'The Sound of Music'

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This year marks the 60th anniversary of the film 'The Sound of Music.' I remember going to see it when it was released, I think at the Gaumont Cinema in Bradford when I was nine years old. I loved it, and still do. 

My friends went to see it too and afterwards we spent our playtimes adopting the roles of the von Trapp girls:  Liesl, Louisa, Brigitta, Marta or Gretl and singing 'Do-Re-Mi' as best we could. Recently I've enjoyed singing some of the songs from the film in my choir. 

Click here to read more about how the 60th anniversary is being celebrated in Salzburg, the location for the film and where the true story of the von Trapps also took place.

Click here for interviews with the actors who played the von Trapp children. 

Click here and here for video clips from the film. 

Writing prompts:

• 'Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens' - make a list of your 'favourite things' then choose one to write about in more detail for a few minutes.
• Can you remember being 'Sixteen Going on Seventeen'? Set a timer for six minutes and write about your experience of being that age.
• Have you got memories of going to the cinema as a child? If so, recall them in your writing.
• Write about your favourite film.