SING-A-LONG-A SOUND OF MUSIC
Sunday, July 17, 2022 | 03:00 PM
Schermerhorn Symphony Center
Presented without the Nashville Symphony
Experience this beloved family classic as never before! It’s a one-of-a-kind interactive movie-going event that gives you the chance to sing, dance and even yodel along with the actors onscreen. Bring the entire family and join in on beloved Rogers and Hammerstein tunes including “Do-Re-Mi,” “My Favorite Things,” “Maria,” “Climb Ev’ry Mountain” and more.
Come in costume to join a special parade. Plus, each ticket comes with a goodie bag of treats to prepare you for major audience participation.
Let’s start at the very beginning, a very good place to start…
Allegedly the first ever sing-a-long happened at an old people’s home in Inverness. The nurses wanted to involve the old people in an interactive group therapy and so screened Seven Brides For Seven Brothers and gave out song sheets so that everyone could sing-a-long. The idea was then developed for the Gay and Lesbian Film Festival in London in 1999 before opening at the Prince Charles Cinema in August of that year. Initially, there was an eight-show run but the show sold out very quickly, picking up amazing TV coverage and amassing a stack of newspaper stories. The regular shows of Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music then began at the Prince Charles Cinema and the show has been running there ever since.
Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music has been on tour around the UK since January 2000 visiting almost every major venue in the country. In 2001 over 7,000 dressed up to an outdoors sing-a-long-a at the famous Kenwood House in London. The show has also taken the world by storm including Amsterdam, Dublin, New York, St Louis, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Toronto, Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland, Oslo, Stockholm and many other major cities around the globe. A highlight has been a series of sell-out performances to 18,000 people each time at the famous Hollywood Bowl.
In 2001, Elton John and 40 of his friends dressed up as nuns to ‘sing-a-long with Julie,’ hiring the show for a private party to celebrate David Furnish’s birthday. After a celebratory lunch at the Ivy, the party of 40 donned habits and tuned their vocal chords to sing-a-long and celebrity faces spotted under their wimples included Elton and David, Lulu, Janet Street Porter, Neil Tennant of The Pet Shop Boys, Hugh Grant and Joan Collins.
Sing-a-long-a Sound of Music was followed by the first ever live show – Sing-a-long-a Abba which celebrated its 10th Anniversary with a tour in 2011. It enjoyed a highly successful run at The Whitehall Theatre in London’s West End in 2003 and has played in Toronto, New Zealand and St Petersburg, Russia, as well as a sell-out run at the Edinburgh Festival in 2002. 2011 saw the addition of Sing-a-long-a Grease, the film that audiences have been asking for since the very beginning. It has been running in London since May 2011 and will tour the UK from January 2012.
Other Sing-a-long-a shows include Joseph And The Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (launched by Donny Osmond in 2002), The Wizard of Oz, Rocky Horror Picture Show, Hairspray and, in 2004, the second live show, Sing-a-long-a Elvis.
The world-famous Sing-a-long-a format has been delighting audiences since 1999. The important thing about Sing-a-long-a is that it’s completely inclusive – you join in as much or as little as you want. It’s not compulsory to dress up but many people do and it really adds to the fun. There’s a 30-minute pre-film show during which the host leads you through a vocal warm-up, prepares you for special moments throughout the film and judges the fancy dress competition. Everyone receives a free fun pack with special props for the “magic moments” that make the evening go with a bang.
Singalonga Productions is based in London, UK and has been touring the shows since 1999. The productions are managed by a small team, with extensive expertise in cinema and theater management, and can be seen throughout the UK and the rest of the world.
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