Day 437: Sound of Music Sing-along

As I said in a previous blog post, I was going to reveal the real reason why I wanted to come home early from SSMT. That reason was the sound of music sing along. It is a huge event that happens every other year at the fox theatre in Atlanta. When it does not happen every other year they have a grease sing along, but who would want to go to that? It's not a traditional sing along where people sit like bumps on a log and refuse to sing. The first thing that happens is you walk in and receive a goody bag as if you are leaving the dentist. An emcee comes out and gets everybody excited and interactive about the event. He also explains what's in the bag and hosts the costume contest. (People come as nuns, Von trap children, Maria, or even car parts). Finally, he explains things to do during the movie such as hand signals for Do Re Mi and saying hiss whenever you see or hear the baroness and boo when you hear or see the Nazis. At the beginning of the movie we were told to crescendo and accelerando shout Julie then when she turns yell sing Julie sing. Some people even stood and did the turn. People were very interactive with the film just as we had been instructed to be. People waved the flowers from the gift bags during the Edelweiss song and even erupted party poppers during the long awaited kiss. I had a blast and hope I will be able to do it every other year in the future. Below are photos of the goodies and selfies from the event.