The Sound of Music Live! - Script

Scene 9

Scene 9 A: The Von Trapp courtyard - Morning

(Music in. The CHILDREN hide as FRANZ and Frau SCHMIDT spin around a blindfolded MAX, then exit.)

Max:

One little girl in a pale pink coat heard

Kurt:

Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay hoo hoo

Louisa:

She yodeled back to the lonely goatherd

Marta:

Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

Children:

Soon her Mama with a gleaming gloat heard

Max:

Lay ee odl lay ee odl lay ee oo

Gretl:

What a duet for a girl and goatherd

Max:

Lay ee odl lay ee odl-oo

O ho lay dee odl lee o

Children:

O ho lay dee odl ay

O ho lay dee odl lee o

Max:

Lay dee odl lee o lay

(He accidently puts his hand into the fountain. All laugh)          

Enough, now let's sing seriously! Liesl, give us a key.

(The CHILDREN get into their formation and find their pitch with solfege syllables)

That's nice! It's very, very, very, nice, except it's no good. Now, imagine hat you're standing on the stage of a big concert hall.

Louisa:

What concert hall, Uncle Max?

Max:

Any concert hall! Maybe Colzberg Concert Hall! But a concert hall full of people! Let's try again.

(They find their pitch again)

Max:

Gretl, why don't you sing loud?

Gretl:

I've got a sore finger.

(MAX kisses GRETL's finger)

Max:

Now, you can sing loud for Uncle Max! The night of the party,you sang so beautifully with such spirit! Let's try again!

(They find their pitches again. The CAPTAIN and the BARONESS enter.)

Ah, ah, they wanted to sing for me, the darlings! But they don't sing as well as they used to...

Louisa:

We need Freulein Maria.

Captain:

You do not need Freulein Maria, you can sing just as well with me.

(He gets his guitar)

Max: