LAS VEGAS – The Parnelli Ballot for the 17th annual awards ceremony has been finalized, and voting has begun! The ballot, which includes the six North American finalists for the Parnelli Award for Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year (chosen during a separate round of voting in September) is posted online at parnelliawards.com, and it’s up to YOU, the PLSN reader, to decide who among the nominees will step up to the awards podium at the Anaheim Hilton in Anaheim, CA on the evening of Jan. 26, 2018.
The direct link is www.parnelliawards.com/vote.
Along with the ability to cast your vote for your favorite Hometown Hero contender, you can help decide who among the nominees in all the other awards categories gets the next Parnelli nod, including this year’s best lighting designer, lighting director, set/scenic designer, video director, tour manager and production manager. There are also awards honoring companies involved in lighting, sound, staging, set construction, video, rigging, pyro, trucking and freight forwarding, along with Indispensable Technology “IT” awards for products advancing the state of the art in lighting, video, staging and sound.
All the votes will be tallied in December, and the winners will join special honorees in the winners circle. This year’s honorees for career achievement include Bobby “Boomer” Thrasher (Lifetime Achievement), Jonathan Smeeton (Visionary) and John Stadius (Audio Innovator.) The gala, to be hosted by Grammy nominated composer and bassist extraordinaire Tony Levin, begins with the Parnelli Cocktail Party at the Anaheim Hilton at 6:30 p.m.. The banquet dinner and awards follow, starting at 7:30 p.m., and the festivities continue with the Parnelli After Party immediately following the show.
The Jan. 26 gala will be the 17th annual Parnelli Awards presentation, and like the 16 awards events that came before, the event is 100 percent dependent upon the generous support from industry sponsors.
For more information, voting and reservations, go to www.parnelliawards.com.
