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LAS VEGAS – The 10th Annual Parnelli Awards ceremony, held Oct. 22, 2010 at the Rio All Suites Hotel & Casino, drew nearly 600 guests who paid tribute to honorees including Audio Innovator Al Siniscal, Lifetime Achievement Award winner Randy "Baja" Fletcher and Parnelli Visionary Award winner Jim Bornhorst. And the other winners of Parnellis in 2010 are…

LOS ANGELES – For the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards, telecast from the Nokia Theatre L.A. live and seen by nearly 12 million viewers, Sennheiser microphones and wireless technology were used at the celebrity arrival area, on the main stage and across both the indoor and outdoor performance areas.

TAYLORS, SC – Taylors First Baptist Church had Palmetto Sound Works complete a partial upgrade from four years ago, which then included a Yamaha M7CL-48 digital audio console. The finished upgrade includes a second M7CL-48, plus Yamaha Installation Series IF Speakers, PC amps and a DME 64n processor. The Yamaha gear was added to the existing audio system originally installed in 1995.

BRATISLAVA, Slovak Republic – Peak Audio s.r.o. equipped the Kempinski Hotel River Park's meeting room and four conference rooms, each divisible into two separate rooms, with two Soundweb London BLU-160 configurable processors, two BLU-120 I/O expanders and a BLU-BOB2 break-out box, offering a further eight channels of analog audio output expansion.

BOSTON – The 35-year-old Paradise Rock Club, host to U2 and other big bands early in their careers, recently renovated, expanding the capacity of its performance hall to 850. Production manager Billy "Bud" McCarthy chose JBL VRX Constant Curvature line arrays to flank the stage centered along a 50-foot wall. Six JBL SRX712M stage monitors also line the club's stage.

MISHAWAKA, IN – Lighting strikes can raise havoc with sophisticated electronic equipment, but in the case of the Albright United Methodist Church, a direct hit did more than that – it brought the original building for the church to the ground.

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – For more than three decades, the Meadowlands has been a part of life for New York area football fans. When plans were begun to replace the aging arena, some fans were surprised to learn that, rather than a modern domed structure, the new stadium would be built in much the same traditional open-bowl style as the old one.

YUCAIPA, CA – Trinity Sound Company (TSC) recently upgraded the 30-year-old sound system at the Yucaipa Church with JBL VRX compact Constant Curvature line arrays. The new loudspeaker system is located in the church's square-shaped 500-seat multipurpose event room, which is used for worship, concerts, movies and general events.

DALLAS – Onstage Systems is once again providing concert sound reinforcement for George Strait, who is back out on the road with Reba and Lee Ann Womack for their second sweep of the U.S. this year.

STOW, OH – Audio-Technica announced the passing of Ken Reichel, former executive vice-president and chief operating officer of Audio-Technica U.S. He died Oct. 15, 2010, at his home in Richmond, VA.

LAS VEGAS – You can still reserve a spot at the 2010 Parnelli Awards gala set for this Friday, Oct. 22, featuring Parnelli Audio Innovator Al Siniscal, Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award Winner Randy "Baja" Fletcher, Parnelli Visionary Award Winner Jim Bornhorst and celebrity presenters Paul Anka and Brooks & Dunn. (Kix Brooks is also joining us for golf on Thursday, Oct. 21.) But time is running out – advance reservations close at 4 p.m. PST TODAY, Oct. 19.

BOSTON – "A lot of people dream of hitting a grand slam in Fenway, but we actually did." That's how Larry Habetz, founder and owner of Southwest Louisiana's Gulf Coast Sound Productions (GCS), describes the experience of deploying a 100-box Electro-Voice sound system at Boston's Fenway Park for the premiere of the new Ben Affleck film The Town.