My August Home Away from Home

Every August, I drive from my home in southwestern Washington to southern Oregon to play in the Britt Festival Orchestra.  It's a festival that was started over 40 years ago (this year was the 47th season) as a classical music festival.  Over the years, it has grown to last several months (June-Sept.) and has lots of different kinds of music.  The first three weeks of August, however, are solely classical music.  The orchestra is made up of approximately 100...