by Christine | Jul 3, 2017 | Welcome Column
About five years ago we instituted the CBA VolunTeen Program for teens to volunteer at the Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival. The program goal was to recruit and mentor teens to enter our volunteer base. We realized early that teens like to perform jobs together and...
by Christine | Nov 10, 2011 | Welcome Column
One of our CBA members retired some years back from a job as manager of the Golden Gate Bridge maintenance operation and he’s told me many a fascinating story about what it takes to keep that marvel of engineering safe and spiffy. You probably won’t be surprised...
by Christine | Nov 25, 2014 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where, if you weren’t a member of the human race and thus hadn’t been inundated with news about the worst drought in California’s history (and that’s no exaggeration…not but a few months ago I saw a piece in a London newspaper about...
by Christine | Aug 23, 2008 | Welcome Column
Since attending my first bluegrass festival in 1976 much of my life has been shaped by this music we all share in common. That said, I’ve worked very hard and been very careful not to allow my almost manic pursuit of traditional bluegrass, (listening to it, watching...
by Christine | Sep 22, 2016 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note–Well, I was unable to wake him from a sound sleep this morning (yes, he was breathing) so we’ll reach back to November, 2011. RC)Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I recieved the following story from one of my boyhood buddies, who was...
by Christine | Nov 26, 2009 | Welcome Column
Happy Thanksgiving everyone! I recieved the following story from one of my boyhood buddies, who was also one of my Marine companions. It is a message that I think everyone should read, so they can see just what our service men and women sacrificed in our nations past,...
