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All shook up at the county fair
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| Sean Sharp, decked out in a glittery white jumpsuit, belts out tunes as Elvis on the final day of the Robeson County fair. | Staff photo by Stephanie S. Beecher |
By Stephanie S. Beecher
LUMBERTON — Robeson County fairgoers were “all shook up,” when they got a big taste of rock ’n’ roll from a little entertainer who rocked everything from Elvis to head-banging classics on Saturday afternoon.
Sean Sharp, 11, of Indian Trail, N.C., may only be a sixth-grader but he sure knows how to entertain a crowd.
Though the dismal weather threatened to bring a slow day to the fair, Sharp didn’t let it rain in on his fun. He said even a small crowd is a good one.
“It was all right,” said Sharp. “I still love entertaining people. I love being on-stage.”
Though he was donned in a white, bejeweled jumpsuit — Elvis-style — Sharp sang everything from Motley Crue to Twisted Sister. But he said he will never stop performing Elvis.
Sharp said that when he was 3 years old his family attended an event with an Elvis impersonator. During the show the impersonator brought Sharp, who was dressed as “a little Elvis,” on-stage to perform with him.
“That’s how I got my start,” he said. Sharp said that he was about 6 years old when he stopped performing along with Elvis’s voice in the background and began singing the songs on his own.
Since then Sharp has performed at restaurants, nursing homes, fairs and festivals across the state. He said it is his fourth year performing at the Robeson Regional Agricultural Fair.
As he runs his hand through his long dark hair, it’s obvious that his rocker “’tude” leans a little more toward Ozzy than Elvis. This becomes even more apparent when he starts head banging during an electric guitar intermission. Then, he makes his way down the stairs to pass out glitzy necklaces to all the children in the audience.
“I love 80’s rock,” he said. “I love Rob Zombie, Ozzy, Twisted Sister, KISS ... all of those.” Sharp said he has seen Ozzy Osbourne and Twisted Sister perform live. His mom, Lynn Sharp, says she listens to it too.
“I don’t have a choice if we’re in the car together,” she joked.
When he is not entertaining, Sharp said he is working on his magic tricks and “other weird human stuff.”
He said he enjoys side show acts and is training himself to swallow swords and to do the “hammer nail trick,” both of which should come with the warning: Kids, don’t try this at home.
Sharp says he is being taught how to hammer six inch nails into his nose. His mom said, “He’s almost got it.”
Besides “all the weird stuff,” Sharp said he enjoys his glass bottle collection and hopes to maybe become a corrections officer one day.
“But I will always perform,” he said.
Sean Sharp, 11, of Indian Trail, N.C., may only be a sixth-grader but he sure knows how to entertain a crowd.
Though the dismal weather threatened to bring a slow day to the fair, Sharp didn’t let it rain in on his fun. He said even a small crowd is a good one.
“It was all right,” said Sharp. “I still love entertaining people. I love being on-stage.”
Though he was donned in a white, bejeweled jumpsuit — Elvis-style — Sharp sang everything from Motley Crue to Twisted Sister. But he said he will never stop performing Elvis.
Sharp said that when he was 3 years old his family attended an event with an Elvis impersonator. During the show the impersonator brought Sharp, who was dressed as “a little Elvis,” on-stage to perform with him.
Since then Sharp has performed at restaurants, nursing homes, fairs and festivals across the state. He said it is his fourth year performing at the Robeson Regional Agricultural Fair.
As he runs his hand through his long dark hair, it’s obvious that his rocker “’tude” leans a little more toward Ozzy than Elvis. This becomes even more apparent when he starts head banging during an electric guitar intermission. Then, he makes his way down the stairs to pass out glitzy necklaces to all the children in the audience.
“I love 80’s rock,” he said. “I love Rob Zombie, Ozzy, Twisted Sister, KISS ... all of those.” Sharp said he has seen Ozzy Osbourne and Twisted Sister perform live. His mom, Lynn Sharp, says she listens to it too.
“I don’t have a choice if we’re in the car together,” she joked.
When he is not entertaining, Sharp said he is working on his magic tricks and “other weird human stuff.”
He said he enjoys side show acts and is training himself to swallow swords and to do the “hammer nail trick,” both of which should come with the warning: Kids, don’t try this at home.
Sharp says he is being taught how to hammer six inch nails into his nose. His mom said, “He’s almost got it.”
Besides “all the weird stuff,” Sharp said he enjoys his glass bottle collection and hopes to maybe become a corrections officer one day.
“But I will always perform,” he said.
