May 2018 President’s Message

Our CBA members continue to amaze me with their energy and imagination for sharing our music with communities outside our own Association.  The Board of Directors will support any group of members with an idea for community outreach if it serves the CBA...

May CBA President’s message

I just returned from a week in Nashville where I attended Leadership Bluegrass, a program produced by the IBMA. Roger Siminoff, Joe Weed, Jacob Groopman, Dana Thorin, Yvonne Tatar and Maria Nadauld are the three CBA member Leadership Bluegrass graduates I knew...

May comes in like a lion

Dear friends, Starting to look a lot like bluegrass season. Coming up this weekend there are a couple of events that play into that perception. On May 3rd, all day there will be a civic event in the town of Windsor that has morphed into a one day bluegrass festival....

May President’s Message

My favorite festival of the year is getting closer. The Father’s Day Festival in Grass Valley was where it all began for our family in the mid 80’s. I have close friends who attended from the beginning but we didn’t get there until the 9th or 10th and were immediately...

May President’s Message

This April and May are busier than usual at CBA Headquarters. We are celebrating 40 years with a bang and a leap into the electronic world. We have come a long way since the first mimeographed Bluegrass Breakdown and first festival four decades ago. The new...