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Alice Cooper to
Host the
Parnelli Awards
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present two Innovator awards,
the traditional Audio Innovator
Award and now a second Innovator
award, designed to honor those in
our industry who have pushed the
boundaries of spectacle in performance
in the lighting, staging, scenic
or video fields.
“As someone who has always
valued spectacle in a show,” deadpans
Cooper, “I am glad the Parnelli
Board has chosen to honor those
designers, technicians and engineers
who make the shows look
amazing.”
The Parnelli Awards banquet
and award show will be on Oct. 24.
Cooper was attracted to participating
because of the emphasis
the Parnellis place on education
through its Parnelli Scholarship for
the Entertainment Engineering and
Design department at UNLV. With
Cooper’s involvement the Parnellis
are giving more money to education
this year thanks to the Parnelli
Celebrity Classic charity golf tournament.
Proceeds from the tournament
will benefit Cooper’s Solid Rock
Foundation, a non-profit organization
dedicating to reaching at-risk
teens.
“The Parnellis are about honoring
the legends of the live event
industry, and helping educate the
next generation of leaders in the
field,” adds Lowe. “We couldn’t be
more pleased having Alice Cooper
on board for such an important
mission.”
The PLSN/FOH Parnelli Celebrity
Classic will take place on Thursday,
Oct. 23, at the Siena Golf Club in
Las Vegas, Nev., with the Parnelli
Awards Banquet taking place the
next evening, Friday, Oct. 24, in Las
Vegas.
PROJECTION LIGHTS & STAGING NEWS
LAS VEGAS — Riggers and electricians
in supervisory positions are encouraged
to obtain ETCP Certification
this October in Las Vegas, Nev. The entertainment
electrician exam is scheduled
for Friday, Oct. 24.
NEWS
Three Injured at Royal Shakespeare Theatre
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, U.K. — The
stage supervisor at the Royal Shakespeare
Theatre was airlifted to a hospital after
a large piece of acrylic plastic scenery
fell during a set change. Two other crew
members were less-seriously injured in the
mishap.
News reports said that while Roger
Haymes, the stage supervisor, had been
hospitalized with a gash to the head and
with a possible fractured skull, he was
expected to make a full recovery, and that
the two other injured stage hands had minor
injuries.
The arena rigging exam is to be
given the morning of Saturday, Oct. 25.
The theatre rigging exam is scheduled
for that afternoon. Candidates who
wish to take multiple exams will receive
a discount for the second exam.
The theatre’s production of
Shakespeare’s The Merchant of Venice proceeded
without interruption. The crew
had just changed the set from a previous
production of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer
Night’s Dream on the day the accident
occurred.
Paper and Pencil ETCP Exams Set for October 2008
All candidates must submit their
application, along with supporting
materials and fee, to the ETCP office
no later than Sept. 25, 2008. The testing
is scheduled to coincide with LDI
2008.
IATSE
Organizes
WMU Crew
KALAMAZOO, MI — Employees of Miller
Auditorium on the campus of Western
Michigan University have voted in favor
of representation by Grand Rapids-based
IATSE Local 26. The vote affects 60 to 80
full-time and part-time stagehands, wardrobe,
hair and makeup, and film and video
workers.
Stasia Savage, business agent for Local
26, said contract negotiations will be announced
shortly, with a goal of having a
ratified agreement by August for the start
of the 2008-2009 season at Miller Auditorium,
which runs from October through May.
The venue presents Broadway road shows,
concerts, dance, opera, seminars, university
programs and Kalamazoo Symphony
performances.
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