Sounds Like Fun!
Live Stage Show
Sparx leads a fast-paced interactive exploration of sound and story—using
low- and high-tech wizardry. The entire audience joins in for this rousing
and informative audio adventure.
Hitching the Ear to the Imagination!
KNOCK KNOCK!
SPARX (Tony "Sparx" Palermo) takes audiences
on imaginative adventures using old-time radio sound effects devices and
high-tech wizardry. His fast-moving stage show uses plenty of
volunteers—in fact, the entire audience—as Sparx conjures aural
illusions to explore how Hollywood uses sonic trickery to amuse and
amaze.
WHO’S THERE?
SPARX!
It’s Sparx! Fresh from the
California State Fair where, as a featured performer, he unleashed an
avalanche of sounds and gags exploring the imaginative worlds of Hollywood
and beyond the rainbow--abetted by a cast of hundreds of noisy volunteers.
They experienced everything from his Theremin as Mars Rover to
Rollo, the Tap-Dancing Dog,
to I Was a Teen-age Triceratops, to a Star Trek reactor
meltdown, to Penguins of the Caribbean, to Dorothy & Toto Versus
King Kong! And don't forget the 3-legged horse!
Tony "Sparx" Palermo is a professional radio and stage sound effects
artist based in Hollywood, but he travels everywhere to perform. He’s
appeared on commercial and public radio stations, XM/Sirius Satellite
radio, and for Fairs, Expositions, the United Nations, the Museum of
Television & Radio, audio publishers, and at schools--from kindergarten
through college. In 2006, his sound effects wizardry won an Audie
Award—the Oscar of Audiobooks. Tony also teaches radio drama production
and sound design, across the U.S. and around the world.
And
You!
Volunteers Galore!
 
Sparx gets audiences into the act to create their
own fantastic worlds through sound and story. In radio, the “pictures”
are better--because they spring from the listener’s imagination. Sparx
presentations are perfect for fairs, expositions, corporate shows,
schools, museums, and fundraisers.
Some adventures include...
Penguins of the
Caribbean!
500 mean dogs knock
on your door
Dorothy & Toto Vs. King Kong!
Star Trek, The 4 Musketeers, The Lone
Ranger & his 3-legged horse!
Hollywood "How To" (Foley, animation, sound design)
Short audio demos featured in the stage show:
Ear Mufflers (MP3
clip - 2:21) - Commercial spoof for ear plugs that screen out only
what you don't want to hear.
Pirates Attack Castle Santiago (MP3
clip - 2:23) - A marauding pirate army attacks a Spanish treasure
fortress only to arouse an ancient Mayan monster.
Rick Lowell, Private Eye (MP3
clip - 2:23) - A 1940s detective finds himself trapped when he
discovers the body of a Hollywood actress.
The Sound of Honey (MP3
clip - 1:14) - Sound effects alone convey the struggle of one man to
get a taste of "Honey."
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