by Christine | Aug 10, 2009 | Welcome Column
Dear Friends, The NCBS should be congratulated for presenting the biggest and best Good Old Fashioned Festival in its long and colorful career. The attendance was way up and the musical acts have never been so good. Despite the best efforts of those, myself included,...
by Christine | Oct 26, 2013 | Welcome Column
I understand the desire and, even in some cases, perhaps the NEED to make digital that which once was paper and ink. Using technology is wonderful, but technology for technology’s sake isn’t very meaningful for the myriad and variety of devices in the...
by Christine | May 5, 2008 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, What a weekend for music! Andersons at the Karfluki festival, Mighty Chiplings and OMGG at Windsor, Frank Ray and Cedar Hill in Folsom, and a host of Sandy Cruz area at the NCBS’s Bluegrass Faire, to name a few options. The weather was fine and folks...
by Christine | Jan 3, 2017 | Welcome Column
I recognize that this is a time when many folks are just getting started on their New Year resolutions and all is going well. After all, it has only been a couple of days since folks decided that these are the things they were going to work on or do differently during...
by Christine | May 31, 2018 | Welcome Column
I keep this little spiral-bound notebook in a cubbyhole on my desk and in it are miscellaneous old tidbits of information. Stuff like e-mail addresses, contact information for grass Valley festivals gone by, CBA directors phone numbers, cell phone numbers, etc.. As...
by Christine | Apr 7, 2019 | Welcome Column
Prior to moving back to the Sacramento area in the early 90’s. I lived in North San Diego County for 20 years. In-between plumbing jobs and band gigs 5 to 7 nights a week I managed to get in a lot of time at and in the ocean. Old friends were very good surfers. I was...
