LAS VEGAS — This year’s window of opportunity to nominate companies worthy of receiving a Parnelli Award for Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year hasn’t slammed shut yet; the deadline is July 31, 2014. But while the annual PLSN newsletter alert informing readers that they only have scant days before the nominations period closes is still a week away, there’s no reason to wait until that final reminder. Do a worthy company proud by taking a minute to nominate them for the honor today.
To submit a company’s name (and hometown), be sure to visit www.plsn.com/hometown. The whole thing can be done, from start to finish, in less than a minute’s time. Of course, you are free to spend a bit more time if you, like many who nominate a lighting company for Hometown Hero honors, choose to extoll that company’s virtues in the comment box provided.
Regional finalists will be named shortly after the nominations close July 31. Voting on the regional finalists will then take place, with regional winners determined by August 30.
The winners for each region automatically become the finalists for the 2014 Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year Award, which will be presented at the Parnelli Awards Dinner scheduled for Saturday, Nov. 22 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.
FYI, here’s the sampling of the names we’ve already received for the 2014 Hometown Hero awards competition, which has grown a bit since we tipped our hand and revealed this sneak peek last week.
Northeast:
- Afterglow Lighting, Baltimore, MD
- Bentley Meeker, New York, NY
- BML-Blackbird, Secaucus, NJ
- East Coast Lighting & Production Services, Warwick, RI
- EGI Event Production Services, Egg Harbor City, NJ
- Flyspace Productions, Pittsburgh, PA
- NMR Events, Monroe Township, NJ
- Show Lighting, Berlin, CT
- Starlite Productions, Moorestown, NJ
- TAJ Event Productions Inc., New York, NY
Southeast:
- Atlanta Sound and Lighting, Atlanta, GA
- Music Matters Productions, Atlanta, GA
- Rental Stages Inc., Hollywood, FL
Midwest:
- Allied Production & Sales, Inver Grove Heights, MN
- Chicago Spotlight, Chicago, IL
- Gemini Light Sound Video, Dallas TX
- ILIOS Lighting, Austin, TX
- Majestic Productions, Summitville, IN
- Nashville Event Lighting Co., Nashville, TN
- RAD’s FX, Kansas City, MO
- Reach Communications, Brooklyn Park, MN
- Sideline Productions, Brookings, SD
- TLS Productions, Inc., Ann Arbor, MI
- Vincent Lighting Systems, Erlanger, KY
Northwest:
- Alaska Universal Productions, Inc., Fairbanks, AK
- Impact Lighting, Richmond, CA
Southwest:
- Blue Planet Lighting, Inc., Las Vegas NV
- Clearwing Productions, Phoenix, AZ
- Creative Backstage, Phoenix, AZ
- Eggshell Light Co., Honolulu, HI
- Felix Lighting, Los Angeles, CA
- Hawaii Stage & Lighting Rentals, Honolulu, HI
- Kinetic Lighting, Glendale, CA
- LD Systems, Houston, TX
- Onstage Systems, Dallas, TX
- Precise Corporate Staging, Tempe, AZ
- Zebra Productions, Colorado Springs, CO
Canada:
- Bold Productions, Toronto, ON, Canada
- Ottawa Special Events, Ottawa, ON, Canada
- Production Design International, Toronto, ON Canada
- ShowWorks Inc., Brampton, ON Canada
- Tour Tech East, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
To add a regional lighting company’s name to the nominees listed here, go to www.plsn.com/hometown.
For more information on the Parnelli Awards, go to www.parnelliawards.com.
