Friday, June 23, 2006

Let's Start from the Very Beginning...It's a Very Good Place to Start

As revealed in this post, my favorite movie of all time is The Sound of Music. I grew up watching it with my mom and sister. We would sing "A Few of My Favorite Things" just for fun.

As an adult, I have even had the opportunity to see it twice on the big screen, both times with my actor-friend C.B. The second time was a special sing-along version. Kinda like karaoke en masse. It was FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUN! People came dressed up in costume (my favorite was a family who came as brown paper packages tied up with string). And when the movie started, we all hissed at the Baroness Schraeder. Good times!

Imagine my excitement when a co-worker told me that this happens at the Hollywood Bowl EVERY SUMMER!!!

I think I may feel a tradition coming on.
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5 comments:

  1. Autumn's Mom2:17 PM

    I'm going to admit to you...I've never seen the sounds of music. Can you believe that??? I know I know. I'll check it out someday.

    Thanks for your warm wishes. You have a wonderful relaxing weekend.

    Hugs.

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  2. Anonymous5:48 PM

    Looks like "The Sound of Music" at the Hollywood Bowl next month is performances of the staged musical. ("Come see the original version of the show that started the “Sing-A-Long” phenomenon!") I guess we could sing along anyway. Plus, "Bo Duke" is playing the Captain! :)

    Saddly, I couldn't find anything about the Hollywood Bowl sing-along, except a press release from last year's show. But I did find this fun CNN piece from 2000:

    http://archives.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Movies/09/07/singalong.song/

    ~Your Roomie

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  3. Grizham9:46 PM

    I've acctually gone and done that, the Sound of Music thing. Totally fun.

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  4. Anonymous9:17 PM

    The hills are alive, my friend. They are.

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  5. Cherry4:11 PM

    SO FUN!
    I did the sing-along Sound of Music thing in SF many years back. It was so much fun.

    I'll tell ya a secret.. my lovey breaks into song with "My Favorite Things" a little more often then I'm sure he'd like me to annouce. But his favorite is 'The Lonely Goatherd' by far (but he can never remember the lyrics)

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