LAS VEGAS — Nominations are being accepted online to honor those individuals and companies for exceptional work in the pro audio field, and this window of opportunity will be closing Friday, Sept. 11 at 5 p.m. PST, so go to www.parnelliawards.com and click on the Parnelli Awards nomination link today. The categories include best monitor mixer, sound company, system tech, FOH mixer, coach company, trucking company, freight forwarding, tour manager, and production manager. The “IT” Awards are new this year. Standing for “Indispensable Technology,” these awards recognize innovative and road-worthy audio gear.
The ninth annual Parnelli Awards will be presented at the Peabody Resort in Orlando, Fla. on Nov. 20, 2009. Among the honorees will be Jake Berry, winner of the Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award, and Stan Miller, winner of the Audio Innovator Award.
The list of Parnelli Awards sponsors has been growing in recent weeks, and sponsorships are still available. Gold Sponsors now include: Barco Lighting Systems, Inc./High End Systems, Brown United, Dedicated Staging, EFM Management, Harman Group, Precise Corporate Staging, Rock-It Cargo, Sound Image, Strictly FX and Sennheiser. Silver sponsors include: All Access Staging & Production, Chauvet, Lab.gruppen, Tyler Truss and Yamaha Commercial Audio Systems. Production Partner Sponsors include: Aerial Rigging (rigging); Paradise Sound & Lighting (audio); PRG (projection); SGASI Production Services (set design); Stage Crew (labor); and Techni-Lux (lighting).
For more information, please visit www.parnelliawards.com.
