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P R O J E C T I O N L I G H T S & S TA G I N G N E W S PARNELLI AWARDS The 10th Annual Record-breaking turnout of over 600 came to see “Industry’s Highest Honor” By Kevin M. Mitchell On the Friday night of LDI, live event industry professionals crammed into the Rio Hotel and Casino’s main ballroom for the 10th Annual Parnelli Awards. The highlights were many, including the presence of Paul Anka, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn, who came to honor and present Parnellis to people who were important to their career. An early highlight was when Jim Bornhorst received the Parnelli Visionary Award for leading the team that developed the first commercial moving light, the Vari*Lite VL-0, among other contributions. A great deal of fun was had with Bornhorst throughout the evening. In his opening remarks, Parnelli Executive Producer and PLSN publisher Terry Lowe said: “Sure, everyone in this room thought of color-changing lights. Most of us thought of lights moving and changing colors. But only one of us put the bong down long enough to make it happen.” Then, various quips were made about Bornhorst having started as an audio engineer who in the 1970s made the transition into lighting. Lighting designer Allen Branton, who with PLSN editor Richard Cadena presented the first set of lighting awards, joked that he knew Bornhorst in the beginning of his career when he was a sound guy, but “thank goodness he turned his life around and made something of himself.” The guy who gave him his first industry job and current PRG VP Rusty Brutsché presented Bornhorst with the award. “Jim led the engineering team at Vari-Lite and later PRG to invent the many automated luminaires that have formed the basis of the lighting industry as we know it today,” Brutsché said. “His name is on numerous patents and he has been the driving creative force behind this technology that has meant so much to our industry.” Capping the pro audio section program, Anka came out and gave a short, funny, selfdeprecating speech honoring the founder of A-1 Audio, Al Siniscal, who received the Parnelli Audio Innovator Award. He then brought up a visibly moved Siniscal, put him on a stool, and with his pianist backing him up, sang a version of his song “My Way” with altered lyrics to match the event. At the end of the evening, in honor of their longtime production manager, Randy “Baja” Fletcher, Kix Brooks and Ronnie Dunn took the stage. Before launching into a warm and funny anecdote-laden speech about Fletcher, Brooks did a shout out to all live event professionals in the room. “I just want to say that sitting here with all of you, I’m amazed at what you do,” he said. “Every time I see you hook up your cables and hang your lights, even though I’ve been around it all for years, I still feel like I’m just looking at the back of television.” The Parnellis shattered all records — over 600 attended the sold out event. It began with a cocktail hour that featured fun items from the past related to the ceremony’s big three honorees. Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award’s Randy “Baja” Fletcher had his old concert T-shirts from days of yore on display; Parnelli Visionary honoree’s Jim Bornhorst had the first VL-0 moving light on display; and Sinsical’s posters from his career were there to admire. And the Parnelli Goes To… Branton and Cadena first handed out the Lighting Designer of the Year Award, which went to Steve Cohen for his work on Star Wars — In Concert. Upstaging and East Coast Lighting and Production Services won, respectively, for Best Lighting Company and Hometown Hero Lighting Company of the Year, respectively. Lighting and media server programmer Vickie Claiborne and video director Mark Haney came up next to give Bruce Rodgers the Set/Scenic Designer of the Year award for his work on the Super Bowl Halftime Show. Later in the program, Parnelli Executive Director Patrick Stansfield came out to introduce the video created to honor the live event professionals who passed away this year. He began with a poignant and touching speech about Wally Crum of NEP Screenworks. Quoting Crum’s wife, Nadine, he said, “Wally loved, and laughed, with a heart that had never learned shame. He wondered and learned with a mind that never understood the word ‘no.’” Jeanette Farmer of Fisher Technical Services Inc. and isquint.com blogger Justin Lang came up next. “Live entertainment is increasingly about video,” Farmer said at the podium. “It’s visual. It’s a lighting source. It’s a set design.” Then the two gave Mark Haney the Video Director of the Year Award for Star Wars — In Concert. Best Video Rental Company of the year went to Chaos Visual Productions. Video director Carol Dodds came up next The 2010 Parnelli Lifetime Achievement Award went to Randy “Baja” Fletcher. 2010 NOVEMBER PLSN 31
PARNELLI AWARDS Parnelli Visionary Award Winner Jim Bornhorst Lifetime Achievement Award: Randy “Baja” Fletcher Audio Innovator Award: Al Siniscal Parnelli Visionary Award: Jim Bornhorst Lighting Designer: Steve Cohen, Star Wars: In Concert Set/Scenic Designer: Bruce Rodgers, Super Bowl Halftime Show Video Director: Mark Haney, Star Wars: In Concert FOH Mixer: Robert Scovill, Tom Petty Monitor Mixer: Mike Adams, Brooks & Dunn Audio System Tech: Matt Fox, Star Wars: In Concert Production Manager: Kevin Freeman, Brad Paisley Tour Manager: Ron Doroba, Star Wars: In Concert Lighting Company: Upstaging Inc. Sound Company: Sound Image Hometown Hero Lighting Company: East Coast Lighting & Production Services (ECLPS) Hometown Hero Sound Company: Beachsound Staging Company: Stageco Rigging Company: Atlanta Rigging Systems Set Construction Company: All Access Staging & Productions Video Company: Chaos Visual Productions Pyro Company: Strictly FX Coach Company: Hemphill Brothers Trucking Company: Stage Call Freight Forwarding Company: Rock-It Cargo Indispensable Technology “IT” Awards: Lighting: Vari*Lite VLX Wash Video: Martin Professional EC-20 LED display panels Staging: Atlanta Rigging Systems ARS Flying V trolley system Audio: L-Acoustics K1 Systems
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