Wednesday, December 4, 2013

Throwback Thursday: The time we met Capt. von Trapp


My sister Brenda has been archiving old photos and came across these doozies the other day:

First, Christopher Plummer (so dashing, as ever) with classical music radio host Mordecai Lipshutz at WXXI public broadcasting station (where Brenda works), circa 1993 (?), when Plummer came to narrate William Walton’s Henry V with the RPO. 

The station staff had strict instructions NOT to bother the Plummer, but Bren and I were undeterred, armed with a postcard we were determined to get him to sign.


 

Captain von Trapp was gracious to us when we produced this postcard of him as the evil General Cheng. 

As you can see, we were pretty excited. (Believe it or not, these dorky dresses were very much in style at the time.)

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