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Thursday, July 19

The hills are live with the Sound of Music - 24/7


A TV channel screening The Sound of Music non-stop has been launched in Salzburg where the movie was filmed.
The Julie Andrews classic will be shown in hotels and guesthouses 24 hours a day, seven days a week, all year round.
Hundreds of thousands of tourists travel to the city each year hoping to soak up the atmosphere of the 1965 film which is virtually unknown in Austria.
It was decided to pump it out around the clock on a TV channel for subscribers such as hotels and guest houses after 70% of tourists said in a survey they went to Salzburg purely because of the film.
The film - called My Songs, My Dream in Austria - tells the story of how the anti-Nazi singing von Trapp family fled across the Alps to safety after Hitler annexed the country in 1938.
In the original film version released for Germany and Austria the final scene where the von Trapp family escape the Nazis was cut out. Now it has been restored.
I saw this film quite a few times. The first time I saw it was with my dad. He brings us to the movie when we are young. I really enjoy this show then. Since I am young then, I dun really catch the story and dun really know what's really going on. The only things I remember is the songs in the film. Do Re Me, I am sixteen going on seventeen, Sound of music, etc. I really enjoy these songs. I started to truly understand the story is when I saw it on the TV when I was in secondary school. After that I start to watch a few films by Julie Andrews. My Fair Lady, Mary Poppins, etc. I like all these films. Especially the songs in those films. Its a pity that she can't sing anymore due to her vocal problems. After she underwent surgery to remove non-cancerous nodules from her throat, she was left unable to sing. She really do have a very great voice.

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