by Christine | May 19, 2010 | Welcome Column
Last year, I pointed out that the annual Father’s Day Festival was not just a great place for pickin’ and grinnin’. It’s also a great place to enjoy observing some of the unique fauna only found at Bluegrass Festivals. I presented a handy Field Guide to some of these...
by Christine | Jun 3, 2007 | Welcome Column
Gradually over the thirty years that I’ve been attending the California Bluegrass Association Fathers Day Festival I’ve accumulated a mental ‘hit list’ of tasks that must be, MUST BE, accomplished during the week leading up to my departure. That week begins today, and...
by Christine | May 21, 2014 | Welcome Column
I have been watching the announcements. I saw the lineup growing. I saw the same things you all see. This was the first year in a while that I wasn’t intimately involved in the Father’s Day Festival planning. And, even though I had had enough of being on that fast...
by Christine | Aug 4, 2012 | Welcome Column
Even though some time has passed, the memories of this Father’s Day Festival will live on with me and will be remembered as one of the best times of my life so far. The moments and friendships that come together in Grass Valley California have the ability often times...
by Christine | Jul 11, 2008 | Welcome Column
It’s always a tossup for my favorite week of the year between Thanksgiving and the week preceding Fathers Day. I have no way of knowing what Thanksgiving will bring this year, but June 8 to 16 was a stellar week indeed. The plan was to get out of Dodge (or Point...
by Christine | May 5, 2010 | Welcome Column
(The author of the following article intends no disrespect towards mothers, Mother’s Day or the Parkfild Bluegrass festival this weekend, which will be excellent.) The Father’s Day Festival is barely a month away, and I find myself imagining myself there again....
