Sixteen Going On Seventeen: On Tour With The Trapp Family Singers (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798349546518)

Join sixteen year old Barbara Stechow whose life was forever changed when she was invited to join the Trapp Family Singers on their final tours. Her story is filled with personal memories and pictures of life with one of the most famous families of the 20th century. Get to know each Trapp Family member as they travel by bus and car and propeller planes across America and the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia. Experience the famous singers as they perform hundreds of concerts, learn to do the poi dance from the Maoris, hold Koalas in Australia, and later record the songs made famous by The Sound of Music.