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Thanks so much Leslie! You're right, a step in the right direction!! Educate, educate, educate, drill, drill, drill. Manage your stage!! Don't allow people to continue dangerous behavior. NEVER let ANYONE turn their back to the pit.If someone trips and falls at least a net would catch...

lights do nothing if you trip and fall into the orcestra pit which is typically at least a 7 foot drop! ALL orchestra pits should have nets or how about something like subway grates for flooring over the pits???I am so frustrated.

Glad to hear you are trying to keep everyone safe!Our High School, in Maryland, is getting ready to put on a performance with over 50 students, MANY of whom have never worked on a stage before or very often. A student backed up a little too far and fell into the pit, fracturing her skull on...

Our High School, in Maryland, is getting ready to put on a performance with over 50 students, MANY of whom have never worked on a stage before. When I learned a back handspring on a balance beam, I FIRST learned how to do it on a line, on a floor mat, thousands of times before I was allowed to...

Monday, April 16, 2012 my daughter fell backward into the orchestra pit at her high school, fracturing her skull. Nets should be required in, at least, amateur venues. Her legs hit a girl who was in the pit too. The poor girl thought my daughter was dead! Someone help us please. She seems to be...