Kelly Davis and Beegee Tolpa want to start a new tradition of homeowners lighting up not only their homes but their yards, fences, mailboxes, street signs, garbage cans, driveways and anything else they can think of this holiday season. They’re calling this new tradition the Greenwood Phinney Wacktastic Light Show.
There’s even a contest for the most wacktastic home. Contestants should keep their lights up for the entire month of December. Judging will take place Dec. 17, and on Dec. 21, you can join the Judging Ceremony Party at the Phinney Neighborhood Center.
The three celebrity judges are Robynne Raye of Modern Dog Graphic Design on Greenwood Avenue, Rocketman Houllahan (mascot for the Rat City Rollergirls), and Jennifer Worick, Seattle author of “The Prairie Girl’s Guide to Life” and “Nancy Drew’s Guide to Life.”
First, second and third place winners receive “piles of loot” from local businesses. The boundaries for the contest are: south – 65th Street, north – 105th Street, east – Aurora Avenue (west side), west – 3rd Avenue Northwest. Check out more info and contest entry form here.
9 responses so far ↓
1 Greenwood D // Oct 21, 2008 at 3:17 pm
I wonder how many people are gonna be cool with sucking that much energy when the City slaps us with a 45% Ulities increase this Winter?
I’m sure in Phinney that won’t be an issue.
North of 75th, it probably will.
2 Neighbor // Oct 21, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Anything we can do to invite more vandalism and energy use in the neighborhood is always cool by me.
3 left out :( // Oct 21, 2008 at 7:59 pm
Why is the western boundary 3rd Ave N (I assume you meant NW)? Grenwood Phinney Chamber sets the boundary at 8th Ave NW, and so do most residents. You just cut out a lot of community members.
Maybe I should just declare my own neighborhood down here. PhinneyWood Valley, anyone?
4 E-Curb // Oct 21, 2008 at 8:21 pm
I agree. I think the western boundary should be 8th Avenue NW.
5 evan // Oct 21, 2008 at 8:26 pm
We call our area phin-lard = or Phinney Valley. We’re the proletariat to the borgoues (sic) of the ridge.
i do like xmas lights though.
6 local // Oct 21, 2008 at 8:31 pm
hurrah for the season! great idea and you can always use led lights if there are concerns about the energy. challenge w/olympic manor????
7 Dale // Oct 21, 2008 at 9:02 pm
left out
, thanks for spotting that. It is indeed 3rd Avenue Northwest. The post is updated to reflect that.
Oh, and I refer to the area where we live west of 3rd as “Lower Phinney.”
8 left out :( // Oct 22, 2008 at 1:49 pm
Clearly, “lower” in every sense of the word.
I say we stage our own xmas light contest. Maybe start our own blog too.
9 House // Nov 25, 2008 at 1:25 pm
According to the http://www.wacktasticlightshow.com/ website 8th Ave NW is included.
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