by Christine | Oct 1, 2010 | Welcome Column
Today’s column from Brooks Judd Friday, October 1, 2010 I had a dream the other night and in my dream I was writing the annual April 1 Welcome Column for the CBA and all the items, though they were “April Fool” worthy, were actually true. Here goes. Item 1: CBA...
by Christine | Mar 1, 2013 | Welcome Column
Item 1: On our front door hangs a neatly written sign that reads: “If you are a friend, neighbor, or relative, please knock or ring. If none of the above, please go away.”*** (Girl Scouts selling cookies and students selling chocolate bars for their schools of course...
by Christine | Jan 13, 2015 | Welcome Column
1 – “Hoard your energy” (Bob Dylan). Yes, I agree. Save it for all things bluegrass (festivals, jams, events, thoughts). 2 – The future is unknown, but the past is certain. Learn from your mistakes; Like not attending that bluegrass festival you missed last year, and...
by Christine | Jan 6, 2017 | Welcome Column
Thought for 2017 from Geoffrey Latham: “Music is the vernacular of the human soul.” “Bluegrass music. Ordinary people making extraordinary music.” Plato.For our CBA friends in Germany… Guter anfang ist halbe arbeit! So let us begin.Started out 2017 on New Years...
by Christine | Jul 7, 2017 | Welcome Column
It was March when a 50 cent washer forgot what it was supposed to do and dumped 500 gallons of hot water onto our brand new laminated floor, destroying base boards, sheet rock, closets, etc. After the call to the insurance...
by Christine | Oct 13, 2007 | Welcome Column
Where on any give day you’ll find ample quantities of the good, the bad and the ugly. Certainly enough to keep you going until tomorrow morning, when it all starts over again. Rain welcomed me home to Whiskey Creek last evening, but nothing but blue skies this...
by Christine | Aug 23, 2007 | Welcome Column
The year was 1973,and boy was I excited! I’d just found out that Bill Monroe was going to be playing at the Marin Civic Center in Marin County. Here it was late October and the show was only about two weeks away in early November. You talk about excited!...
by Christine | Nov 7, 2008 | Welcome Column
With the annual International Bluegrass Music Association meeting just completed, there’s been a lot of bluegrass buzz recently, so it was great to read the following in Rick Cornish’s board meeting summary from the fall campout: “Mark Hogan, the CBA’s North Coast...
by Christine | Mar 22, 2019 | Welcome Column
A couple years ago, the Bluegrass Situation published Justin Hiltner’s “10 Bluegrass Songs Ready for Retirement,” and they trot it out every now and then to rile up a few more readers. Whatever you think of the songs on his list, and we will all have different...
by Christine | Jan 25, 2013 | Welcome Column
Hi folks and all the best for 2013! While it’s a bit late to make another New Year’s resolution, you certainly have time to start 2013 off right by making the best use of the time you spend practicing on your instrument this winter, in anticipation of this spring and...
