by Christine | May 29, 2014 | Welcome Column
Recently, when the question came up as to the reasons why CBA membership has declined, it was pointed out that the problem is due not only to low numbers of new members joining, but to the fact that some older, long-time CBA members are choosing not to renew their...
by Christine | Jan 18, 2012 | Welcome Column
One of my more recent columns was about me getting a dog, and coincidentally, the subject of canis lupus familaris has come up in CBA news as well. In case you’ve been away, the CBA will allow dogs at the Father’s Day Festival this year, under a pilot program designed...
by Christine | May 10, 2017 | Welcome Column
A few of friends have taken vacations in Cuba recently, and they all report a lively musical culture there. Ry Cooder actually got into hot water with the State Department a few years ago for recording the legendary Buena Vista Social Club band there, so the easing of...
by Christine | Jul 25, 2020 | Welcome Column
“You can be a kid for as long as you want to when you play baseball.” – Cal Ripken, Jr.It’s spring, and someone somewhere – at this very moment – is saying “Play Ball” because throughout the country it is the beginning of baseball season. Right now, the...
by Christine | Aug 4, 2013 | Welcome Column
“Just take a hammer and knock it out.” That’s my wife’s familiar refrain when she wants something remodeled around here. “Just knock it out and put the new one in.” Her notion of the work it takes remodel or build anything are obviously born of the wave of do-it-your...
by Christine | Jul 11, 2009 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass, Old Time and Gospel music is not universally appreciated around our house. I’ve admitted this deep dark secret before on the welcome column. So far I haven’t been asked to turn in my CBA membership card, so I’ll elaborate. In our family the great musical...
by Christine | Jul 18, 2012 | Welcome Column
In the book “The Right Stuff”, Tom Wolfe wrote about test pilots, and the stringent physical and mental requirements for the job, with regards to eyesight, agility, etc. The test pilots live in fear of failing these requirements, because, as Wolfe said, “It [the Right...
by Christine | Sep 5, 2020 | Welcome Column
Never before have I offered a Web welcome column that already has been published in the Bluegrass Breakdown, but I have been such a Vern & Ray fan for nearly 50 years that I decided this piece I did for the April CBA paper would be the exception. Another reason is...
by Christine | Nov 29, 2016 | Welcome Column
Are we thinking about IT already?You bet we are. Yes ….Father’s Day 2017 is only a little over 5 months away. I know, it is like advertising Christmas in June! But really, it is never too early to talk about the best festival this side of the...
by Christine | Dec 31, 2019 | Welcome Column
Daily Grist: We have always heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day and here’s why. If you aren’t home by then, you are in a heap of trouble. JD RhynesAs I write this month welcome column it costs is close to 1030 in the...
