More Sponsors Step Up to Support 2010 Parnellis

“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 tenth 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.”

That support has increased significantly in the last few weeks.

New Gold Sponsors include Branam Enterprises, Meyer Sound, Pyrotek Special Effects, SeaChanger, Rock-It Cargo, Show Distribution, Tyler Truss, and Ultratec Special Effects.
“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.”

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2010 Parnelli Awards Welcomes B&R Scenery as Special Sponsor
The staging company will host the Parnelli Cocktail Hour

LAS VEGAS – Venerable live event staging company B&R Scenery has signed on to host the Parnelli Cocktail Hour, which precedes the Parnelli Awards Gala Dinner, on October 22, 2010, at the Rio in Las Vegas.

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2010 Parnelli Awards Welcomes Returning, New Sponsors
More Companies Than Ever Before Step UP to Support “Oscars® of the Live Event Industry”

As the Parnellis enter their second decade, more industry leaders are stepping up to support the one evening a year dedicated to applauding, honoring, and awarding the very best in the live event industry. “This promises to be the best show yet, and we’re grateful for our returning sponsors, and thrilled at the new ones joining us in celebrating what we do,” said Terry Lowe, PLSN/FOH publisher and executive producer of the Parnellis.

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Randy “Baja” Fletcher to Receive Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award
Production Manager for Brooks & Dunn for Nearly Two Decades

LAS VEGAS—There is no shortage of good things to say about this year’s Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Honoree, but this is likely the most telling: In nearly four decades in the business, he’s mostly had only four jobs, “and he’s never missed a day of work with any of it,” says longtime friend Wade “Ten-A-C” Slatton.

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Jim Bornhorst to Receive Parnelli Visionary Award
Pioneered moving lights with development of the VL lights

LAS VEGAS—The Parnelli Awards Board of Directors announces that Jim Bornhorst will receive the Parnelli Visionary Award honoring his influential career in the live entertainment industry. From his early days with Showco in the 1970s, to being on the ground floor of the formation of Vari*Lite, he’s applied his scientific aptitude to innovations that have left an indelible mark on the history of the live event industry.

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Al Siniscal to Receive Parnelli Audio Innovator Award
Pioneered bi- and tri-amplification powered speakers

LAS VEGAS—The Parnelli Awards Board of Directors announces that Al Siniscal will receive the Parnelli Audio Innovator Award honoring his influential career in the live entertainment industry. From his base in Vegas in the late 1960s, he applied his engineering skills to the challenges facing the exploding live entertainment industry and created innovative solutions that had a far-reaching affect. He founded A-1 Audio, which grew to have offices in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York, and even Branson, Mo., before PRG acquired the company in 1999.

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Peter Hendrickson Joins Parnelli Board of Advisors

The governing body of the Parnelli Awards announces the addition to its Board of Advisors Peter Hendrickson of Tour Tech East, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada.

“It’s a great honor to be the first Canadian on the board,” Hendrickson says. “And I think it’s good for the organization to welcome someone north of the border.”

Hendrickson started as a freelance lighting designer in 1975, and founded Tour Tech as a lighting company. Over the years he added sound, staging, power distribution, and trucking to its base of business. It was all mostly local until the 1990s, when bigger tours like Rod Stewart, Def Leppard, and Iron Maiden turned to him to supply gear for their concerts. “That’s when we went from being a bar-type supplier to a regional supplier,” he told FOH in the 2009 September issue.

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