Sound of Music

"Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
Bright copper kettles and warm woolen mittens
Brown paper packages tied up with strings
These are a few of my favourite things"

We were at the Palladium Theatre on Monday night with the Von Trapp family; Liesl, Frederick, Louisa, Curt, Brigitta, Martha and little Gretl.

Watching the Sound of Music musical that is.

It was wonderful. I loved loved loved it. But my reviews have always been positive for all the musicals I have been to, haven't they? I am not biased, I *simply* enjoy musicals; the magical feeling I get from watching live performances, especially of songs and movies I am familiar with.

Your sights and sounds are enhanced while your senses are heightened and everything just sounds a hundred times better compared to what you've watched/heard on telly/CD/DVD etc. The live music performed by the orchestra, the talented casts, the magnificent stage set up and fantastic lighting, adds to the unforgettable experience from watching a musical. The experience is truly one of a kind and is something not to be missed if ever you're in London West End or New York Broadway vicinity.

Everyone enjoyed the night enormously including Dadster, being a big Sound of Music and Christopher Plummer fan himself.

I leave you with verses from some of my favourite songs from the movie. I'm sure it'll bring back fond memories from your childhood/the past, as it did me.

“For here you are, standing there, loving me
Whether or not you should
So somewhere in my youth or childhood
I must have done something good

Nothing comes from nothing
Nothing ever could
So somewhere in my youth or childhood
I must have done something good”

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“I go to the hills when my heart is lonely
I know I will hear what I've heard before
My heart will be blessed with the sound of music
And I'll sing once more”

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“Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Every morning you greet me
Small and white, clean and bright
You look happy to meet me

Blossom of snow may you bloom and grow
Bloom and grow forever

Edelweiss, Edelweiss
Bless my homeland forever”