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 Aug. 31, 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.
Since 2001, the industry’s highest achievers and most admired innovators have been awarded the Parnelli. The award recognizes pioneering and influential professionals and their contributions, honoring both individuals and companies. It is truly the Oscars® of the live event industry. The award itself is named for one of our own, Rick “Parnelli” O’Brien, a talented production and tour manager who was struck down with cancer far too early in life. His professionalism and talent, his sense of humor and sense of fair play set the bar for all.
The ninth annual Parnelli awards will be held at the Peabody Orlando resort on Nov. 20, 2009, in conjunction with LDI. Winners of the Parnelli Awards, “IT” Awards and Hometown Heroes awards competition will all be recognized.
“Launching the nomination process is always an exciting time, and we are just as excited to see who gets nominated as anyone else,” said PLSN publisher Terry Lowe. “Since the nominating process, and then the voting for who shall take the Parnelli home that night, is done strictly by professional peers, it makes the award that much more of any honor.”
For more information, please visit www.parnelliawards.com.
