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On June 30th I joined one crazy crew of fans at the Sound of Music Sing-A-Long at the Hollywood Bowl. It's kind of like the Rocky Horror Picture Show, but for kids. And strange fanatical adults.
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These photos were shamelessly stolen from Claire. Of course I only stole the, uh, relevant ones.
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Claire kept snapping pictures so I decided to start pointing out the object of interest in each one, in case it wasn't obvious. This is the only example I stole from her site though.
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We pretty much baked for the first hour or so before the sun dipped past the trees, during the pre-game entertainment.
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The pre-game was emceed by Melissa Peterman, who was actually quite entertaining. So much so I am almost tempted to check out an episode of the show of Reba where she apparently is part of the cast. Almost.
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The real endurance part of this mad race was the endless costume parade. Of course it's cute in the beginning but wow, two hours? Yikes.
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One of the winners of the costume contest is pictured here. They're the curtains that Maria uses to make play clothes for the kids.
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One of the great scenes in the movie, complete with subtitles by which to sing-a-long.
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This (third from the left) is the actress who played Liesel in the film.
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Heh, I'm pretty wiped out at this point. All in all, lots of fun! Thanks to Steve and Sophia for putting it all together.
"Sounds" like fun, although I never watched The Sound Of Music. I watched a Brian Wilson concert at the Hollywood Bowl a couple years back, though.
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