by Christine | Aug 15, 2015 | Welcome Column
Good day, Bluegrasser. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to explore the new and simplified CBA website, and comprehend its dazzling features and expansive content. You will marvel at the panoramic photos, the streamlined user interface, and pretty much...
by Christine | May 10, 2010 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: We’re sorry for not getting Bert’s Welcome posted yesterday but, hey, what’s twenty-four hours among friends? As usual, Bert’s written a good one, so enjoy.) Today is Mother’s Day. Happy Mother’s Day to all you moms out there! And I hope that all of...
by Christine | Dec 29, 2017 | Welcome Column
Since this is a fifth Friday and we have no regularly scheduled Welcomer to welcome, I thought I’d take advantage of the slot to make a brief plea for some volunteers. Here’s the deal–we have some empty Welcome Column slots and it’s time to...
by Christine | Feb 11, 2011 | Welcome Column
I had to drive to Stockton today, and then on to Modesto. I had the ipod on shuffle, and music was the perfect companion. My tastes are eclectic, everything from John Prine to Segovia, and that can startle you out of your reverie, when Alison Brown is followed by Big...
by Christine | Jan 7, 2010 | Welcome Column
We’ve all heard this in one jam or another. The music may roll along for hours, with an emphasis on traditional bluegrass music, when some brave soul will announce shyly (or not), “I’d like to sing a song that I wrote.” Even in a jam where the emphasis...
