by Christine | Nov 29, 2015 | Welcome Column
Thank you to the CBA Board for reelecting me President of the CBA. The role of President is to be a liaison between the Board and the Membership. Board membership is not required for the position. The monthly column written by the President is to...
by Christine | Dec 6, 2015 | Welcome Column
Thank you to the CBA Board for reelecting me President of the CBA. The role of President is to be a liaison between the Board and the Membership. Board membership is not required for the position. The monthly column written by the President is to...
by Christine | Dec 5, 2016 | Welcome Column
The Fall Campout and Annual Membership meeting in Lodi in October was a huge success. The weather was perfect and lots of people (including lots more young people) attended. Glenda and Vaughn Lew did a bang up job organizing the event. The catered Saturday night...
by Christine | Dec 7, 2009 | Welcome Column
I opened up the CBA website this morning to find my daughter’s Hooked on Bluegrass submission: “I was not hooked on bluegrass—I was FORCED into it by my parents. I am still fighting them all the way. They have turned their attention to my son and it terrifies me how...
by Christine | Dec 7, 2017 | Welcome Column
The good news is that I got an extra week this month with December 1 falling on a Friday. The bad news is that I didn’t take advantage of it and I am sitting here on Wednesday writing tomorrow’s welcome column. I could tell you that I have been very busy preparing for...
by Christine | Aug 5, 2017 | Welcome Column
It’s a sad reality that the success of a business often depends upon a certain degree of deception. Have you ever bought a new pair of shoes that felt good when you tried them on, only to find that when you wore those shoes out in the real world, they...
by Christine | Aug 5, 2010 | Welcome Column
It’s a sad reality that the success of a business often depends upon a certain degree of deception. Have you ever bought a new pair of shoes that felt good when you tried them on, only to find that when you wore those shoes out in the real world, they...
by Christine | Sep 19, 2009 | Welcome Column
Sometimes, life can be cruel. As I prepare to post this, many of my best friends and acquaintances are having their morning coffee, rubbing sore fingers, and planning what to do first. Some are nursing hangovers, most are trying to overcome late nights of sublime...
by Christine | Feb 20, 2017 | Welcome Column
How important is playing your instrument to you? Ask yourself that question. Would it be more important than being able to walk? That is exactly the question Gaelynn Lea faced recently and she chose playing her violin over walking. Most of us take these two choices...
by Christine | Aug 22, 2018 | Welcome Column
I am often impressed by the dedication to improvement I see in bluegrass musicians. A good friend of mine, who is already one of the best banjo pickers around, just spent a week in North Carolina attending a very exclusive (invitation only) master banjo class. His...
