BANDIT LITES SPONSORS 4TH ANNUAL PINNACLE BUSINESS AWARDS

Knoxville, TN- Bandit Lites recently donated lighting for the fourth annual Pinnacle Business Awards, hosted by the Knoxville Chamber and presented by Regions Bank. Over 650 businesspeople attended the 2008 event, which took place at the Knoxville Convention Center.

Building on the success of the past three galas, this year’s awards ceremony featured a reception, a silent auction, followed by dinner and an awards presentation - emceed by John Becker.

The Pinnacle Business Awards Gala is an occasion to honor both the nominees and award winners, all of which are outstanding representatives of the greater Knoxville business community. Awards were given out in the following categories: “Impact Award,” “Innovator Award,” “Minority Business Excellence Award,” “Small Business Excellence Award,” “Business Excellence Award,” “Young Entrepreneur Award,” and “James A. Haslam II Leadership Award.”

Bandit CEO, Michael T. Strickland is on the Knoxville Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and was a judge for the awards ceremony.

To light the event, Lighting Designer, Will Twork, primarily chose to use Martin Mac 2000s, 600s, 500s and ETC Source Fours. Lighting was controlled by a Whole Hog II.