by Christine | Mar 16, 2011 | Welcome Column
Last night, I wrote a veritable masterpiece of a column. This morning, I forgot to upload it and now I’m at work, 23 non-connected miles from that masterpiece. This column ran about this time last year – I apologize for the rerun. – BC Let’s see,...
by Christine | Apr 20, 2018 | Welcome Column
Happy 420 Day, everyone! If you’re reading this from the CBA Campout, congratulations, you have a good internet connection! Now get off your phone and get pickin’!If you’re reading this from home or work, you have failed to make it to the...
by Christine | Jan 4, 2017 | Welcome Column
The CBA as an organization needs a constant infusion on new members and contributors to remain vital. Let’s revisit what the California Bluegrass Association is, and what it does. “Oh yeah”, some folks might say. “They’re the ones that put on that big festival in...
by Christine | Mar 8, 2015 | Welcome Column
Springtime is here my darlin’ Yes, that time of year has come when we all have to set our clocks an hour ahead and start our day an hour earlier than we’re used to. It must be spring! There’s so much to do now and the sap is rising. We should get an early start. I...
by Christine | Sep 24, 2011 | Welcome Column
Randy Morton wrote a beautiful column on stage fright. The fear of performing in front of people. That’s a big one. It rates up there between bad marriage and death in a lot of folks minds. As for myself, I don’t have much of it, though that was not always the case. I...
by Christine | Jul 20, 2008 | Welcome Column
Today’s column from David Lange Sunday, July 20th, 2008 A while back, a friend of mine who played in a popular bluegrass band explained that after having been one of the musicians playing in the background for many years, was now going to take a lead position front...
by Christine | Oct 12, 2011 | Welcome Column
October provides some stark contrasts for the bluegrass world, at least for us CBA folks. Early October features (often simultaneously) the annual Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival in San Francisco, and the International Bluegrass Music Association (IBMA) signature...
by Christine | Apr 19, 2017 | Welcome Column
We all have to make decisions every single day about what to do. You can’t do everything, so you have to choose this or that. You don’t even think you’re making a decision most of the time. Most of these little decisions are absurdly trivial: wear this pair of pants...
by Christine | Aug 16, 2008 | Welcome Column
From the moment that I first attended a bluegrass campout, I felt that my stars had finally lined up and all was correct with my universe. It was a cold, wet March, and I was oblivious to the elements. Basically, I was numb from the experience of being in the middle...
by Christine | Jul 31, 2020 | Welcome Column
Last night I remembered that I had to write today’s welcome message, seein’ as to how it was gettin’ to be the fourth Thursday of the month. What to write about? There’s a number of things that have happened to me in my long Bluegrass journey...
