by Christine | May 25, 2016 | Welcome Column
Writer’s block leads to some odd musings..StringsGuitar players all know you have to change strings on a regular basis. That’s easy. But once you agree upon changing strings the fun begins! There’s a limitless variety of strings with a bewildering array of...
by Christine | May 5, 2014 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, This is going to be a short column. I just found out what the deadline is for the June Breakdown and the FDF event program and it’s horrifying. I will probably be a husk of a human being by the time I get it to the printer. But allow me to illuminate...
by Christine | Jun 29, 2014 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note: Everyone who’s spent time at cbaontheweb.org on a regular, daily, or mostly daily, basis has a favorite Welcome columnist. Mine was always Nancy Z. There was never a monthly offering from her that I felt was rushed or “phoned in.” Folks who know her...
by Christine | Nov 5, 2009 | Welcome Column
Like most folks, I occasionally fall into a bit of a funk, but if I happened to be in a negative frame of mind when it came time to compose my monthly column for this web site, I’ve fought the temptation to use this pulpit to vent my frustrations. Up until...
by Christine | Mar 18, 2018 | Welcome Column
I’m currently on my way to the San Francisco airport where my truck is parked and just got an email from our webmaster that I need to post a Welcome Column. Depending on your point of view, thankfully LAX has free wifi which allowed me to post something. Here is...
by Christine | Dec 31, 2016 | Welcome Column
“Endless thanks for all the work you did to create this wonderful space for bluegrass music in the Bay Area. Some of my best memories growing up were going to RBA shows and seeing incredible bands that I would never have exposed to otherwise. Playing RBA has been a...
by Christine | Jul 28, 2014 | Welcome Column
There are several bluegrass organizations within California and a multitude of them around the world. All of them are working hard to further bluegrass and to introduce new fans to this American musical artform. Festivals, like Grass Valley and Summergrass, and local...
by Christine | Jul 16, 2012 | Welcome Column
I’d give anything to be good at it. Some people just have a knack for it, like when Matt Cain reads the signs from his catcher and pitches a perfect game. In the Major Leagues, no less! Just let me have one perfect jam in the bush leagues with my jamming buddies...
by Christine | Apr 6, 2014 | Welcome Column
There’s an old platitude: Those that can’t do, teach. As a thirty veteran of the classroom, I’ve learned not to rise to such bait whenever I hear it. (Besides, in the next breath, this person usually utters something about “reading, ‘riting, and ‘rithmatic”—the so...
by Christine | Sep 19, 2012 | Welcome Column
I’ve been writing this welcome column for at least 5 years now, and at a rate of 50 or so per year, that’s about 250 columns. Sometimes, my columns tickle the heck out of me, and land with a thud. No reaction. Others were tossed off with just the wispiest of premises...
