A safety net?! Cowards!! >:(
Half the excitement of playing in the pit is not knowing if some klutzy performer is going to make a
faux pas and tumble onto you.

I never played
Brigadoon, but I could probably play all the percussion bits from
Dames at Sea from memory, even now...
Boom-chik boom-chik boom-chik...ratatat-tat... woodblock... whistle...