by Christine | Nov 5, 2018 | Welcome Column
Your Association has been busy in 2018 and we are wrapping up another busy year. Many of us just returned from IBMA’s World of Bluegrass in Raleigh, we had our Fall Campout in Lodi and our Annual Election and Membership Meeting, Lucy Smith in Chico has produced two...
by Christine | Dec 1, 2014 | Welcome Column
The CBA has had a very busy autumn. Please read Lucy Smith’s article on the International Bluegrass Music Association’s (IBMA) World of Bluegrass in Raleigh, NC in this issue. Almost every Board member attended as did our hardworking team of volunteers. There were...
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...
