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Vari-Lite’s Bob Schacherl and George Masek with the Indispensable Technology: Lighting award for the VLX Wash luminaire. Steve Cohen won the 2010 Parnelli Lighting Designer of the Year Award for Star Wars: In Concert. Upstaging’s John Huddleston with the Parnelli Lighting Company of the Year award. and presented the Staging Company of the Year award to Stageco, and the Rigging Company of the Year Award to Atlanta Rigging Systems. Industry legends Mike Brown and Joe Branam came up next — both contemporaries who were in the business from the very beginning. “Can you imagine?” Branam said. “When we were starting out, there were hardly any new products for what we did, and now they give awards for it.” “It really blows my mind,” Brown responded, adding: “Then again, so does email.” The two then gave All Access Staging & Productions the Set Construction of the Year Award and Strictly FX the Pyro Company of the Year Award. Ed Wannebo, the production manager for Kenny Chesney, came to give out the transportation awards. “As a production manager, I’m absolutely honored to be handing out these awards,” he said. “Coaches are important. If the artist shows up cranky, it’s one more pain in my ass.” Coach Company of the Year went to Hemphill Brothers; Trucking Company of the Year went to Stage Call; and Freight Forwarding Company of the Year was given to Rock-It Cargo. Star Wars — In Concert was won the most awards, including Tour Manager of the Year (Ron Doroba). For his work with Brad Paisley, Kevin Freeman received the Production Manager of the Year honor. The Indispensable Technology “IT” Awards went to the Vari*Lite VLX Wash (Lighting); Martin Professional EC-20 (Video); Atlanta Rigging Systems ARS Flying V (Staging) and L-Acoustics K1 System (Audio). The Artists Give Back When Anka took the stage to honor Siniscal, he was funny, poignant, and sincere. He had fun with the fact that Siniscal had taken his motto and made it his own. “He gives me credit for giving him his personal motto, ‘the stakes are too high for amateurs,’” Anka mused. “What I really said that day was, ‘your rates are too high, said my managers!’” Brooks and Dunn sat with Fletcher and his family for the show, and on taking the stage, told funny stories, particularly of Fletcher’s obsession with baseball. But after declaring they couldn’t do it without him, Fletcher took the stage and told how while he never got to meet him personally, he first heard of Rick “Parnelli” O’Brien when he was with ZZ Top. Fletcher was notably moved, thanking the Parnelli Board for the honor. Video tributes to all three of these honorees are found on parnelliawards.com. 2010 NOVEMBER PLSN 33
PARNELLI AWARDS More than 600 of the industry’s best and brightest attended the cocktail party and awards dinner. Mats Kalrsson of Martin Professional (left) accepts the Indispensable Technology: Video award for the company’s EC 20 LED display panels. All Access Staging & Productions’ Erik Eastland and Clive Forrester with the Set Construction Company of the Year Award. Kix Brooks & Baja Fletcher & Ronnie Dunn The room, and agenda, were packed full. 34 PLSN NOVEMBER 2010
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