The hills stage was alive with the sound of music on Thursday night, when Julie Andrews was honored with the American Film Institute's (AFI) Life Achievement Award. The ceremony, which was originally supposed to take place in the spring of 2020, celebrated Andrews’s prolific career and her iconic roles in films such as Mary Poppins, The Princess Diaries, Thoroughly Modern Millie and more. But one of the best moments of the night occurred during a tribute to her role as Maria in The Sound of Music, when five of the stars who played the von Trapp children surprised Andrews with a performance of “Do-Re-Mi.”
Nicholas Hammond (Friedrich), Duane Chase (Kurt), Angela Cartwright (Brigitta), Debbie Turner (Marta) and Kym Karath (Gretl) all walked onto the stage and performed the iconic song from the film, wherein Andrews's character teaches the von Trapp children how to sing the notes of a major scale. A video of the moment was shared to Twitter by awards columnist Scott Feinberg, who said, “Julie Andrews is surprised by her kids from THE SOUND OF MUSIC and joins them in a sing-a-long of ‘Do-Re-Mi’ to kick off the AFI Life Achievement Award presentation to her — what a beautiful moment!”
