Wow, I really let this thread go for too long.

I'm a viola major, too, and somehow I've kept it up. We have a concert coming up the 17th, then the season is over and I can ride on Thursday nights.

Once I started to do an inventory of instruments for insurance purposes, but was overwhelmed by the sheer number of music-making devices we have - period, working and otherwise so I never quite completed it.

I'd vote for a ride that starts and ends at V's house, we'd all have to bring either food or instruments, though. I'd hate to be a burden. (I'm ignoring the fact that I live many miles away - guess my ride will start weeks earlier.)