Parnelli Board Announces Four More Sponsors
More Progressive Industry Leaders Step Up to Support Our “Oscars©”
LAS VEGAS— “I’m absolutely thrilled with the additional support for this year’s Parnellis, which is sure to be our best yet,” exclaims Patrick Stansfield of the Parnelli Board of Advisors. “It’s great to see new and previous companies join us for the one night a year we put the spotlight on those who toil behind it the other 364.”
Stansfield was referring to the Parnelli Board’s announcement of four more sponsors to the 2009 Parnelli Awards: Chauvet Lighting; Harman Professional Group (AKG, Crown, dbx, JBL, and Soundcraft); Lab.Gruppen; and Tyler Truss.
“Chauvet is gratified to be able to sponsor this first-class event,” proclaims vice president Berenice Chauvet. “The Parnelli ceremony celebrates the track record of excellence and accomplishments but does not anchor itself in the past. Rather, it looks decisively into the future and encourages the pioneer in all of us. We certainly appreciate that.”
The people of Harman are among the many looking forward to honoring this year’s Parnelli Audio Innovator award winner, Stan Miller.
“At Harman we are pleased to support the Parnelli Awards, especially as this year we are recognizing Stan Miller,” comments Michael MacDonald, EVP of sales and marketing at the Harman Professional Group. “For me, as a former employee at Stan’s company, Stanal Sound, it is especially nice to get the chance to congratulate Stan for the four decades of innovative sound reinforcement leadership he has contributed to our industry. Stan has been a key development partner for products from brands like JBL, Crown, AKG, dbx, Lexicon, Soundcraft, and Studer, and we look forward to working with Stan in the future.”
“Lab.gruppen is proud to support the Parnellis again in 2009,” states Ken Blecher, vice president of sales North America. “We look forward to a celebration of another year at this exclusive event with our friends and industry associates in Orlando.”
“As a sponsor of the 2009 Parnelli Awards, Tyler Truss Systems is proud to honor the amazing behind-the-scenes professionals that make this industry one of a kind,” says president/owner Mark Dodd. “As we’re committed to developing solutions to improve productions, provide greater value, and improve profitability for its clients, our team is looking forward to honoring the best in the business.”
Harman joins the Gold Sponsors, which to date include: EFM Management, Strictly FX, Brown United, Precise Corporate Staging, Dedicated Staging, Sound Image, Rock-It Cargo and Sennheiser. Chauvet, Lab.gruppen, and Tyler Truss join All Access Staging & Production and Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems as Silver Sponsors. Production Partner Sponsors include: Paradise Sound & Lighting (audio); Techni-Lux (lighting); Aerial Rigging (rigging); Stage Crew (labor); SGASI Production Services (set design); and PRG (projection).
Stansfield adds that he looks forward to welcoming more aboard in the near future, as the lavish event itself and the opportunities it brings make it worthy of the organizations who support it.
Since 2001, over 100 of our industry’s highest achievers and most admired innovators have been awarded the Parnelli. The award recognizes pioneering, influential professionals and companies and their contributions. Much more than just about being the person who performs his or her craft expertly, the Parnelli is also about moving our industry forward with the same qualities that defined the person for whom it is named—Rick “Parnelli” O’Brien, an extraordinary production manager and human being. O’Brien passed away from cancer leaving behind a wife and three young children, and this event honors him and all he stood for.
More than 20 awards for live event excellence will be presented at the Parnelli Awards at a gala dinner on November 20 in Orlando. In addition to Miller, High End Systems’ Richard Belliveau is receiving the Parnelli Visionary Award, and U2’s production manager Jake Berry is receiving the Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award.
