Time in the PIT

Yes, the pit...Orchestra Pit, that is.  Sister Strings and I are spending most evenings (we had morning rehearsals before now) until after mid-August here:

It's literally under the stage.  You can see the conductor's podium and the chair I sit in right up front, next to the clarinets.  Sister strings is to the right of me, along with 4 other violinists.  Yes, the net keeps the actors from joining us in the pit, should they decide to fall dance "off" stage in the wrong direction. (Yikes!)  That little trap net door above the podium opens up so the conductor can poke his head through to conduct both the singers and the orchestra simultaneously.  It's kinda cool.  It's amazing how much sound actually projects from that pit.  Anyways, this is what Sister Strings and I are busy with these days...for two more weeks.  Fun, fun, fun!  BTW, I think she has ALL of the lines to the musical memorized, and she's not even in the speaking/acting part of the musical. LOL.