by Christine | Oct 13, 2013 | Welcome Column
Sometimes it’s a real chore for me to come up with a fresh welcome column for all you folks out there in CBA land. That’s not the case for me today. Words are just flying off my computerized pen and if you keep reading long enough I promise I can bore you...
by Christine | Nov 28, 2018 | Welcome Column
We listen to, and play bluegrass music because it’s fun. The fact that the California Bluegrass Association exists (40+ years and thousands of members strong) shows we are many. An association dedicated to such a fun pursuit might lead an outsider to think CBA members...
by Christine | Aug 18, 2016 | Welcome Column
I received a message from a reader of my zombie apocalypse story the other day. My story is posted online and has been completed for about five months, but I still get feedback about it occasionally. These messages come as a surprise since I am no longer actively...
by Christine | Jan 2, 2017 | Welcome Column
Happy New Year and welcome to the CBA’s 42nd year. We kick off with multiple concerts and the Great 48 in Bakersfield this month. Early Bird Tickets are available for our Father’s Day Bluegrass Festival and we have a brand new and updated festival-specific website at...
by Christine | Aug 12, 2012 | Welcome Column
Oh yes, I’m the great pretender Pretending that I’m doing well My need is such I pretend too much I’m lonely but no one can tell (The Platters) Musicians, and would be musicians, are just like everybody else. We just want to be loved. That means...
by Christine | Sep 2, 2019 | Welcome Column
If you are like me, you spend a lot of time looking/hoping/praying for the perfect jam, or at least the pretty-near-perfect jam. And when they happen, they stick in your memory. Sometimes it’s not an entire jam, just a moment. It comes, it goes, and...
by Christine | May 6, 2019 | Welcome Column
First Mondays are reserved for a message from our Association president. Well, not today…Darby and husband Bruno are in Paris celebrating their 50th anniversary.Please join our cbaweb team, all our CBA staff and, of course, our membership, in wishing these...
by Christine | Jul 9, 2010 | Welcome Column
I got to the fathers day festival on the Friday before the festival started. My wife dumped me off and took off with the car, and I was stuck there precisely where I wanted to be, fifty feet from the restroom with the shower, right next to where Lucy (My guitar hero)...
by Christine | Sep 17, 2009 | Welcome Column
It was about seven years ago that the process for selecting FDF bands began to see substantial changes. The leadership of the Association sought to find a system of creating line-ups that would yield the best shows possible for the least amount of money. It sought a...
by Christine | Sep 18, 2009 | Welcome Column
Is the family band a rich source of talent for the bluegrass music world, a way to keep families together in an increasingly fractured society, an exploitation of child labor, or a meal ticket used by cynical parents manipulating their children? I suspect it’s all of...
