Sound of Music fans tuned into to the Friday, October 29, 2010 episode of The Oprah Winfrey Show. The original "Sound of Music" cast appeared together on the show, where they talked about what it was like filming the classic movie. Julie Andrews talked to Oprah about the children's books
The von Trapp Children Singers
The highlight of the show was the special performance from The von Trapp Children Singers who sang "Edelweiss
The Sound of Music 45th Anniversary Edition
At the end of The Oprah Show, Oprah announced the November 2, 2010 release of the upgraded version of "The Sound of Music." You can order the The Sound of Music (45th Anniversary Edition) -Two-Disc Blu-ray/DVD 
The Real Life von Trapp Family Story
Georg von Trapp was married to Agathe Whitehead, the wealthy couple had seven children. In 1922 Agathe died of scarlet fever. Two years later, the family moved to a villa in Aigen, Austria. In 1926 Georg hired Maria Augusta Kutschera as a tutor for his daughter Maria Franziska who was recovering after an illness.
Maria came from the Nonnberg Abbey. In 1927 Maria and George married and had three children of their own. In 1936 Maria von Trapp forms the Trapp Family Singers musical group and the family wins first place in the Salzburg Music Festival competition. In 1938, while Austria was under Nazi influence, the Von Trapp family decides to flee their country and begins a European concert tour. In 1939 the family immigrates to the United States, living in Pennsylvania and later to Stowe, Vermont.
The von Trapp family opened up their own music camp in 1945 and in 1947 Georg von Trapp dies at the age of 67. In 1950 the family opened up "The Trapp Family Lodge" and in 1956 "The Trapp Family Singers" performed their last U.S. concert. The "Sound of Music" Broadway musical began in 1959 and the hit movie was released in 1965. The "Sound of Music" movie starring Julie Andrews and Christopher Plummer won five Academy Awards including an Oscar for "Best Picture."
Maria von Trapp died in 1987 and was buried in the Trapp Family Lodge cemetery. Today, Maria von Trapp's great-grandchildren continue the family tradition by performing the classic music to live audiences.
Oprah Winfrey invited Truddi Chase for a rare Oprah Winfrey Show interview in 1990. Truddi Chase suffered from Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) or Multiple Personality Disorder (MPD). She had 92 distinct personalities that stemmed from her horrible childhood sexual and physical abuse that began at the age of two and continued until her teen years. According to Chase, her stepfather sexually abused her and her mother physically abused and neglected her. You can find out about recent DID guest Kim Noble here on EverythingOprah.com.
Dissociative Identity Disorder is caused by the stress of an extremely traumatic event. The trauma of sexual or physical abuse causes the victim's mind to split into multiple identities. Each identity believes that they are a unique individual, and although they understand that they share the same body with the other identities, they do not believe they are the same person. The mind splitting into multiple personalities is a coping mechanism designed to protect the mind from further trauma. Victim's of horrific abuse have been able to continue living productive lives by dissociating with the traumatic childhood events they experienced.
Oprah found it very difficult to interview Truddi Chase in 1990 because it brought up issues that she had with her own sexual abuse. The Oprah Show producers were not willing to stop rolling the cameras so Oprah continued on with the Truddi Chase interview despite her tears. During the interview Oprah asked Truddi Chase about her book "When Rabbit Howls
