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Article: LISTEN WHILE SHE WORKS SOUND-EFFECTS ARTIST DOROTHY SWEENEY HELPED MAKE THE HEYDAY OF RADIO COME ALIVE.(ARTS-EVENTS)
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- Albany Times Union (Albany, NY)
- Article date:
- March 21, 2004
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Byline: MARK MCGUIRE STAFF WRITER
With the discerning air of a concert musician, Dorothy Sweeney surveys the array of household goods. A shredded grocery bag. A clock. A couple of plungers. An empty candy bag.
As a handful of people watch in the small University at Albany lecture room, Sweeney settles on a box of elbow macaroni. The 81-year-old -- elegant, sharp and armed with a gentle self-deprecating humor -- brings the pasta box to her ear. Slowly, with steely concentration, her arms begin to move in a broad circle.
Chu-cchh ... Chu-ccchh ... Chu-cchh ... Chu-ccchh ... Her arms move faster. The circle tightens. Audience members close their ...