We loved The Sound of Music!

Gary likes playing old movies at home once in a while so my kids are exposed films like "Singing in the Rain", during Holy week, "Jesus Christ Superstar" would be on screen. One of our favorites is "Sound of Music", so when Resorts World invited us to the media night of their latest production, we were all excited.After a successful run of Khaos, which my kids, hubby and I also thoroughly enjoyed, Resorts World wanted to stage a show that is even more for families. Since my kids were familiar with the show and the music, they were also looking forward to their favorite songs namely "Do-re-mi", "So long, farewell", "My Favorite Things", "Sixteen going on Seventeen" and of course, The hills are alive...., "The Sound of Music".Joanna Ampil was wonderful and captivating in her role as Maria. It was my first time to see her perform (Gary saw her at Miss Saigon in Broadway), and I loved her clear and clean voice. The children were also so entertaining, and they sounded beautiful when they sang in chorus and did beautifully in their solos too. Among the kids, standouts for me were Tanya Manalang who played Liesl and the youngest child Gretel, played by Alexa Villaroel, was a pint-sized scene stealer.Although the "Lonely Goatherd" puppet show scene was not made part of the production,the changing sets mesmerized my (younger) kids as they oohed and ahhed when the sets transformed and the giant LED wall as the backdrop provided so much depth. (My kids are obviously offspring of events organizers, lol! oh Ill share more about that in future posts!)The show was 3-hours long with a 15-minute intermission. Since we caught an evening show, my youngest feel asleep by the tail end.With my boys at the vestibule. Reese was on her dad's shoulders while he took this pic.With the cardboard version of Capt. Von Trapp while I was being interviewed about my fave Sound of Music scene (Oh it was hard to choose!)We had fun at the Sound of Music that night and we also found out that Resorts World Manila is building up it's family-friendly facilities when they open the ultimate play zone for kids by December 2011! It will be called GAMEZOO which will have a 6D theatre, 3d rollercoaster, a sportszone, soft play area. Wow! Can't wait for this one!:)