 The orchestra that plays in the band shell during the party scene at  Lake Tahoe was actually the Al Tronti Orchestra that played nightly  for big names like Elvis Presley and Tom Jones at the Sahara Tahoe  Casino/Hotel on the South Shore of Lake Tahoe while this film was  being shot. Al Tronti himself sits in the Orchestra in the front  room (only seen in shadow). He wasnt allowed to appear as the  orchestra conductor since he looked "too Italian" and the orchestra  in the movie was supposed to be a West Coast group not able to play  any traditional Italian music.