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Hometown Heroes 2015

2015 Hometown Hero Finalists

Top Vote-Getters for Five U.S. Regions and Canada Honored for Taking Care of Business

PLSN readers have put the latest spotlight — scratch that — hybrid LED moving light — on who they think are the best of the best of their region when it comes to lighting, staging and video. We have some fresh faces and some “repeat offenders.”

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2014 Hometown Hero Finalists Announced

The 2014 Hometown Hero Finalists

Companies driven by people doing what they love to do most are what make a “hometown hero.” There’s a lot of passion in this eclectic collection chosen by the readers of PLSN. And while this can be, as one honoree described it, a “dog eat dog” world, there’s a lot of good people doing good work out there. Here are the six best lighting companies in North America for 2014. One of these companies will be honored with a Parnelli Award for Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year at the annual awards ceremony, set this year for Nov. 22 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

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Hometown Heroe Lighting Company Finalists

2011 Regional Lighting Company Winners

When the votes for the 2011 Hometown Hero nominees were tallied, PLSN readers once again came up with a good mix. There are some new faces in this crowd along with some companies that have been around a while (one since 1948!). They have their differences, but they share a lot of festival and corporate work. One thing they all have in common can be summed up by what Paradigm Production Service’s Jorge Valdez said: “I can say I clearly love what I’m doing, and I don’t do it for the money, that’s for sure.”

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