LAS VEGAS – The regional winners of PLSN's 2010 Hometown Hero voting competition have been announced, and voting for coast-to-coast 2010 Hometown Hero honors and all the other Parnelli awards categories is now underway at www.parnelliawards.com/vote. Support for the 10th Annual Parnelli awards program has also increased to record levels as the Oct. 22, 2010 ceremony approaches. The top regional Hometown Hero lighting companies follow: Canada: Tour Tech East, Dartmouth, NS; Northeast: East Coast Lighting & Production Services, Warwick RI; Southeast: Zenith Lighting, Orlando FL; Midwest: Blue Planet Lighting, Hollister MO; Southwest: Kinetic Lighting, Los Angeles CA; and Northwest: LD Alliance Concert Lighting Systems, Brisbane CA.
These regional lighting companies are profiled in the Sept. 2010 issue of PLSN Magazine. They're also listed on the 2010 Parnelli Awards ballot, along with all the other individuals and companies nominated for awards this year, including Lighting Company of the Year, Staging Company of the Year, Lighting Designer of the Year, Set/Scenic Designer of the Year, and Indispensable Technology "IT" Award for Best Lighting Product of the Year. The ballot and voting will remain open through the month of September.
None of this well-deserved recognition would be possible, of course, without the generous support of Parnelli Awards sponsors.
"It's an exciting time for the Parnelli Awards, and we're thrilled for the support that is turning out," declared Terry Lowe, Parnelli producer and PLSN/FOH publisher. "The 10th annual Parnelli Awards is guaranteed to be our best yet in large part because of the outpouring of support from this group of forward-thinking members of the industry."
New Gold Sponsors include Branam Enterprises, Meyer Sound, Pyrotek Special Effects, Rock-It Cargo, SeaChanger, Show Distribution and Tyler Truss.
"The Parnelli Awards gives the industry an opportunity to show our appreciation for the hard work, perseverance and innovation of those who strive to improve the quality of live sound," said Helen Meyer, executive vice president and co-founder of Meyer Sound. "We are excited for the award winners and are glad to help shine some spotlight across the many areas of show production."
These companies join Gold sponsors All Access Staging & Production, Brown United, Daktronics, Dedicated Staging, Harman Professional (AKG, BSS, Crown, dbx, JBL, Soundcraft), Media Visions, Philips Entertainment, Precise Corporate Staging (PCS), Sennheiser/K-array/Neumann, Sound Image, Strictly FX, Tannoy/Lab.gruppen, Tomcat, Tour Tech East, Ultratec Special Effects and Yamaha/NEXO.
New Silver sponsors include Screenworks NEP, SoundBroker.com and XL Video. They join Silver sponsors Chauvet, Littlite, Powersoft and Syncrolite.
Production partners are On Stage Audio (OSA), PRG, Stage Crew, Techni-Lux and Technical Productions, Inc. (TPI). B&R Scenery is sponsoring the Parnelli cocktail hour, and the golf sponsors include 4-Wall Lighting, Cooling & Power Rentals (CPR), Daktronics, Precise Corporate Staging (PCS) and PRG.
For more information, please visit www.parnelliawards.com.
