According to Wikipedia, The Sound of Music is based on the 1949 memoir, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers by Maria von Trapp, who is played by Julie Andrews in the movie. The music, of course, was written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein, II. The movie was released on March 2nd, 1965. An adaptation of the 1959 stage musical by the same name, it was filmed from March to September of 1964 in Los Angeles and Salzburg, Austria. You can read more about that in Julie Andrews’s memoir, Home Work, which I reviewed here. To learn more about The Sound of Music, visit the film’s Wikipedia page.
Several years ago when I started entertaining at an assisted living facility’s monthly birthday parties, I met a woman who grew up in Austria during World War II and witnessed the filming of The Sound…
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Thank you, Patty, for reblogging.
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Hi Abbie.
You’re welcome. This was a nice post and great follow-up from Friday’s book review. I’m surprised though that you didn’t include the link to your event this week. You had a great opening to do so what with your mentioning the work you used to do.
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I would love to have provided a link to my event, but I still haven’t found out how people not on Facebook can attend. I haven’t checked the page today, but when I looked at it a couple of days ago, I didn’t even see a link to where those on Facebook can attend. As soon as I find out more, I’ll promote the heck out of this thing.
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Send a private message to the event. Thereâs a place there to do it. Odds are theyâll answer that. No notifications came up today for the event other than a reminder that it is happening.
Patty L. Fletcher
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OK, will try to private message them. Thanks.
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Good luck.
Patty L. Fletcher
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See my latest book, Pathway to Freedom Broken and Healed: How a Seeing Eye Dog Retrieved My Life Second Edition in eBook and Paperback at: https://www.amazon.com/Patty-L.-Fletcher/e/B00Q9I7RWG
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