Every fall I look forward to two things: Thanksgiving and the Edina High School fall musical. I love going and watching the musical, and this year I got the opportunity to be a part of the process. No, I don’t have the voice of an angel, and I can’t dance to save my life, and if you need to get your technology fixed, don’t come to me. But I play violin, so as a senior, I decided to play in the pit orchestra.

Here are some reasons why being in pit orchestra is a great way to get involved in the theater program at Edina High School.

• You get to hang out with your orchestra friends, bandies, and Paul Kile for hours on end. Yay for bonding.

• Food. Let’s just say that bandies and orchdorks are good at baking and purchasing snacks that we may or may not get to eat in the pit.

• The actors and actresses are incredibly talented and we get to go to all seven performances.

• You learn the musical so well that you could practically go up and perform it. Oh wait, I can’t sing though…

• The repertoire is different from anything else you get to play in class at school.

If you’re a musician who’s looking for a way to get involved in theater at Edina, consider doing pit orchestra next year!