Man vs. iPhone

Rick Cornish is in the grips of a life-and-death struggle with his iPhone while soaking up rays and tunes in Sanger. This may be the extend of today’s welcome message..

Many Hands Many Hands

I was going to title this Welcome Message “Mayday! Mayday!”, but that seemed overly dramatic!The CBA is not the only non-profit I help out with. I’m also on the Board of Directors for the John Muir Association. Just as the CBA has the Father’s Day Festival...

March 2015 President’s Message

New CBA Board member Maria Nadauld jumped onto the Board by sending out 1400 letters to “old” CBA members asking them to consider re-joining the CBA. We know that some of those hundreds are no longer with us, some have combined their memberships with new spouses (!)...

March 2017 President’s Message

Bakersfield 2017!!  What more can be said about this year’s Great 48 Hour Jam at the Marriott Hotel?  It was a fabulous and successful event, attended by hundreds.  The “new” venue (the old site of the two year SuperGrass Bluegrass Festival and...

March Madness

Every year around this time we eyeball different matchups and start placing bets. We like to call it March Madness. Now, I’m talking about the internationally known CBA Music Camp, the darling of the media, highly sought after, and exceptionally popular event, not the...