by Christine | Dec 8, 2019 | Welcome Column
The fabric arts are not necessarily a topic with a lot of bluegrass content but I am an admirer so let’s talk about them. At many bluegrass festivals you will see the fabric arts in action if you look hard enough. The generators of this industry are overwhelmingly...
by Christine | Nov 16, 2011 | Welcome Column
As soon as a musician decides to make the move from just playing, to performing, an uncontrollable element is added to the equation: The audience. A more skittish, unpredictable, capricious entity you will never find. Simultaneously, this entity is vital. Without an...
by Christine | Nov 4, 2014 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where absolutely NOTHING has changed since the last time I stroked that into my Mac. I reiterate, this column IS NOT an ad for Facebook, the social media site that has more members than the majority of countries recognized by the...
by Christine | Aug 30, 2018 | Welcome Column
Boy, has the deadline for this column crept up on me fast! With the beginning of a new school year and preparing for the Kings River Bluegrass Festival, the first Sunday almost got by me. In fact, I didn’t remember it until my wife and I were driving home from San...
by Christine | Oct 30, 2016 | Welcome Column
(EDITOR’S NOTE–Seeing as how today’s a 5th Sunday, we’ll take the old time machine out for a spin back to 2011 and find out what Marcos REALLY thinks about facts.)Boy, has the deadline for this column crept up on me fast! With the beginning of...
by Christine | Jun 24, 2008 | Welcome Column
As you might suspect, we receive a huge volume of e-mails, snail mail, calls and Message Board posts immediately following our Fathers Day Festival. Lots and lots of positives this year, a ton of excellent suggestions for future FDF’s and very negative communications...
by Christine | May 15, 2016 | Welcome Column
When I looked up the actual definition of “fait accompli” I learned that it originated in mid-19th century France and means an accomplished fact or a thing that has been decided before those affected hear about it, leaving them with no option but to accept. One...
by Christine | Nov 21, 2010 | Welcome Column
Tis the season already…….I do get annoyed, though, when Christmas music is piped into stores before Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations are up the week after Halloween. But all the same, tis the season and those wonderful sappy movies designed to bring a tear or...
by Christine | Oct 13, 2008 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, Monday morning. Hard to get back into the swing of the work-a-day world after such a fun weekend. The CBA’s Fall Campout and yearly Members Meeting at the Stockton-Delta KOA was, in my humble opinion, the best campout I have been to. The weather was...
by Christine | Oct 25, 2009 | Welcome Column
The weather is cooling down, the leaves are falling from the apricot tree in my yard, and I’ve moved my warm clothing closer to the front of the closet. While the plants in my yard are entering their dormancy, I am coming back to life. I am much more energetic,...
