by Christine | Sep 30, 2016 | Welcome Column
NOTE: The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the California Bluegrass Association, anyone who plays Bluegrass, anybody has ever listened to Bluegrass or who has ever even seen grass (Blue or otherwise), or even of the author on a good day. With...
by Christine | Dec 24, 2018 | Welcome Column
NOTE: The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the California Bluegrass Association, anyone who plays Bluegrass, anybody has ever listened to Bluegrass or who has ever even seen grass (Blue or otherwise), or even of the author on a good day. With...
by Christine | Apr 30, 2019 | Welcome Column
(We’re pleased to re-resent an early column from Bill Evans. RC)Sooner or later, often around the breakfast table at a music camp, conversation will turn to “that 10,000-Hour Rule thing.” What’s that? In his 2008 best seller “Outliers,” journalist Malcolm...
by Christine | Mar 24, 2012 | Welcome Column
Sooner or later, often around the breakfast table at a music camp, conversation will turn to “that 10,000-Hour Rule thing.” What’s that? In his 2008 best seller “Outliers,” journalist Malcolm Gladwell, drawing on research from psychologist Anders Ericsson, supposedly...
by Christine | Nov 14, 2009 | Welcome Column
There are one hundred of them. One hundred wooden park benches. One hundred wooden benches at the Colusa County Fairgrounds. You know, where the 2009 Fall CBA Campout happened this past October. The benches are not just randomly scattered around the grounds. Many of...
by Christine | Mar 7, 2016 | Welcome Column
I was born on the first day of Spring. Although the yearly reminder of my accumulating age is the last thing that pleases me, the coming of Spring always does. Yes, I actually saw a robin pulling a worm from the ground the other morning. A hummingbird has come back....
