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2007 Parnelli Ballot
Lighting Designer
Abbey Holmes — Martina McBride
Bob Dickenson — Super Bowl Halftime Show
Butch Allen — Van Halen
Patrick Woodroffe — Genesis
Roy Bennett — Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
Seth Jackson — Toby Keith
Set/Scenic Designer
Bruce Rodgers — Super Bowl Halftime
Butch Allen — Christina Aguilera
Jim Lenahan — John Mayer
Mike Swinford — Kenny Chesney
Seth Jackson — Toby Keith
Roy Bennett — Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
Lighting Company
PRG — Justin Timberlake
Bandit Lites — Toby Keith
Ed & Ted’s Excellent Lighting — Beyoncé
TMS Lighting — John Mayer
Premier Global — Def Leppard
Upstaging — Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
Staging Company
Brown United — Bonnaroo
Mountain Productions — Crossroads Guitar Festival
Stageco — Metallica
G2 Structures — Kenny Chesney
Kleege Industries — Bob Dylan
Set Construction Company
All Access Staging & Prod — Rascal Flatts
Atomic Design — My Chemical Romance
B&R Scenery — Super Bowl Half Time
G&G Design Associates — BlizzCon 2007
Tait Towers — The Police
PRG/Scenic Technologies — Wicked
Video Rental Company
I-MAG Video — Racal Flatts
Screenworks/NEP — Kenny Chesney
Nocturne — Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
Moo TV — Martina McBride
Pete’s Big TV’s — Bruce Springsteen
XL Touring Video — Roger Waters
Rigging Company
Five Points Rigging
Atlanta Rigging
Kish Rigging
Ocean State Rigging
Branam West Coast
Stage Rigging
Hometown Hero Lighting Company
Northeast — Earl Girls, Egg Harbor, City, NJ
Southeast — Theatrical Lighting Services, Huntsville, AL
Midwest — Koster Design, Hollister, MO
Northwest — M&M Audio Labs, Coeur d’ Alene, ID
Southwest — Precise Corporate Staging, Tempe, AZ.
Canada — Christie Lites, Toronto, ON
Pyro Company
Advanced Entertainment Services — Various Shows
Pyrotek Special Effects —Metallica Strictly FX — Toby Keith
Zenith Pyro — WWE Wrestlemania 23
Pyro Spectacular — Super Bowl Halftime
FOH Mixer
Ken “Pooch” Van Druten — Linkin Park
Dirk Durham — Toby Keith
Chris Rabold — Widespread Panic
Trip Khalaf — Roger Waters
Robert Collins — Eric Clapton
Tom Young — Tony Bennett
Video Director
Andre Nolan — Martina McBride
Bob Higgins — Santana
Carol Dodds — Eagles
Breck Haggerty — Tool
Alastair MacDiarmid — Roger Waters
Kevin Daniels — Toby Keith
Monitor Mixer
Bill Chrysler — Christina Aguilera
Earl Neil — Toby Keith
Kevin “Tater” McCarthy — Linkin Park
Kevin Glendening — Justin Timberlake
Stuart Delk — Rascal Flatts
Mike Adams — John Mayer
Sound Company
Clair/Showco — Roger Waters
Audio Analysts — Project Revolution
Sound Image — Gwen Stefani
Rat Sound — Red Hot Chili Peppers
Eighth Day Sound — Arcade Fire
Thunder Audio — Steely Dan
Hometown Hero Sound Company
Midwest — Great Lakes Sound, Toledo, OH
Northeast — Firehouse Productions, New York, NY
Northwest — Carlson Audio, Seattle WA
Southeast — Brantley Sound Associates, Nashville, TN
Southwest — Big House Sound, Austin, TX
Canada — Sound Art, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Production Manager
Bill Rahmy — Red Hot Chili Peppers
Ed Wannabo — Kenny Chesney
Scott Chase — Tim McGraw & Faith Hill
Mike Weiss — Barbra Streisand
Jake Berry — Walking With Dinosaurs
Chris Adamson — John Mayer
Tour Manager
Jerome Crooks — Beastie Boys
Fitzjoy Hellin — Gwen Stefani
Kevin Lyman — Taste of Chaos
David Milam — Toby Keith
Marty Hom — Cirque Du Soleil
Amy Davidson — Arcade Fire
Coach Company
Hemphill Brothers
Four Seasons Leasing
Music City Coaches
Senators
Ziggy’s Custom Coaches
Trucking Company
Janco
Stage Call
Rock-it Cargo
Road Show
Ego Trips
Upstaging
Freight Forwarding Company
Rock-it Cargo
Fed EX
Shockwave
Show Freight
Horizon
EFM
When: November 16, 2007 • Where: Peabody Orlando Hotel
