The hills are alive!

At Leavenworth they have an outdoor summer theater program. We saw a great production of the Sound of Music. It was very well done and went from 8pm to 10:30 pm. From a parking lot we had a short hike up to the theater which was past this building.

This is about a half hour before the play began. The scene changes were ingenious. This is the set up for the abbey.

Marc: Overall I thought it was great and I had a fantastic time. My favorite parts were some of the impromptu audience participations. The wedding scene had the bride entering at the back and walking down through the middle aisle of the audience. Everyone stood up like it was a real wedding. During the scene when the winners of the singing contest were announced the real audience acted like we were all actually there and cheered the 3rd and 2nd place winners. When the Nazis were searching for the Von Trapps (who were hiding off stage) they were shining flashlights into the crowd and someone yelled "They're not here!" Hilarious. The whole audience laughed. The Nazis got a few boos (for fun) at the curtain calls. Maria and the kids were my favorites. They acted and sang wonderfully.

Gayle: The setting was amazing! We were up in the mountains and the play actually started with Maria in the grass on the hillside next to the audience. The final scene was of the Von Trapps singing "Climb Every Mountain" standing on the hillside next to us. I wish I could have taken pictures of the show. The sets were great and the singing was wonderful. We both thought that Maria was fantastic and the whole cast was great. Three of the kids were actually siblings who are home schooled. It was a perfect evening and as I said last night "it was a dream come true!"