Who among us hasn’t seen, “The Sound
of Music” starring Christopher Plummer and Julie Andrews? I must have viewed it
eight or ten times over the last few decades, and it just never gets old.
I recently became aware of the passing
of the oldest of the cinematic von Trapp children; who literally a billion of
us have come to know and love. Months later, I learned that the actress,
Charmian Carr, who was 23 at the time of the filming, had authored a book about
her experiences in the making of the award winning movie entitled, “Forever
Liesl.” I just recently purchased it. From the first page the book has been
nothing less than compelling.
The following passage highlights where
I hope to soon take you.
“It was December of 1998. We were all
in New York to be honored by the State of Salzburg. The von Trapps were to be
awarded the Golden Decoration of Honor for the many ways in which their family
had helped Austria, and we seven were to receive the Mozart Medal for our part
in spreading the von Trapps’ story worldwide.
In all the years since we made the
film, I had never met our real-life counterparts, only their step-mother, Maria
Augusta Kutschera von Trapp, whom Julie Andrews portrayed in the film.
I never saw the real Maria again
before she died in 1987. Now that the moment had finally arrived that I would
meet the ‘children’ we’d portrayed, it was daunting. It felt as if we were
imposters. For more than three decades, the seven of us had been applauded for
being von Trapps, and suddenly we were faced with the real ones.
We all retreated to our hotel rooms surprised
at how awkward that first moment felt, and wondering why we found it so hard to
speak to them.”
(to be continued)
(to be continued)
By
William McDonald, PhD. Excerpt from "(Mc)Donald's Daily Diary" Vol. 48. Copyright pending
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