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• Videos: 'Doll On A Music Box' Covers and Re-enactments

  Michael > March 19th, 2023, 09:46 PM

     
  One of the most memorable song-and-dance sequences from musical film history (in Hollywood) is the Toymaker's Birthday Celebration for the Baron in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes pretended to be giant wind-up dolls that performed for the Baron (in what was a fantasy sequence).
  
  My mother took me and my brother to see the movie when we were kids. And I watched it every time it came on television for years afterward. We didn't have VHS or YouTube or streaming videos in those days. All we had was a bit of warning from network promos and TV Guide magazine. You planned your evenings a week ahead to see these movies when they came on television.
  
  Well, I grew up and moved on with life and was completely unaware of how many other people loved that song-and-dance routine. Over the years I've occasionally watched the clip on YouTube because it's been uploaded so many times. But I never realized that people had re-enacted the scene for school and local community shows throughout the years.
  
  Tonight I found videos of some of those performances - all recorded years ago. Some of them are very well done. I'm surprised I've never seen anything like this in a cosplay at a science fiction and fantasy convention. It would be a show-stopping experience for audiences and hard to top for the performers.
  
  Anyway, here are some of the best videos I've found thus far.
  
  Watch Indiana Ashworth, Age 9, singing ‘Doll on a music box’ from Chitty Chitty bang bang from YouTube
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  Watch Doll On A Music Box from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang sung by Christina Barnes at Mas Amigos concert from YouTube
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  Christina and Chris Barnes performing the classic "Doll On A Music Box" from the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang -- Mas Amigos Concert May 5, 2013
  

  
  

  
  Watch Doll on a Music Box - Chitty Chitty Bang Bang from YouTube
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  This amateur performance was taken from an elementary school variety show in 2000. It was modeled after a scene in the movie Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. The actress who gave a flawless performance is Kimberly Riley and is accompanied by her niece Ashley.
  

  
  

  
  Watch Doll on a music box - DenkaMarkova from YouTube
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  Watch Doll on a music Box - Cate Ferris from YouTube
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  This is a video of the flashmob style sunday we had in the middle of Brighton to accompany the recording of Doll on a Music Box which features on my new EP, "Deep breath ready get set GO". 
  
  A massive thanks to everyone who turned out on a sunday morning to learn the moves, get dressed up and dance the dance.
  

  
  

  
  Watch Oriana Youth Choir-Doll on a Music Box/Truly Scrumptious from YouTube
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  There are too many to include them all here. Some were (semi-)professional performances. Some were recorded so far away the sound isn't very good.
  
  I hope people continue to enjoy these songs for many generations to come.
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