tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513769632913968502.post8766388807833108404..comments2023-02-22T02:46:25.086-08:00Comments on Jessica Hart: Research assistance required!Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513769632913968502.post-20644680903596747472011-04-25T05:16:03.177-07:002011-04-25T05:16:03.177-07:00I agree with all the comments above, I'm sure ...I agree with all the comments above, I'm sure that Sounds of Music is perfect for your heroine, as well as for the readers (at least, majority of them).<br />My mother adores this movie, and me too, I've seen it a number of times (by the way, I'm 27), and could join in not only on those songs you mentioned, but on others as well, like Do-Re-Mi, My favourite things or Edelweiss :)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00708335239315537162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513769632913968502.post-63443429221817120512011-04-12T17:16:49.720-07:002011-04-12T17:16:49.720-07:00My first submission to Mills & Boon had a Soun...My first submission to Mills & Boon had a Sound of Music theme! It was about a footloose American girl who ends up nannying for a stern Austrian widower, aka Captain Von Trapp. It was fun to write, and it actually finaled in the Golden Heart many years ago, but it never was published and rightfully so :) I'm sure your book is *much* better!Kate Hewitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01430037634763307748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513769632913968502.post-54024894902851766332011-04-12T11:31:13.715-07:002011-04-12T11:31:13.715-07:00Hi Jessica,
I emailed you this morning (Pacific S...Hi Jessica,<br /><br />I emailed you this morning (Pacific Standard Time) from my shaw account.Indigo Reimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12630883004675836225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513769632913968502.post-52729614580223038842011-04-08T03:40:15.267-07:002011-04-08T03:40:15.267-07:00Great post! We love the Sound of Music in our hous...Great post! We love the Sound of Music in our house too :-)<br /><br />My daughter is 16 and watches tons of musicals. My sisters aren't into musicals so much, they are 25, but they would still "get" references to the captain and his 7 children.Joanne Coleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09495716093866749521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513769632913968502.post-77183186618126195622011-04-07T02:32:04.001-07:002011-04-07T02:32:04.001-07:00That's great to know, Ruchita, because you'...That's great to know, Ruchita, because you're in India, aren't you? It's really important to have references that readers will get all over the world, and not just in the UK. But I get the feeling that The Sound of Music is a global phenomenon.<br /><br />All this discussion of the film has made me want to watch it again, so I've just ordered the 45th anniversary DVD - purely for research purposes, of course!Jessica Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08665523780886208301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513769632913968502.post-28884914616431252012011-04-06T21:11:33.244-07:002011-04-06T21:11:33.244-07:00Hi Jessica,
Loved your post and I'm already li...Hi Jessica,<br />Loved your post and I'm already liking your heroine! I can't fit your bill I guess, 'cos I'm 38, but I'd like you to know my thirteen year old daughter has got Sound of Music songs CD from her school and she can sing along with These are some of my favourite things.Ruchitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12699182069674345745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513769632913968502.post-61938583667157404442011-04-06T10:47:00.075-07:002011-04-06T10:47:00.075-07:00This is all so reassuring! I am so glad Clara is ...This is all so reassuring! I am so glad Clara is not alone, and that so many of you - and your daughters! - will be able to relate to her! Thank you all so much for your comments.<br /><br />Have run random identification programme ... and came up with Indigo as a winner. Indigo, do you want to email me - jessica@jessicahart.co.uk - and let me know if you'd like to wait for Ordinary Girl in a Tiara, or find out what's available from my back catalogue? And don't forget your address!Jessica Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08665523780886208301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513769632913968502.post-76362491065959508022011-04-06T10:20:21.156-07:002011-04-06T10:20:21.156-07:00I totally think people would get it! My girls - 13...I totally think people would get it! My girls - 13 and 11 - would sing along with you. If you said "A captain with seven children" they'd come back with "what's so fearsome about that?"<br /><br />My eldest just said today how she'd like to watch South Pacific again as she was singing Bloody Mary around the house! (now ain't that too damn bad!)Donna Alwardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18107885864783850332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513769632913968502.post-52306491447875446102011-04-06T06:58:50.397-07:002011-04-06T06:58:50.397-07:00Love the thought of 'Sound of Music' refer...Love the thought of 'Sound of Music' references in a love story. *G* I never get tired of that muscial whereas many other musicals I can take or leave. And my children would readily know the references too.<br /><br />In the U.S. seems as though they air 'Sound of Music' once a year around Thanksgiving.<br /><br />Can't wait to read to read your story!Jennifer Fayehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12133239078169479100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513769632913968502.post-23550736135942507472011-04-05T17:10:43.769-07:002011-04-05T17:10:43.769-07:00My 19 and 25 yr-olds-would definitely get all your...My 19 and 25 yr-olds-would definitely get all your references--especially to Sound of Music as their 23-yr-old sister with Down syndrome loves musicals. Come to think of it, dd #1 and #3 did musical dramas all through middle and high school. Okay, bad examples as they were all into musicals. LOLsheandeenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08867578719365720923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513769632913968502.post-64034592598160720252011-04-05T11:56:44.640-07:002011-04-05T11:56:44.640-07:00Hi Jessica,
I would totally get all the 'Soun...Hi Jessica,<br /><br />I would totally get all the 'Sound of Music' references as I'm a fan of the 1950s musicals.<br /><br />I'm also in my mid-thirties.Indigo Reimerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12630883004675836225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513769632913968502.post-9792561640114324572011-04-05T11:45:44.056-07:002011-04-05T11:45:44.056-07:00Hi Jessica,
No need to put me in the drawing. I&#...Hi Jessica,<br />No need to put me in the drawing. I've been lucky too many times and I want to share the wealth ;-)<br />I just want to say I'm early 30 something and I definitely think most people would get Sound of Music references. I'm kind of a musical fan (it doesn't seem cool to my friends either!), but even my non-musical friends my age would get Sound of Music. They used to show it on TV every year in the States.<br />The other ones. . . maybe not. Although I love them all.<br />And if you haven't seen The King and I, you should! It doesn't have a conventional happily ever after, but Yul Brynner is a totally captivating alpha guy.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15364220221782320521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513769632913968502.post-85829278824734194682011-04-05T09:01:35.763-07:002011-04-05T09:01:35.763-07:00Hilarous post! Good job Clara isn't into hip-...Hilarous post! Good job Clara isn't into hip-hop - those lyrics really make ones eyes water!LindseyHugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08897427820851021234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513769632913968502.post-53326383847893656072011-04-05T06:55:37.696-07:002011-04-05T06:55:37.696-07:00I'd better get on and finish it for you, Morto...I'd better get on and finish it for you, Morton! Had loads of heart-warming comments on Facebook from under 35 year olds, who all know the words too, so am very relieved about that. Will still have to be careful not to quote the songs directly, but it's good to know Clara isn't quite such a freak as I was afraid she might be ... phew!Jessica Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08665523780886208301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1513769632913968502.post-61763040328803734042011-04-05T05:19:05.377-07:002011-04-05T05:19:05.377-07:00Hi,
I am of the same era as you and was bought up ...Hi,<br />I am of the same era as you and was bought up on the songs from the shows. I used to dance around and around the dining room wearing a bridesmaid's dress to Sound of Music, Seven Brides, Oklahoma, West Side Story, South Pacific, etc. I lose count of the times I find myself singing these songs - love them. On one of my first dates with my now husband we sat on the sofa and watched West Side Story - we both knew all of the words and quite romantic too. I'm sure I'd love a book with Sound of Music references. MxMorton S Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06649436201501082802noreply@blogger.com