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LAS VEGAS — PLSN readers have chosen the six regional winners of the 2016 Hometown Hero Award competition.  These top vote getters from each of five U.S. regions plus all of Canada will be automatically entered on the Parnelli Awards ballot. PLSN readers will then get a chance to vote on which regional company will be awarded the coveted honor of Parnelli Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year. The 2016 Parnelli Ballot will be posted on parnelliawards.com in early September. The nominations process for all remaining Parnelli Award categories is now underway. The nominations deadline this year is Aug. 24, 2016.

DAVENPORT, IA — For the 2016 Miss Iowa competition, held in Davenport, Iowa’s Adler Theatre in June, Top-Notch Productions put an array of Martin RUSH MH 7 Hybrid fixtures through their paces. Energy efficiency was also a key concern, and the efficient output of the RUSH MH 7 fixtures enabled Top-Notch Productions to power the lights using just two 20-amp circuits.

BETHANY, OK — Paragon 360 made a dramatic change to the look of the sanctuary within Council Road Baptist Church in the Oklahoma City area. Along with new seating, carpeting and paint, the space now features 42 COLORado Batten 72 Tour RGBWA linear LED fixtures and nine COLORdash Par-Quad 18 units from Chauvet Professional.

WAUKESHA, WI. – Blizzard Lighting returns to DJ Expo on Monday, August 15, where they’ll be showing off their newest fixtures at their politically-themed booth. Here’s a sneak preview of the newest DJ products from Blizzard Lighting you can find at booth #110.

NASHVILLE – Lauren Daigle’s music career has taken her from the American Idol stage to her very own stage on tour with Hillsong United. The first leg of the Empires tour kicked off earlier this year and lighting designer Andy Rushing was tasked with lighting her first tour run night in and night out using gear from 4Wall Nashville.

CHICAGO, IL.  – The show must go on. And in Chicago recently, Pirtek was working behind the scenes to ensure it would.  Pirtek’s work for Stageline helped Lollapalooza run without a hitch from July 28-31. Lollapalooza is an annual music festival that goes on world wide with acts that include alternative rock, punk, metal and comedy. The Chicago event featured more than 170 bands, including Radiohead and Red Hot Chili Peppers.

LOS ANGELES – For  Classixx, a hard-to-classify DJ duo that recently performed a show at the 800-seat El Rey Theatre in Los Angeles to mark the release of their second LP, Faraway Reach, LD Noah Sharp used six Rogue R1 Washes in his floor package.

ORLANDO – Techni-Lux announced product and training demos in Fort Lauderdale on Aug. 30 and Miami on Sept. 1, 2016. Guests will have an opportunity to go hands on with dozens of products for entertainment lighting, video and special effects. Representatives from Techni-Lux, ChamSys, Highlite and SGM will be on hand as well. The events are designed for anyone who is involved in stage, production, A/V, night club owners and light jockeys, theatres, theme parks, houses of worship, architectural and entertainment lighting.

DALLAS – The ESTA Control Protocols Plugfest, an event where manufacturers and developers can test their products for interoperability with other manufacturers’ products, is scheduled to take place January 20-23, 2017, at the Dallas/Fort Worth Marriott Solana in Westlake, Texas. The event is free to attend and everyone is welcome!

NEW YORK — ESTA noted that two new standards were approved by ANSI and published in early August. They involve the design, installation and use of orchestra pit lifts and overhead mounting of luminaires and lighting accessories. ESTA also posted new standards for public review involving manually operated hoist rigging systems and, separately, recommended guidelines for entertainment rigging system inspections.

NORTH CREEK, NY – Creative Stage Lighting announced that they now have SGM Q7 fixtures available in their rental inventory. The low-profile and compact RGBW flood, blinder and strobe light has been extremely valuable on concerts as well as lighting architecture. With its IP65 rating, a high output of 28,000 lumens and its small physical footprint, the Q-7 is an ideal fixture for outdoor use to light up buildings, facades, architectural structures and attractions.