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sound-and-light show

American  

noun

  1. a nighttime spectacle or performance, at which a building, historic site, etc., is illuminated and the historic significance is imparted to spectators by means of narration, sound effects, and music.


Etymology

Origin of sound-and-light show

First recorded in 1965–70


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The nightly sound-and-light show at the Magic Fountain is fun, but it was mainly a sea of bodies and humidity as we tried to track the kids.

From Washington Post ● Aug. 11, 2022

A fragment of a colossal but mediocre quartzite Tut statue that once stood outside the mortuary chamber is bathed in a pulsing sound-and-light show.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2018

And tens of thousands of people are expected to attend a sound-and-light show on the battlefield on Thursday.

From BBC ● Jun. 17, 2015

He argues that taxes should at least be paid on a sound-and-light show that takes visitors around the building at night.

From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2014

The Matrix reimagined the “real” world as a video-game fantasy; Speed Racer broke with narrative and visual traditions to create an amazing sound-and-light show, a vivid syntho-world.

From Time ● Oct. 25, 2012

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