by Christine | Dec 30, 2012 | Welcome Column
The end of the world is apparently not coming, at least not yet (despite all that Mayan Apocalypse hype). But the end of the year is. And now many of us are looking back on the past year, vowing that the next year will be a better one. Many of our most popular new...
by Christine | Aug 26, 2011 | Welcome Column
You may ask how I can make such a bold, confident statement. I have two impeccable qualifications: I was a kid, and I have four kids. When I was a kid, I didn’t feel like I was an especially picky eater. It seemed that my few requirements wouldn’t be hard to meet....
by Christine | Dec 4, 2013 | Welcome Column
Last weekend, Cassy and I volunteered to watch our granddaughters. My daughter and son-in-law may think they tricked us into watching them, but I think everybody won in this deal. They got to have a night out with adults, and we got to enjoy the company of two...
by Christine | Aug 12, 2013 | Welcome Column
“Get that stupid banjo off of my belly!” That’s what my pregnant wife said to me in 1973 after I had carefully placed the ol’ five string with attached resonator on the well covered, heavily protected, organic womb with no view. “This is supposed to work,” I said....
by Christine | Dec 20, 2016 | Welcome Column
“Get that stupid banjo off of my belly!” That’s what my pregnant wife said to me in 1973 after I had carefully placed the ol’ five string with attached resonator on the well covered, heavily protected, organic womb with no view. “This is supposed to work,” I said....
by Christine | Nov 29, 2004 | Welcome Column
Steven and I don’t often go to the Veterans Day Bluegrass Festival at Woodland, for various reasons. Being in a tent trailer, the cold and often times damp and rainy weather can be hard on my arthritic hands and joints, often times we’ve already used up...
by Christine | Jul 21, 2009 | Welcome Column
This One’s For You Betty LaBlanc “It was the BEST show ever!” were the words I heard over and over right after the Friday and Saturday performance of the Kids on Bluegrass! I could only grin thinking that I hear those very same words after every KOB show! Why is that?...
by Christine | Jul 5, 2004 | Welcome Column
The Man, The Kids and the Music of Kids On Stage Monday, July 5, 2004 Today’s guest columnist is Sharon Elliott ………………………………………….. I came to Grass Valley Bluegrass Festival on Wednesday afternoon, knowing that once again I would be working with Frank Solivan and the...
by Christine | Oct 22, 2004 | Welcome Column
Rolling with the Punches It was one year ago, at the Plymouth Bluegrassin’ in the Foothills, 2003, that I first started working with Frank Solivan and the Kids on Bluegrass. I had no idea then, that I would get so involved or enjoy it so much ! At each festival,...
by Christine | Dec 24, 2009 | Welcome Column
The life of a professional musician that is finally lucky enough to hit the big time, has a LOT of time to kill between gig’s. There’s the seemingly endless miles of travel between dates. Either in planes, cars or on a tour bus, with whomever you are...
