Suzy and I will once again be in the pit band for the Second Story Rep. You might remember last year we were in their production of Cole Porter’s ‘Anything Goes’. When we auditioned last year we didn’t expect to get selected. And I must tell you both of us are as thrilled to perform in this year’s production of "A Chorus Line" as we were nervious and thrilled last year. Note, this picture comes from the Broadway product that is going on right now. You can visit their site at ‘A Chorus Line‘ and see video clips of two of my favorite songs from the production, ‘One’ and ‘What I Did for Love’.

Suzy will be subbing for the lead reed book at least two days! This will be an incredible challenge with lots of exposed solos. She will be playing mostly clarinet and alto sax. I’m guessing I will be playing mostly bari sax and bass clarinet with some alto sax. We’ve purchased both the original and the revival CDs and the movie DVD to watch. Fortunately Amazon linked us to second-hand copies so that the price for all three with shipping was less than $15. That’s less than going to a movie now-a-days.

The Broadway presentation ends in September but the SSR’s version starts in November with opening night at 1 November. We will start practicing I imagine in the middle of October. The folks we will be playing with are stellar musicians, most of them music majors from college and paid ringers who are professional musicians. Heady stuff this, playing with such stellar musicians who come in playing almost everything perfectly. Suzy and I on the other hand will be spending hours listening to the music CDs, practicing our music, and running the challenging parts past our music instructors.

So if you happen to be in the Seattle area and want tickets to the show, give me a ring and we’ll see what we can do. Most of the last year’s gigs were sold or near-sold out. Musicals are very popular in the neck of the woods.