by Christine | Jan 6, 2020 | Welcome Column
We began our annual Fall-Winter Fundraising Drive for the CBA Youth Program in October. Last year we met our goal of $8000 and all those funds were distributed in scholarships. The goal this is year is $10,000 and we have raised $4000 so far. The CBA Youth Program is...
by Christine | Dec 9, 2018 | Welcome Column
A couple of weeks ago my wife and I went on a movie date. We watched Bohemian Rhapsody which was pretty good by the way. Anyway Freddie Mercury’s singing got me thinking about falsetto. As I have written before in this column, falsetto singing has a rich tradition in...
by Christine | Mar 18, 2014 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass music has long been a family affair. This includes sibling duos or trios, husbands and wives, and entire pea-pickin’ families. There are lots of various permutations with uncles, aunts, cousins, in-laws, and outlaws, whatever. Some bands come out of a...
by Christine | May 7, 2013 | Welcome Column
Playing music is the ultimate viral phenomenon. Anyone learning an instrument invariably must share their mangled Stairway to Heaven with nearby friends, and eventually begin recruiting bystanders into their obsession. And it spreads like a fart in a yoga class. I was...
by Christine | Jun 5, 2007 | Welcome Column
The Today’s column from Rick Cornish (rcornish@sjcoe.net) Friday, June 8, 2007 There was a story in my family that was repeated at many a major extended clan gathering….Christmas dinners, BBQ’s at the river, grandparents anniversaries, anywhere that parents and...
by Christine | Sep 1, 2009 | Welcome Column
Over the course of the last 30 years in the fire service, and simply life in general, I have dealt with a great many people in a wide variety of situations. Sometimes the interaction has been positive, and sometimes it has not. However, when looked at objectively,...
