by Christine | Jun 8, 2020 | Welcome Column
The Ute Indian tribe, living now mostly in Utah and Colorado, are a people who have made a significant contribution to the USA, at least to one of its states, the state of Utah. That’s because the state of Utah’s name is derived from the word Ute....
by Christine | Jan 15, 2011 | Welcome Column
I have a confession – I am shamelessly republishing an article I published on my blog earlier this month. With very few modifications. Sure, it’s kind of cheating – but I could argue that the learning process for anything – horses, and music included – is universal...
by Christine | Oct 17, 2012 | Welcome Column
It’s always weird when we’re having our CBA Board elections on a year when the national elections are going on. By October of a national election year, we are all heartily sick of campaigns, candidates and elections. Our nerves are frayed, our fists are clenched and...
by Christine | May 20, 2008 | Welcome Column
The Kids on Bluegrass Program began in approximately 1990 with the vision of one very gifted musician, Frank Solivan, II, who believed there should be a place on stage where kids could perform the Bluegrass, Old Time and Gospel music that they had grown up playing...
by Christine | Oct 8, 2013 | Welcome Column
After five stimulating, exciting, and exhausting days in Raleigh, NC at IBMA’s World of Bluegrass, we retreated to Hillsville Virginia, where we’ve been resting and exploring a different world of bluegrass for a little over a week. The contrast is both...
by Christine | Mar 6, 2013 | Welcome Column
I attended a concert last weekend by Front Country. Great band – imaginative arrangements, superior song choices, and very impressive execution. And they’re all so young! I’m fairly to seeing musicians play really well, but it does tend to shock me when they’re...
by Christine | Oct 25, 2014 | Welcome Column
The team I’ve belonged to for the last ten years or so told me they were a football team. I was sort of new at the game and wasn’t sure I’d really benefit that much from joining the team. I debated it for awhile and vacillated back and forth. After...
by Christine | Dec 23, 2013 | Welcome Column
I love music – listening to it, playing it, and seeing others receive the joy it brings. And giving the gift of music to others is a joy and delight. In 2011, I was fortunate to become a board member of the Foundation for Bluegrass Music. Let me tell you about this...
by Christine | Jul 5, 2006 | Welcome Column
I have had this nightmare more than once, and sometimes I’m not even sleeping. I’m doing something – could be anything – and a call comes and it’s somebody saying “Hey where ARE you! We have a gig today!” I had a gig recently, and called one of the band members to let...
by Christine | May 31, 2011 | Welcome Column
I had a disturbing experience last evening. It actually kept me awake lying in bed thinking about it; what’s worse, this morning, about ten minutes after waking up, I suddenly remembered the experience and it’s put a pall over the day. Let me tell you about it. I have...
