I spent the evening tonight with some real kindred spirits - watching the "Sound of Music"! But this wasn't any old version ... we had the Singalong version! Yup, it was like the Sound of Music karaoke, with all the words to the songs turning yellow as the von Trapps sang them.
I have never been in a room of 7 people who would not only heartily sing every word of every song in the movie, but also get up and spontaneously choreograph the "So long farewell..." song TWICE. It was great fun, I felt like I was truly among kindred spirits tonight. It's just wonderful to be with a group of people that you can just belt out completely cheesy songs with, and quote all the best lines and spin along with Julie Andrews as she whirls in the Alps and in the gazebos... Ah, it was the most fun I've had in quite a few weeks!
Most of the people there were folks who had previously lived on the same compound with us... and we're all die-hard Sound of Music fans, for some odd reason. Unfortunately for me, they built their own houses and are living across town now, so I don't see them nearly as much as I would like to. But when we spend quality time together like this, we don't need to see each other all that often... it's all about the quality, not the quantity, after all :)
And now I'm sure I'm going to have the "Lonely Goatherd" in my head for the entire week...
2 comments:
Sounds like it was a blast, Tanya! Too funny :-) My family doesn't want to watch the "The Sound of Music" with me anymore ... I guess it's not a guy movie ?!?
Ohhh... you guys have ALL been in Juba TOO LONG!!! Now when you start DRESSING like the Van Trapps, well then, I'll just have to come and get you :)
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