by Christine | Sep 17, 2009 | Welcome Column
It was about seven years ago that the process for selecting FDF bands began to see substantial changes. The leadership of the Association sought to find a system of creating line-ups that would yield the best shows possible for the least amount of money. It sought a...
by Christine | Sep 18, 2009 | Welcome Column
Is the family band a rich source of talent for the bluegrass music world, a way to keep families together in an increasingly fractured society, an exploitation of child labor, or a meal ticket used by cynical parents manipulating their children? I suspect it’s all of...
by Christine | Feb 29, 2020 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: Once every couple years I post as my Welcome Column on the web page of the California Bluegrass Association the story of my wife’s bird. I keep coming back to the narrative because it’s got a solid moral that’s worth throwing...
by Christine | Dec 16, 2020 | Welcome Column
Perfection is such an alluring ideal. It’s something we should strive for, we are told. The problem with perfection is, it’s subjective. It’s a made up condition, that can never be attained. The pursuit of perfection is, then, a guarantee of failure. I prefer to say I...
by Christine | Sep 18, 2005 | Welcome Column
Once, when my youngest son Peter was just a little guy, he was playing ball inside the house and broke a window. I’d been out in my shop and didn’t hear the crash and Peter, not wanting to deal with the situation, just skipped over to a friend’s house to play. When I...
by Christine | Dec 15, 2016 | Welcome Column
Long about 1983, and still somewhat newlyweds, we were just doing the regular things young people do. Perhaps an unusual pairing (a city boy and a country girl), we were looking for journeys to start together. That summer, Lynn came to me with...
