by Christine | Jul 15, 2016 | Welcome Column
(Editor’s Note–Here’s one of my favorite archival offerings from Nancy Zuniga. It goes all the way back to 2007, yet sounds like she could have written it yesterday. Yes, we’re running another oldie today. In case I...
by Christine | Jul 5, 2007 | Welcome Column
Anyone who knows me, knows that I take pictures…and lots of them. I have no training in the art of photography, and don’t know an aperture from an F-stop. But I love pointing and clicking and trying to capture something that might, years later, help to recall...
by Christine | Feb 4, 2009 | Welcome Column
When I was a younger (read: thinner) man, one of the hobbies I enjoyed was spelunking. If you don’t know the word already, spelunking is cave exploring as a hobby (as an avocation the same activity is speleology). I liked the tight spaces, the darkness, the chaotic...
by Christine | Sep 19, 2011 | Welcome Column
A bluegrass jam was just ending. Friends both with and without instruments were all smiles from the last song they finished. The evening had been perfect. Everyone had gathered over a potluck where a long table became covered by dishes of food from the guests....
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...
