Monday mashup

Hey, folks. Happy Monday! I’m cramming like a college student this week, trying to fin enough hours in the day to release your Bluegrass Breakdown paper to the printer before I go to Plymouth. (Looks like we’re getting up there on Thursday, so “someone” please save...

Money

I’ve been chewing on this since October, trying to decide if I should write about it, and if so, how I should write about it. My son Peter, my youngest and the one who’s served as a sounding board for me since he learned to talk…..and listen…..helped me decide. Let me...

Money, That’s What I Want!

A recent television documentary about Woody Guthrie, Three Chords and the Truth, included an assessment by the music historian, Bob Santelli. Talking about Woody’s development as a performer in the 1930s, Bob  commented that at this time in California “Woody...

Monthly Message from our CBA President

Your new Board of Directors has kicked off the year with many important tasks on their plate. Valerie Cornejo, our CBA Treasurer, formed a “budget committee” made up of new and returning Directors at the October meeting and the committee presented their findings at...

Monthly Message from our President, Darby Brandli

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...