by Christine | Mar 3, 2015 | Welcome Column
New CBA Board member Maria Nadauld jumped onto the Board by sending out 1400 letters to “old” CBA members asking them to consider re-joining the CBA. We know that some of those hundreds are no longer with us, some have combined their memberships with new spouses (!)...
by Christine | Mar 6, 2017 | Welcome Column
Bakersfield 2017!! What more can be said about this year’s Great 48 Hour Jam at the Marriott Hotel? It was a fabulous and successful event, attended by hundreds. The “new” venue (the old site of the two year SuperGrass Bluegrass Festival and...
by Christine | Mar 20, 2016 | Welcome Column
Every year around this time we eyeball different matchups and start placing bets. We like to call it March Madness. Now, I’m talking about the internationally known CBA Music Camp, the darling of the media, highly sought after, and exceptionally popular event, not the...
by Christine | Mar 4, 2014 | Welcome Column
I never understood exactly how popular the Super Bowl was until we produced a big indoor festival called Super Grass on the Super Bowl weekend a few years back . The CBA thought that the people of Bakersfield (a historically big music town) would rush to attend an...
by Christine | May 6, 2020 | Welcome Column
There’s no need to mark time when you’re young. It just crawls along, and never fast enough. You have to wait to your next birthday, to be old enough to ride your bike to school, to drive a car, to shave, to drink beer, and so forth. Time stretches out before you,...
by Christine | Apr 29, 2015 | Welcome Column
There’s no need to mark time when you’re young. It just crawls along, and never fast enough. You have to wait to your next birthday, to be old enough to ride your bike to school, to drive a car, to shave, to drink beer, and so forth. Time stretches out before you,...
by Christine | May 27, 2015 | Welcome Column
Despite two left feet and a complete lack of eye-hand coordination, I have long been an avid sports fan – albeit as a spectator only. Nobody wants me on their softball team, believe me. But you don’t have to be an athlete to appreciate the physical gifts on...
by Christine | Jul 13, 2020 | Welcome Column
Hey Folks! Instead of my usual album review, I thought I would share the introduction to my recently completed masters thesis! I hope y’all enjoy! Bluegrass has simultaneously been recognized as an archaic folk music and a living, popular art form. Although what was...
by Christine | May 7, 2018 | Welcome Column
Our CBA members continue to amaze me with their energy and imagination for sharing our music with communities outside our own Association. The Board of Directors will support any group of members with an idea for community outreach if it serves the CBA...
by Christine | May 2, 2016 | Welcome Column
I just returned from a week in Nashville where I attended Leadership Bluegrass, a program produced by the IBMA. Roger Siminoff, Joe Weed, Jacob Groopman, Dana Thorin, Yvonne Tatar and Maria Nadauld are the three CBA member Leadership Bluegrass graduates I knew...
