Oak Orchard Lighthouse to dedicate lightshow tonight
Photo by Tom Rivers: The Oak Orchard Lighthouse is shown on May 10, 2024 during a dazzling display of the Northern Lights. The spectacle in the sky has inspired the lighthouse’s board of directors to pursue a light show on the structure.
POINT BREEZE – The Oak Orchard Lighthouse Museum will debut a light show tonight that will mimic the Northern Lights.
The “Aurora Over The Lighthouse” show is expected to be dedicated at 8:30 p.m. with the half-hour show to follow.
The museum was awarded a $5,000 grant from the Genesee-Orleans Regional Arts Council to install lighting equipment for the show.
The lighthouse museum hired IlluminFx Lighting Systems in Rochester for the display. That company has created lighting shows for the Alamo, a battleship in Wilmington, NC and the nearby Churchville dam in Monroe County.
A.J. Hetzke, owner and general manager of IlluminFx Lighting Systems, programmed a show that will create the swirling green, purple and blue lights of the Aurora Borealis. He also programmed about a dozen other displays for holidays, including a orange-themed one for Halloween, green for St. Patrick’s Day, pink for Valentine’s and several others.
