by Christine | May 20, 2015 | Welcome Column
A dear friend of mine, an accomplished musician, recently told me they didn’t seem to enjoy playing music anymore. This gave me considerable pause for thought. I don’t think this feeling had to do with any specific physical ailment. I have known quite a few musicians...
by Christine | Sep 11, 2009 | Welcome Column
I have a confession to make. My head is bowed low. My reputation will suffer. Chef Mike will turn away in disgust, and refuse to give me coffee in the morning at festivals…. It’s true. At times late at night, I’ve been playing the banjo. Not at gunpoint. Not as...
by Christine | Oct 4, 2018 | Welcome Column
What’s up in jams when some “hot shot” (or not so hot) picker decides to play the chorus when his break comes around? I’m not talking about being cued by the song leader but rather just deciding they wanted to play something different. I don’t know about you but in a...
by Christine | May 18, 2016 | Welcome Column
This weekend, I saw a band that featured a father and son – the father is the regular member of the band, but his son sat in on this gig, and he did a great job, and Dad was beaming the whole time. I was inspired to write a column about this, but as I started...
by Christine | Sep 17, 2014 | Welcome Column
If the title of this message conjured up images of laying on the living room floor helping your little child with Legos, or playing Chutes and Ladders, that’s not what I am referring to, although those are vital and rewarding activities. (Nobody, but nobody beats me...
by Christine | Nov 4, 2015 | Welcome Column
If the title of this message conjured up images of laying on the living room floor helping your little child with Legos, or playing Chutes and Ladders, that’s not what I am referring to, although those are vital and rewarding activities. (Nobody, but nobody beats me...
by Christine | Jul 6, 2020 | Welcome Column
Please, please, please, dear members of our CBA family, stay safe. Do what’s in your heart to protect yourself, your family and your larger bluegrass family. We’ll weather this, but it will take a group effort. It will take the love and respect and plain...
by Christine | Jul 9, 2009 | Welcome Column
Today’s column from George Thursday, July 9, 2009 Somebody at the Nevada County Fairgrounds is a skilled motivator. I noticed two handwritten signs in the run-up to the festival (I was there early for music camp). One was in some flower beds over near the...
by Christine | Nov 20, 2018 | Welcome Column
PLEASE GIVE TO THE CAMP (CREEK) FIRE FUND RAISING EFFORT. Every dime we raise is further validation of the power of our Association to care for and nurture the dual traditions of bluegrass and old-time and the people who love them.
by Christine | Aug 24, 2011 | Welcome Column
We need our senses to navigate through our world – to survive. We have this in common with all other species. We sense our environment so that we may eat, defend ourselves, reproduce. On some level, so do sponges, trees, paramecia and dung beetles. But some species (I...
