.
Gary Blum
Ventura County's tallest Chritsmas tree (at over 110 feet) can also be seen next to the Plaza Park Pagoda Christmas Show in downtown Oxnard.
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More from OxnardDowntown Oxnard's historic 97 year old bandstand comes to life this holiday season in a high tech way. Decorated with over 27,000 multicolored lights a computer programmed music and light show will entertain crowds every evening throughout December from 5-10 PM with nine holiday songs."These types of high tech lighting displays are becoming more popular with homeowners. Websites such a Planetchristmas.com are dedicated to show you how to outdo your neighbor's Christmas display. Few if any local civic displays have come up with this level of display" said Oxnard resident Gary Blum who spearheaded designing the exhibit with a 6 member crew and assistance with funding from downtown merchants. The City owned bandstand is known as the Pagoda locally because of its Craftsman/Asian design popular in 1910 when it was built in Plaza Park at Fifth & "C " Streets in the town square..
Nine different Christmas songs pulse with over 27,000 lights, 22 Christmas trees, 12 animated characters and extra lighting effects which most homeowners would dream of being able to incorporate into their displays including fiber optic, LED floodlights and strobe lightspecial effects.Oxnard is already home to Christmas Tree Lane, Ventura County's largest Christmas display just a few blocks away where nearly 140 homes on 'F' & 'G' streets in the city's historic district were turned on Dec 9th. "You can't help but get in the holiday mood when you come to Downtown Oxnard" said Blum. Blum said he received several calls from shopping malls as far away as Oregon that wanted to contract with him to come up with displays to attract customers. "The display we did in 2006 was the first we had done. It was very popular giving the reviving downtown a Disneyesque attraction during the holidays".The show is sponsored by the Oxnard Downtown Management District with support from the City of Oxnard's Parks Department. For more information call (805) 385-2705 or visit downtownoxnard.org. You can view one of the shows at www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZaqzqqHkMI
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