by Christine | Jun 30, 2017 | Welcome Column
We lost Dave Evans on Sunday (6/25), and I’m thinking that he might well be, as the title of the oft-delayed documentary film on his life and music puts it, the “Last Of A Breed.”He was an extraordinary singer, compelling songwriter, powerful banjo player,...
by Christine | Jan 2, 2020 | Welcome Column
It’s about time. Turnaround is fair play. Since the week after FDF last June, the days have been getting shorter but really not that noticeable until the change to standard time in November. However since the winter solstice, a week or so ago, the days are now getting...
by Christine | Jan 3, 2019 | Welcome Column
There are only so many ways I can say it. Try as I might, I can’t sugar coat it. I am usually okay until the first week of November, before the 5:00 (or should I say the 4:30) shadows set in. What’s up with driving to a jam in total nighttime darkness at 6:30? The...
by Christine | Dec 18, 2010 | Welcome Column
Have you ever noticed that more gets done with a deadline? Of course – you may be that super motivated individual that most of us envy. The one who gets the entire to do list completed, no matter how mundane the activity. In that case, today’s column will be entirely...
by Christine | Dec 23, 2010 | Welcome Column
Dear Folks: Well, here it is December of ’10, and we are about to embark on a NEW decade! Who’d a thunk we’d all be here, way back in June of “76 when we didn’t know we couldn’t put on a Bluegrass festival, so we did it anyway!...
by Christine | Sep 2, 2013 | Welcome Column
Back in the days when opossums wore sandals because the Earth had not as yet cooled, I was my son Marty’s age. He’s just started his senior year in high school. He’s certainly a lot more grounded and focused than I was at that age, I’m proud to say. I was a troubled...
by Christine | Jan 5, 2019 | Welcome Column
I had only recently started listening and playing bluegrass music when I headed off to college in Mississippi. That’s right – native San Franciscan, Ole Miss, class of 1981. It was quite an adventure all the way around and a big part of it was falling in with the...
by Christine | Mar 25, 2013 | Welcome Column
I had only recently started listening and playing bluegrass music when I headed off to college in Mississippi. That’s right – native San Franciscan, Ole Miss, class of 1981. It was quite an adventure all the way around and a big part of it was falling in with the...
by Christine | Aug 29, 2016 | Welcome Column
Thanks to Rick Cornish and to the California Bluegrass Association for giving me this opportunity via the Welcome Column to thank everyone who has shown support to my family with this week’s Freight and Salvage concert on Friday, September 2nd. As we get older (and,...
by Christine | Nov 30, 2012 | Welcome Column
The California Bluegrass Association election held every year in October has come and gone. Close to 20% of the membership voted this year. Most years there are very few changes to our Board and Officer lineup but this year was different. The Board of Directors has...
