by Christine | Oct 31, 2009 | Welcome Column
In the beginning, I wrote the Welcome column every day…..EVERY BLESSED DAY! After a few years, Mark Varner began to contribute his Monday morning column; a little later, Bruce Campbell took over Wednesdays; and then, over time, we began adding monthly contributors,...
by Christine | Apr 26, 2015 | Welcome Column
The CBA Spring Camp-Out is one of my favorite events of the year. When I pulled into the fairgrounds on Monday morning I was greeted by my friend, fiddle/mandolin picker, Fred Stepp. Fred is just one of the dedicated volunteers who put in several hours at the front...
by Christine | Dec 15, 2008 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, Oh my. I have finally succumbed to the evil and virulent cold thing that my family has been promoting locally for the past week. Don’t get it. It’s an awful thing. Soldiering on with the all important blog-tastic CBA Welcome Message I will tell you...
by Christine | Jan 19, 2014 | Welcome Column
Boy, December and January have been busy months and preparation for music camp just keeps on rolling along like a song that has no ending; maybe a couple of modulations and tempo changes here and there but, thankfully, there’s nobody around to throw a leg up to stop...
by Christine | Feb 16, 2014 | Welcome Column
One of the really fun parts of music camp is getting to know new instructors. This year we have several instructors to welcome, and a few instructors to welcome back after a long absence. The best way to meet these, and the other, instructors would be to come to the...
by Christine | Mar 16, 2014 | Welcome Column
Yes Ladies and Gentlemen, the countdown has commenced to our 2014 CBA Summer Music Camp. I hear the clocks ticking away, too slowly for my tastes, waiting for the beginning of Music Camp at noon on Sunday June 8 at Grass Valley, CA. “Something old, something new,...
by Christine | May 18, 2014 | Welcome Column
Please, don’t hold your breath waiting for music camp to open on June 8! We want you there with full lungs, not turning blue and passing out on the drive up. The hot news is that Peter and Janet have put together a camp with more than 100 electives…..my head and...
by Christine | Jul 2, 2012 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, After such a momentous month, the high point being the Father’s Day Festival, I could use this space to speak of any of a whole slew of topics. But I will write about the CBA Music Camp today. This was Ingrid Noyes’ last time to be the director of the...
by Christine | Oct 22, 2012 | Welcome Column
Most of you know that Ingrid Noyes retired from directing the CBA Music Camps last summer and we have been searching for new camp directors. Since I am the music camp liaison to the CBA Board of Directors, and right in the thick of it all, I thought I would use my...
by Christine | Aug 18, 2015 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where the collective flora is learning the hard, cold truth about what a CRASH DIET really means. 100% of the property’s electronic timers have been replaced by MECHANICAL timers, which require the user to turn them on for X...
