Tom Swift and His Airship radio show preview

Tom Swift and His Airship; or, the Stirring Cruise of the Red Cloud was one of the five original 1910 volumes issued 100 years ago that helped to launch a legacy of young inventor stories that spanned five series and 105 volumes.

To celebrate the centennial, a 100th Anniversary Tom Swift Convention (http://www.TomSwiftEnterprises.com) is being held in San Diego July 16-18, 2010 at the Sheraton Mission Valley. This event will include over a dozen presentations, sale tables, a silent auction, and historical displays. One of the highlights of this event are two live performances in the old time radio drama style of two Tom Swift stories.

On Friday July 16 at 4 pm at the UCSD Geisel Library will be a presentation of Tom Swift and the Visitor from Planet X (1961 PD), one of the 33 Tom Swift Jr. volumes (1954-1971) which were read by millions of Baby Boom and later generation readers. Convention goers can register to participate in a museum and library tour that concludes with this performance and a visit to the Tom Swift Centennial exhibit at UCSD.

On Saturday July 17 at 7:30 pm, after the day's sessions and convention diner will be performed this show, Tom Swift and His Airship (1910 PD).

Registration for the convention is not required to attend either performance but if you are interested in the shows, we think you'll also be interested in the content and merchandise offered at the convention. If you can't join us in San Diego, at least take a look at our offerings on Cafe Press (http://www.CafePress.com/TS100).

The voice talent for the performances are performed by San Diego's WriteOutLoud (http://WriteOutLoudSD.com) with principals Walter Ritter, Veronica Murphy, and Kevin Koppman-Gue. Additional voices and traditional sound effects provided by UCSD library's Scott Paulson (http://www.ScottPaulson.info) who also performs in the Teeny Tiny Pit Orchestra to add sound effects to silent movies and other performances with a great deal of audience participation.

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• Tom Swift
• Edward Stratemeyer
• Howard R. Garis
• Stratemeyer Syndicate
• Young Inventor
• Aviator
• Pilot
• Airship
• Balloon
• Blimp
• Dirigible
• Zeppelin
• Aeroplane
• Airplane
• Early Flight
• Series Book
• Red Cloud
• Old Time Radio
• OTR
• Radio Drama
• Live Performance
• Write Out Loud
• WriteOutLoud
• UCSD
• Geisel Library
• Scott Paulson
• Teeny Tiny Pit Orchestra
• Foley Artist
• Sound Effects

[shonokin]

Was the full performance recorded? Is there any way to get/buy/rent the audio transcription?

[crorivpro]

A Tom Swift Movie is long over do.

[Setebos]

That is one hard-working sound effects man!

[RitterRote]

Wonderful!