by Christine | Jun 21, 2012 | Welcome Column
I’m not sure why, but my ten days at the Nevada County Fairgrounds last week were filled by an army of apparitions that seemed to float like a heavy mist over every square foot of campground. It could have been that the 2012 festival would be my last as an Association...
by Christine | Jan 21, 2015 | Welcome Column
I attended the band scramble at the Great 48 jam, and it was very interesting to see a series of ad hoc bands consisting of members with wildly varying amounts of skill and experience, doing a performance on a real stage. I’m sure the performers’ own assessments of...
by Christine | Aug 20, 2011 | Welcome Column
So, there you have it. With today’s news item postings you’ve seen thirteen candidate’s statements (We do have fourteen candidates, by the way, but have not yet received a statement from Steve Goldfield.) You can click here to view the entire field. And here’s hoping...
by Christine | Nov 28, 2014 | Welcome Column
Every once in a while, some enterprising person will calculate the market value for the sum total of the raw materials that make up a typical human body. It usually comes in at around $100, give or take a few pennies. But that’s not really accurate is it? The human...
by Christine | Jan 27, 2010 | Welcome Column
Every once in a while, some enterprising person will calculate the market value for the sum total of the raw materials that make up a typical human body. It usually comes in at around $100, give or take a few pennies. But that’s not really accurate is it? The human...
by Christine | May 21, 2015 | Welcome Column
Good morning from Whiskey Creek, where one by one once verdant, lush and perky blades of lawn have begun their oh-so-quiet death cry. You’d have to be an insect living among them to hear, and, really, it’s best you don’t because the sound of a perfectly healthy,...
by Christine | Feb 5, 2009 | Welcome Column
Over the past few months, quite a few members of the California Bluegrass Association have joined up with the free social networking website www.Facebook.com. Although the CBA Message Board continues to provide a valuable forum for the exchange of information in the...
by Christine | Feb 8, 2011 | Welcome Column
The film (since I’m writing for a California audience, I won’t call it a movie) “The Social Network” has been nominated for eight academy awards and has won forty-nine other awards including three Golden Globes. Estimates of the number of Facebook members...
by Christine | Jun 22, 2013 | Welcome Column
There is a certain “Do-It-Yourself” attitude among a lot of bluegrass bands. I suppose, like a lot of things these days, it’s borne out of need since doing something on your own instead of using a professional service appears to cost less. Sometimes...
by Christine | Aug 26, 2018 | Welcome Column
Ima Pickwood loves bluegrass music. She’s been playing since the age of twelve, and she just turned fifty. Her fingers are long and slim, no signs of arthritis so far. She never made it “big” in bluegrass music, as few people do. If you are ever going to “make...
