January 2014 President’s Message

Happy New Year! We hope to see many of you at the Great 48 in Bakersfield the second weekend of 2014. It is mid-December now (and I am late with the deadline for the Breakdown) and I know hotel reservations are moving briskly. New this year will be a Teen Jam Suite....

January 2016 President Message

We are heading into another busy CBA year with more events scheduled than ever before!  We have some new officers and coordinators in our volunteer stable who are scheduling events in their home areas.The first event to kick off 2016 is, of course, our big...

January President’s Message from Darby Brandli

Happy New Year 2011! I predict this year will be a good one for the CBA and all you music lovers out there. I have a list of New Year’s resolutions for the Association and they all include you to ensure success. 1. Increase our membership to 3500 members this year and...

January’s Board Meeting

I celebrated my sixty-second birthday yesterday and had a wonderful day. Hung out with Lynn and the pack, dry and toasty inside while copious amounts of much needed rain fell outside. And Lynn had a masseuse come by the house in the morning for a birthday massage....

JD as Pipe Fitter/Jester

The onliest thang I miss about not working is the pranks and jokes I used to pull on my fellow ‘fitters that I used to work with. We used to pull all sorts of jokes on each other, and it was a ton of fun. It really was a fun way to make a living back then. Plus,...

JD as Pipe Fitter/Jester

The onliest thang I miss about not working is the pranks and jokes I used to pull on my fellow ‘fitters that I used to work with. We used to pull all sorts of jokes on each other, and it was a ton of fun. It really was a fun way to make a living back then. Plus,...