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Parnelli Week 2016: Closer Than You Think! Reserve Your Seat, Table (and Golf Cart) Today!
August 29, 2016
LAS VEGAS — Yes, it’s August — and still summertime. But the 2016 Parnelli Awards aren’t some hazy abstraction on the distant horizon. The final awards ballot will be posted online in less than a week. Voting will continue for the month of September. And before you know it, October will be here, and the Parnelli Awards staff will be getting the usual last-minute requests for a seat at this year’s awards gala.
Read More...Hometown Hero Finalists Announced; Deadline for Parnelli Nominations is Aug. 24
August 16, 2016
LAS VEGAS — PLSN readers have chosen the six regional winners of the 2016 Hometown Hero Award competition. These top vote getters from each of five U.S. regions plus all of Canada will be automatically entered on the Parnelli Awards ballot. PLSN readers will then get a chance to vote on which regional company will be awarded the coveted honor of Parnelli Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year. The 2016 Parnelli Ballot will be posted on parnelliawards.com in early September. The nominations process for all remaining Parnelli Award categories is now underway. The nominations deadline this year is Aug. 24, 2016.
Read More...Guitarist Adrian Belew to Host Parnelli Awards; Nominations Continue to Roll In
August 8, 2016
LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Awards Board of Advisors announced that Grammy nominated composer/guitarist Adrian Belew will host the 2016 Parnelli Awards. The event is set for the Rio Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday, Oct. 22, just two days after the Parnelli Golf Tournament on Oct. 20.
Read More...More than 30 Sponsors Step Up to Support 2016 Parnelli Awards, Golf Tournament
July 18, 2016
LAS VEGAS — October may still seem like a long time away, but the planning for the 2016 Parnelli Awards is already revving into high gear, with the first round of voting for regional Hometown Hero companies already underway and nominations for the other Parnelli Awards categories less than two weeks away. As in years past, the live event industry is stepping up to support the 2016 Parnelli Awards gala (Oct. 22) and golf tournament (Oct. 20) in a big way, with more than 30 sponsors announced by mid-July.
Read More...Nominations Open for 2016 Indispensable Technology “IT” Awards
June 20, 2016
LAS VEGAS — For the seventh time, PLSN and FRONT of HOUSE readers will have the opportunity to nominate lighting, staging, video and audio technologies worthy of an Indispensable Technology “IT” Award. The awards competition recognizes technologies that have advanced the state of the art in each of those categories within the previous year. The recognition process starts with nominations from readers of each magazine. Top nominated products make it onto the Parnelli Awards ballot for a final vote.
Read More...Nominations Underway for Parnelli Hometown Hero Awards: Lighting
June 1, 2016
LAS VEGAS — Each year, PLSN honors regional lighting companies with our Hometown Hero awards. These awards honor the best small companies in six regions across North America: the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Northwest, Southwest and Canada. PLSN readers — the people who actually work with these companies — get to decide who’s really the best. We are looking for your ideas on the best regional lighting production company in the U.S. and Canada. Let us know your faves (and, yes, you can nominate your own company).
Read More...Nominations Underway for Parnelli Hometown Hero Awards: Sound
June 1, 2016
LAS VEGAS — Each year, FRONT of HOUSE honors regional sound companies with our Hometown Hero awards. These awards honor the best small companies in six regions across North America: the Northeast, Southeast, Midwest, Northwest, Southwest and Canada. FRONT of HOUSE readers — the people who actually work with these companies — get to decide who’s really the best. We are looking for your ideas on the best regional sound production company in the U.S. and Canada. Let us know your faves (and, yes, youcan nominate your own company).
Read More...Greg Mackie to Receive Parnelli Audio Innovator Honor at Oct. 22 Awards Ceremony
May 24, 2016
LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Board of Advisors will honor Greg Mackie, whose groundbreaking work redefined audio mixing, with the 2016 Parnelli Audio Innovator award at this year’s ceremony, which is set for Oct. 22, 2016. Note: FRONT of HOUSE inadvertently ran “November 22” instead of “October 22” in the current May issue, page 47. The correct date is Saturday, Oct. 22. FOH regrets the error —ed.
Read More...Danny O’Bryen to Receive ParnelliVisionary Award at Oct. 22 Ceremony
May 23, 2016
LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Board of Advisors announced that Danny O’Bryen, a concert touring video pioneer who co-founded Screenworks, will receive this year’s Visionary award at the annual ceremony, which is set for Oct. 22, 2016.Note: PLSN inadvertently ran “November 22” instead of “October 22” in the current May issue, page 60. The correct date is Saturday, Oct. 22. PLSN regrets the error -ed.)
Read More...Tour Manager Richard Fernandez to Receive 2016 Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award
April 19, 2016
LAS VEGAS — The Parnelli Board of Advisors has announced that Richard Fernandez will be honored with the 2016 Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award. During an enviable 40-plus year career in the live entertainment business, Fernandez served as tour manager for the Faces, the Eagles, Bob Dylan, the New Barbarians, Frank Zappa, Crosby Stills & Nash and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers among others, traveling around the world and back scores of times.
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