The musical world is sucking me back in!

As the title suggests, I am once again involved in a musical. Now, if you didn't know me in high school, anytime between January and April I probably couldn't do anything as I was in the musical. NOw, don't get me wrong, I loved it, it just took up a lot of time. From Anything Goes freshman year to Les Miserables sophomore, then Big River junior (woot woot for House Manager!) and then Into the Woods senior year, I was busy! But I loved it! From our crazy conductor who couldn't keep time to the Skittles and Twizzlers we consumed to crazy 10 hour rehearsals and getting off school all day for the full day, we had good times down there in our little pit world. But then, once Into the Woods was over, I thought I was done. People would be better than me, or professionals would do it, but never me the lowly freshman, non-music major. But, lo and behold, what do I get but an email from the choir director asking for a percussionist for the pit of Pirates of Penzance. there will be two rehearsals, then three days of tech and five performances. Now this I had to see. A pit, put together a week before the show? Madness! We spent MONTHS putting the pit together, and still had trouble come tech week, depending on the show. But, I decided to try it, as I had nothing else important to do on those nights, and the rest of the percussionists all had marching band during the nights of rehearsal, so I was a last resort.

So here I am, sitting in the smallest pit in the world, after only two rehearsals, two days before opening. And boy oh boy is it good to be back.