24 people fit in an orch pit for 6 hours

January 13, 2006 at 10:50 PM

Today was so much fun!!!!!!!!

First of all, school starts at 8, but I take an Early Bird class, chem, at 7am. But I'll admit, I have a double lunch - 11:15-1:01.

Anyway, back to today. Like I thought, the pit was a little squishy. We were right at the beginning of the program, so, after we played, everyone had the choice to stay in the pit or go watch the rest of the show. About 5 of us and our conductor stayed in the pit. It was so much fun - reading, drawing, passing notes, playing cards... The first show was pretty bad (its always nice to be able to warm up...). After that it got better, but after lunch, the timing with one of the actors got off.

For those who are interested, we were playing Morton Gould's Spirtuals for Strings I. Gospel Train and II. Were You There. With three day's rehearsal, they sounded pretty good.

Also, off subject, why is it that when your (maybe just in this case) E slips overnight in your case the other three strings each go sharp by at least a half step?

Also, between shows, we had some fun conversations about all our past orch trips - that was really fun, being able to remember all those fun times. Nearly missing buses, staying at hotels, ice wars, fun times...

And then a friend and I were trying to play a piece together, but neither of us could remember how to play it, but that was fun.

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