A large crowd of LDI2011 attendees and exhibitors gathered for the annual LDI awards ceremony and cocktail reception, held this year on Saturday, October 29 at 5:15pm in Orlando, FL, where LDI marked its 24th year. And the winners are:
Wally Russell Lifetime Achievement Award
2011 Wally Russell Lifetime Achievement Award:
Rusty Brutsché, PRG
Booth Awards
Best Small Booth: Performance Truss Fabrications
Most Creative Use of Light: Clay Paky
Best Product Presentation: Christie Digital
Best Large Booth: Chauvet
Product Awards
Staging/rigging: Next One Create for the Eco Live System Rising Sun: solar-energy charged modular battery road cases
Special effects: Firelinx Aegis wireless pyro control system from Birket Engineering
Sound: Green-Go advanced digital multi-channel intercom system by ELC Lighting
Widget: City Theatrical’s SHOW DMX SHOW BABY wireless Transceiver
Best Green Product Award (sponsored by Showman Fabricators): ArcSystem house light manufactured by GDS.
Projection: Dataton Watchout Version 5
Lighting (tie):
Clay Paky Alpha Spot QWO 800
PRG Best Boy 4000 Spot
Lighting, honorable mention
Martin Professional for the AURA compact LED moving head wash light
Craig Redden Awards for Excellence in Lighting Design
The Redden Award for Excellence in Lighting Design
In memory of Craig Redden, sponsored by Epic Production Technologies:
Theatre: Etienne Boucher (TOTEM, Cirque du Soleil; The Ring Cycle at The Metropolitan Opera with Robert Lepage)
Concerts: Butch Allen (Kelly Clarkson, Gwen Stefani, Eagles, Metallica, Usher, NKOTB, Jennifer Hudson, America’s Got Talent Live, Dancing With The Stars Live, Nickelback, No Doubt, Black Keys, Glee)
Corporate/Events: Available Light: Steven Rosen and Ted Mather (Connecticut Science Center in Hartford, Cleveland Museum of Natural History).
PLASA Members Choice Awards
Gadget Category:
Apollo Design Technology’s Wrenchmate 2
Equipment Category (tie):
LightConverse 3D Show Platform Version 52
ETC Source Four® Fresnel
Thanks to the folks who helped make the LDI2011 Awards event possible, including LDI premier partner Chauvet, as well as Apex Stages, MegaSystems, Epic Production Technologies, and Showman Fabricators.