I don't like thinking of clever names for things like blogs. I feel such pressure, like that name is going to live on the internet forever and ever. So naturally, I look to what I know and love - musical theatre. And more specially The Sound of Music. This is one of my favorite exchanges in the movie...picture it: the von Trapps are determined to escape Austria so they begin to push their car quietly away from their home. Little did they know that Herr Zeller is waiting for such an escape and is ready to escort Captain von Trapp to his new command of the naval forces of the Third Reich(noooooooooooooooo). Thank God for a music festival! And thank God they can all sing! Oh No! Those travel clothes almost gave them away! (not to be confused with the "play clothes" from earlier in the movie) Oh yes, Maria is quick on her feet and dubs these travel clothes "costumes".
- You ask me to believe that you, Captain von Trapp...are singing in a concert?
- Believe me, it will be a performance beyond anything even I've dreamt of. Like you, Herr Zeller, l, too, am a man of hidden talents.
- Yes.
- Here, program.
- It says only the names of the children.
- It says the von Trapp Family Singers...and I am the head of the von Trapp family, am I not?
- And these travel clothes that you're wearing?
- Our costumes, naturally. This night air is not good for the children's voices
Costumes indeed. And the night air is definitely not good for the children's voices.
The von Trapps literally traveling in their travel clothes over the Alps:
Captain Von Trapp, what a lovely party!
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