by Christine | Mar 6, 2011 | Welcome Column
With all the talk of education on the Message Board and so much about it the news, I got to reflecting on the career that has paid my bills and provided sustenance for my family these last 27 years. While during the evening and weekends, I am a fanatic of bluegrass,...
by Christine | Jan 29, 2017 | Welcome Column
With all the talk of education on the Message Board and so much about it the news, I got to reflecting on the career that has paid my bills and provided sustenance for my family these last 27 years. While during the evening and weekends, I am a fanatic of bluegrass,...
by Christine | Apr 22, 2008 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, We’ve had more friends pass from our midst lately. Allen Light was such a fine man and musician. The outpouring of emotion from his friends in the CBA not only speaks of the kind of person he was but the kind of relationships that we share in this...
by Christine | Aug 22, 2010 | Welcome Column
This has been the busiest summer I’ve had in years and there’s no sign that things will slow down until November. There have been so many opportunities to get together with the “bluegrass” family, make music, share some meals and visit. We’ve been to two big parties,...
by Christine | Jun 25, 2012 | Welcome Column
Bluegrass music fans are abuzz with the word coming out of Hollywood that a movie based on the life of Bill Monroe is in works and will appear in theaters in 2013. Following the success of other biopics of famous musicians, like Ray, Coal Miner’s Daughter, and Walk...
by Christine | Jun 3, 2012 | Welcome Column
A friend of mine once likened me to a trout: you put something bright, shiny, and new under my nose and I’ll bite. That’s the way I am with new projects—i.e., I just can’t resist the lure of testing uncharted skills and challenges. I believe that our wily...
by Christine | Jan 22, 2012 | Welcome Column
If someone were to ask me to describe my Christmas of 1984, I wouldn’t be able to recall a thing about it. As a matter of fact, I can’t remember a thing about the whole year of 1984 or 1983 and many other years for that matter. I have large blocks of time that I can’t...
by Christine | Feb 24, 2016 | Welcome Column
I’ve been viewing a LOT of live music. All kinds of music (well, light on modern jazz), and all kinds of skill levels. I’ve discovered some things, mostly about myself I guess. One is, live music is usually exhilarating. One is, the activity brings out the analyst in...
by Christine | Feb 10, 2013 | Welcome Column
Everybody knows the term “red neck”. It’s usually used in a derogatory fashion to refer to unsophisticated southerners. Hillbilly. Cracker. White trash. Not something you’d want to be it seems, and yet some southerners have adopted the term to...
by Christine | Mar 21, 2013 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where the wife and the dogs and the llamas and the two cats are sawing logs while I sit waiting for the sun to come up. Each morning I spend an hour or so sipping coffee and visiting a dozen or so web sites getting my fix of news...
