by Christine | Jun 1, 2010 | Welcome Column
I am dreaming of Grass Valley and know that everything I love about the festival will be bigger and grander than ever this year. The late spring rains will have the Scotch Broom and wild Sweet Peas blooming more extravagantly than in past years. The late winter snow...
by Christine | Jun 5, 2017 | Welcome Column
This is my favorite column of the year, a welcome to the Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival Week at Grass Valley. We have a jam-packed week planned for all of you. The four-day CBA Music Camp kicks off the week. The Academy begins a four-day run on Wednesday (SOLD OUT),...
by Christine | Oct 8, 2018 | Welcome Column
The last seven years of bluegrass have seen a lot of changes in regards to the biggest bands and the most celebrated instrumentalists and vocalists (more on that later), but one of the biggest constants throughout the scene has been the gentle twang of Junior Sisk and...
by Christine | Mar 12, 2004 | Welcome Column
Doing the right thing isn’t always easy, but doing it after you’ve done something really wrong can be downright difficult. And complicated. I learned that lesson the hard way during a long, hot summer in my twelfth year. How hot was it? I remember walking to school...
by Christine | Nov 11, 2011 | Welcome Column
Just About Four Seconds FlatApril 1970(Note: Just About Four Seconds Flat is a story I wrote while in graduate school. All of the other stories in this collection are mostly autobiographical; this one is clearly not. The reader is warned that both...
by Christine | May 22, 2020 | Welcome Column
This quarantine has played havoc with musicians, students of music, and audiences everywhere. However, the music community has come together in remarkable ways to provide concerts, classes, music camps, and other musical experiences online. But, I hear from way...
by Christine | Dec 19, 2012 | Welcome Column
In case you didn’t know, on your computer keyboard (at least for PCs), the F5 button means “refresh” when you’re using a browser to view the internet. It can be helpful if a page seems to hang, or there’s something odd about the site you’re on. Some sites have...
by Christine | May 21, 2012 | Welcome Column
I always feel a little funny when I try to introduce a less familiar tune to a jam session. Maybe the session has been going along just fine. We’re playing the old jam “war horses”. They never get old no matter how many times we play them. But a good...
by Christine | Sep 19, 2016 | Welcome Column
Here’s one of my favorite columns from about four years ago:Just Like YouI always feel a little funny when I try to introduce a less familiar tune to a jam session. Maybe the session has been going along just fine. We’re playing the old jam “war...
by Christine | Jun 23, 2018 | Welcome Column
I actually had another write almost completed when I got a surprising phone call tonight. A call from a friend of 30+ years; a call from a friend who possesses almost everything one would dream to have: True loves, like seeds of glory-filled stories...
