LAS VEGAS — And the 2011 winners of the Parnelli Awards for Lighting, Staging and Video are…yet to be determined, by YOU, the PLSN readers. The individuals and companies that YOU nominate and vote for will be honored during the annual Parnelli Awards ceremony, set for Saturday, Oct. 29 at the Peabody Orlando.
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PITTSBURGH, PA — Hughie’s Audio-Visual Productions, which has offices in Cleveland, OH; Columbus, OH and Pittsburgh, PA; named Brian Kemp as general manager for the Pittsburgh office. Kemp will oversee all day-to-day operations for that office and report to Hughie’s president David Wheeler.
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CHANDLER, AZ — AV Dimensions named Glenn Ray vice president of operations and hired Fran Sutherland as account manager. Ray brings more than 25 years of experience to AV Dimensions, having worked for GES, Exhibitgroup/Giltspur, Mice NA, MC2, Hoffman Productions, Nike and Samsung and other firms.
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NEW YORK — Vince Herbert, head of the Lighting Department for the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), which has taken up residency in New York’s Park Avenue Armory this summer, will be on hand to demonstrate RSC Lightlock’s motion stabilizing technology, discuss its evolution, and explain its use in the lighting system installed for the RSC in New York. The event is set for Aug. 2 in the Wade Thompson Drill Hall of the Park Avenue Armory beginning at 2pm. The event is free and open to the first 50 registrants.
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LONDON — LD Dan Sanders used LED gear from Chauvet that had been specified by JPS Sound & Light for Troxy, a multifunctional venue for live concerts, corporate events, weddings, indoor sports and more. Capitalizing on dramatic uplighting opportunities presented by the venue’s Art Deco-styled interior, Sanders used nearly 150 Chauvet fixtures.
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LONDON — Simian Mobile Disco, comprised of DJ duo Jas Shaw and James Ford, are touring Europe and the U.K., performing at numerous festivals with visual support from LD David Cohen (SauceDesign), who has created bright honeycomb effects with 11 rows of four and five hexagons made from 181 Barco 340mm MiStrip LED lights.
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NEW YORK — Valencia Production Partners (VPP) produced the high-energy 2011/2012 upfront for youth-oriented network The CW with support from WorldStage companies Video Applications, Inc. and Scharff Weisberg Inc. VPP, which has staged upfronts for The CW since its debut seven years ago, moved the venue to the Rose Theater at Jazz at Lincoln Center where the young actors associated with the network’s returning and new primetime series were joined by immersive visuals.
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