by Christine | Oct 5, 2017 | Welcome Column
My band plays a fair number of independent living and assisted living places. We go way back to Stephen Foster and songs you learned at camp, and 1930s and ‘40s hit tunes, and Roy Rogers and Gene Autry, and we get a great response.Sometimes after the main show...
by Christine | Apr 16, 2008 | Welcome Column
How many times have you tried and tried to remember a song, and you just can’t quite remember it. But once you pick up your fiddle, or guitar, your fingers seem to remember the song. Clearly, music is wired into our brains along wholly different circuitry than our...
by Christine | Apr 10, 2013 | Welcome Column
Before I dive into my real topic, I want to weigh in on Ted Lehman’s theme in his Tuesday column regarding AGE (Automatic Gratuitous Encores): I’m in favor of them. Yes, they’re silly, but if the time for them is built into the set schedule, and considering at any...
by Christine | Dec 2, 2018 | Welcome Column
It’s been both a privilege and a pleasure to help Ted Kuster and his crew on the Camp (Creek) Fire relief effort. In order to do one of my jobs, that of composing personalized thank-you’s to donors, I’ve needed to read all of the answers to...
by Christine | Jan 16, 2012 | Welcome Column
Eons ago the Earth was silent. Forests stood grey, burdened by cold, trees bent over lifeless. The ground was parched and void of color. Skies were dark and clouds covered the sky, blocking the light. Life seemed to be in hibernation, hidden. Somewhere in the forest a...
