LAS VEGAS — Nominations are being accepted online to honor those individuals and companies for exceptional work in the pro lighting and staging field, and this window of opportunity will be closing Friday, Sept. 11, at 5 p.m. PST, so go to www.parnelliawards.com and click on the Parnelli Awards nomination link today.
The categories include lighting designer, set/scenic designer, video director, lighting company, staging company, set construction, video rental, coach company, rigging company, pyro company, trucking company, freight forwarding, tour manager, and production manager.
New this year is the “IT” Awards. Standing for “Indispensable Technology,” they will honor innovative and road-worthy lighting and staging gear. Nominations for “IT” awards also close Aug. 31, with voting for Parnelli and “IT” awards to start in early September.
The ninth annual Parnelli awards will be held at the Peabody Orlando resort on Nov. 20, 2009, in conjunction with LDI. Along with Jake Berry, winner of the 2009 Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award, and Richard Belliveau, winner of the 2009 Parnelli Visionary Award, winners of the Parnelli Awards, “IT” Awards and Hometown Heroes awards competition will all be recognized.
The list of Parnelli Awards sponsors has been growing in recent weeks, and sponsorships are still available. Gold Sponsors now include: Barco Lighting Systems, Inc./High End Systems, Brown United, Dedicated Staging, EFM Management, Harman Group, Precise Corporate Staging, Rock-It Cargo, Sound Image, Strictly FX and Sennheiser. Silver sponsors include: All Access Staging & Production, Chauvet, Lab.gruppen, Tyler Truss and Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems. Production Partner Sponsors include: Aerial Rigging (rigging); Paradise Sound & Lighting (audio); PRG (projection); SGASI Production Services (set design); Stage Crew (labor); and Techni-Lux (lighting).
For more information, please visit www.parnelliawards.com.
