Liam 6 Pit Orchestra

Pit Orchestra

     Today marked the first of many pit orchestra rehearsals. Band is my thing. The highlights of my year are marching band in the fall and pit orchestra in the spring. This will be my second year playing with the pit orchestra and I have been waiting for this moment since last year. Pit orchestra, like marching band, resembles a family more than anything else. We all struggle through challenging music together while having a great time. When we finally start working with the cast, we spend more time watching them rehearse and having a good time than we play. Pit is a unique experience because it is part of the show. Being in the pit orchestra has downsides. It is as big, if not bigger some weeks, of a commitment as marching band - not an amazing thing when your academics are less than stellar. Despite grades being important, I foolishly - according to my parents - do activities like pit orchestra. They constantly tell me to focus on academics and that band is only a hobby that won’t get me into college, but the more I think about it, the more I find that I don’t want to devote all of my time to academics, yet I want to major in engineering. So far, Junior year has been a huge struggle between band and academics over the little time I have. Anyway, Pit orchestra is sure to be a great experience in the next few months. If you haven’t heard this years musical is On the Town from 1944.