Parnelli Awards

The Industry’s Highest Honor for Live Event Professionals

Since 2001, scores of our highest achievers and most admired innovators have been awarded the Parnelli. The award recognizes pioneering, influential professionals and their contributions, honoring both individuals and companies. Much more than just being about the person who gets the great gig and pulls it off flawlessly, the Parnelli is also about moving our industry forward with the same qualities that defined the person for whom it is named.

Named after Rick “Parnelli” O’Brien, an extraordinary production manager and human being, the award is given to those who, like O’Brien, exemplify the “four H's:” Humanity, humility, honesty and humor.

	The 2007 Parnelli Award Winners
	Lifetime Achievement Award Gerry Stickells Watch the movie Innovator of the Year Bob Heil Watch the move Lighting Designer Patrick Woodroffe — Genesis Set/Scenic Designer Seth Jackson — Toby Keith Lighting Company Upstaging — Tim McGraw & Faith Hill Staging Company Mountain Productions — Crossroad Guitar Set Construction Company Tait Towers — The Police Video Rental Company Nocturne — Tim McGraw & Faith Hill Rigging Company Atlanta Rigging — Toby Keith Hometown Hero Lighting Company Southeast — Theatrical Lighting Systems, Huntsville, AL Pyro Company Strictly FX — Toby Keith FOH Mixer Tom Young — Tony Bennett Video Director Carol Dodds — Eagles Kevin Daniels — Toby Keith Monitor Mixer Stuart Delk — Rascal Flatts Sound Company Sound Image — Gwen Stefani Hometown Hero Sound Company Northwest — Carlson Audio, Seattle WA. Production Manager Chris Adamson — John Mayer Tour Manager Fitzjoy Hellin — Gwen Stefani Coach Company Four Seasons Leasing Trucking Company Road Show Freight Forwarding Company Rock-it Cargo
Newsflashes:
Parnelli/PLSN/FOH Scholarship Announced Money will help fund new entertainment technology program President of Timeless Communication, publisher of PLSN, FOH, and now Stage Directions magazine Terry Lowe announced at the Parnelli Awards Dinner the launching of a one-of-a-kind Entertainment Engineering and Design program at the University of Nevada—Las Vegas and the Parnelli/PLSN/FOH Scholarship Fund that will be supporting it. “We have sought and received advice and support from the industry leaders and the response has been overwhelming,” Joe Aldridge, UNLV’s Head of the Technology Department, said from the Parnelli podium early in the evening. “The establishment of the Parnelli/PLSN/FOH Scholarship is evidence of that support.” Aldridge explained that the goal of the program, which will be a degree program in both the Colleges of Engineering and Fine Arts, will admit its first students in the fall of 2007 and will offer a curriculum including elements from Mechanical, Civil, and Electrical Engineering; Computer Science; and Art, Architecture, Film, Music and Theater. “The goal is to find a way to address a growing need in the entertainment industry for a new breed of students who would be well-versed in engineering principles while understanding the artistic demands of the entertainment industry,” Aldridge said. “We sincerely appreciate what Timeless Communications and the Parnelli Awards and its sponsors for investing in the future of students in the Entertainment Engineering and Design Program.”

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