![]() ![]() While he did use a whistle with a distinctive sound for each child and dressed them in sailor suits, the captain did not make his children march or stand at attention. One of the disappointments the von Trapp children had about “The Sound of Music” was the portrayal of their father as a detached disciplinarian. The captain was a warmer, more engaged father than he appeared on film. The birth of son Johannes in Philadelphia in January 1939, months after the family left Europe, brought the number of von Trapp children to 10. Daughter Rosmarie was born in 1929 and Eleonore arrived in 1931. Members of the von Trapp clan at a family-run hotel in Vermont in 1965.ĭue to the altered timeframe, none of the three children that the captain and Maria had together appeared in the movie version along with the seven children from the captain’s first wife. Three von Trapp children were omitted from the film. Unlike in the film when they wed as the Nazis were taking control of Austria in 1938, 47-year-old Georg von Trapp and 22-year-old Maria wed more than a decade earlier on November 26, 1927. The von Trapps married more than a decade before they fled Austria. ![]() Given Maria Augusta Kutschera’s training at Vienna’s State Teachers College for Progressive Education and her deteriorating health cloistered in the abbey, the 21-year-old was chosen for what was supposed to be a 10-month stint before she formally entered the convent. The retired naval captain paid a visit to Salzburg’s Nonnberg Abbey to find a suitable tutor for his daughter. In 1926, Georg von Trapp’s second-oldest daughter, Maria, contracted scarlet fever-the same disease that took the life of his first wife four years earlier-and could no longer walk the four miles to school. Maria worked as a tutor to one von Trapp child, not a governess to them all. In the film, all the names of the von Trapp children were changed. In actuality, the eldest von Trapp child was not 16-going-on-17-year-old Liesl, but Rupert, who was born in 1911 and a practicing physician by the time the family fled Austria in 1938. The names and ages of the real von Trapp children were changed for the film. During World War II, Nazi leader Heinrich Himmler used the von Trapp’s villa as a summer residence. They left just in time the next day the Austrian borders were sealed. Salzburg residents saw off the captain, a pregnant Maria and the nine von Trapp children who were traveling with suitcases in tow under the guise of a family vacation in Italy. In broad daylight, the family exited the gate at the rear of their villa and crossed the railroad tracks that ran behind it to board a train to Italy, where the family had citizenship once Captain Georg von Trapp’s birthplace became Italian territory in 1920. “In Hollywood you make your own geography,” came the reply from the film’s director, Robert Wise, according to author Tom Santopietro’s new book, “The Sound of Music Story.” The von Trapp’s real-life departure from Austria was less dramatic, if not just as timely as the one on the silver screen. “Don’t they know geography in Hollywood? Salzburg does not border on Switzerland!” complained Maria von Trapp after seeing the film. Had they scaled the Alps in real life, however, the von Trapps would have crossed into Nazi Germany, not neutral Switzerland, which was approximately 200 miles away. In the climactic scene of “The Sound of Music,” the von Trapps flee Salzburg, Austria, under the cover of night and hike across the surrounding mountains to safety in Switzerland. So get those vocal chords warmed up, cut up those chintz curtains and hurry down for another dose of the international smash-hit sensation! It’s the perfect night out for hen parties, birthday celebrations, office outings family trips, or anyone who has ever shed a tear during ‘Edelweiss’! Book early because this show sells out.The Trapp Family Singers on tour in 1940. And the more venues we play, the more elaborate the costumes get. Then of course there is the famous fancy-dress competition in which everyone who has come in costume is invited onto the stage to show off their fantastic tailoring skills. The fun-filled show starts with a vocal warm-up led by the evening’s host, who also takes the audience through their complimentary ‘magic moments fun pack’, containing various props to be used at strategic points throughout the film. Let’s start at the very beginning (a very good place to start)…įor those of you not yet converted, Sing-a-Long-a Sound of Music is a screening of the classic Julie Andrews film musical in glorious, full-screen technicolor, complete with subtitles so that the whole audience can sing along! Back by popular demand, The Sound of Music Sing-a-long, is a uniquely interactive film experience complete with prop packs! (Don’t worry you don’t have to know all the words. ![]()
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