by Christine | Jun 3, 2007 | Welcome Column
Gradually over the thirty years that I’ve been attending the California Bluegrass Association Fathers Day Festival I’ve accumulated a mental ‘hit list’ of tasks that must be, MUST BE, accomplished during the week leading up to my departure. That week begins today, and...
by Christine | May 21, 2014 | Welcome Column
I have been watching the announcements. I saw the lineup growing. I saw the same things you all see. This was the first year in a while that I wasn’t intimately involved in the Father’s Day Festival planning. And, even though I had had enough of being on that fast...
by Christine | Aug 4, 2012 | Welcome Column
Even though some time has passed, the memories of this Father’s Day Festival will live on with me and will be remembered as one of the best times of my life so far. The moments and friendships that come together in Grass Valley California have the ability often times...
by Christine | Jul 11, 2008 | Welcome Column
It’s always a tossup for my favorite week of the year between Thanksgiving and the week preceding Fathers Day. I have no way of knowing what Thanksgiving will bring this year, but June 8 to 16 was a stellar week indeed. The plan was to get out of Dodge (or Point...
by Christine | May 5, 2010 | Welcome Column
(The author of the following article intends no disrespect towards mothers, Mother’s Day or the Parkfild Bluegrass festival this weekend, which will be excellent.) The Father’s Day Festival is barely a month away, and I find myself imagining myself there again....
by Christine | Nov 9, 2018 | Welcome Column
Thirty years ago I had my cowboy pard, Pat Russell come down one early morning to share a good ‘ol country breakfast with me. We like to get together at least two or three times a month for breakfast and swap stories, and jes enjoy each others company. As...
by Christine | Dec 10, 2020 | Welcome Column
Here awhile back, I had my cowboy pard, Pat Russell come down one early morning to share a good ‘ol country breakfast with me. We like to get together at least two or three times a month for breakfast and swap stories, and jes enjoy each others company. As...
by Christine | Jul 24, 2008 | Welcome Column
Today’s column from J.D. Rhynes Thursday, July 24, 2008 Here awhile back, I had my cowboy pard, Pat Russell come down one early morning to share a good ‘ol country breakfast with me. We like to get together at least two or three times a month for breakfast...
by Christine | Aug 30, 2019 | Welcome Column
This year is the 50th anniversary of Woodstock. But of course you know that. The original Woodstock music festival was held Aug. 15 -18, 1969. I don’t need to relate where, because you already know where. You also know that this event was held on a 600 acre dairy...
by Christine | Feb 17, 2018 | Welcome Column
(Note: If you enjoy this column, please check out our Message Board and share your thoughts. All of us Welcome Columnists enjoy hearing your feedback!)They defy categorization. Sometimes drums. Sometimes amplified. Often jam band. Sometimes not. Their names, Greensky...
