by Christine | Mar 24, 2020 | Welcome Column
There are notices, a kind of warning, everywhere, even on the CBA website, that for a while, we may not be able to get together by getting together. We are being cautioned that there are lots of unknowns in our near future. And we know why this is so. We...
by Christine | Oct 18, 2013 | Welcome Column
Plymouth: Bluegrass’in the Foothills was wonderful. Thanks for Larry & Sondra Baker for another fantastic fun filled Bluegrass Festival. Great music, great people, great jamming. I sure enjoyed the Piney Creek Weasels, Whiskey Chimp, Remington Ryde, The Larry...
by Christine | Feb 14, 2018 | Welcome Column
I am not Bruce, I am Rick Cornish, the CBA web site manager and administrative assistant to Mr. Campbell. Bruce asked me to let you know that he’s down with the flu. Now, normally when one of our columnist bugs out for one reason or another I just step in and...
by Christine | Apr 23, 2012 | Welcome Column
You don’t have to wait until Hardly Strictly Bluegrass in October to enjoy some great bluegrass music in San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park. Coming up in May are two big events that combine my favorite music with my favorite place in the City. On Saturday, May 5, Windy...
by Christine | Dec 26, 2018 | Welcome Column
Forty-plus years ago when I was (as Ron Thomason is fond of saying) “just a little redneck” and just beginning to play my banjo in establishments where adult beverages were served, I was occasionally offered a free libation by a friendly barperson.I always asked for a...
by Christine | Mar 17, 2008 | Welcome Column
I must have music to listen to when I exercise. Otherwise, it’s a matter of staring at the LCD readouts on the treadmill, watching each fraction of a mile and each calorie progress at an absolute snail pace. Without the music, thirty minutes can seem more like four...
by Christine | Nov 24, 2010 | Welcome Column
Since I write the Wednesday Welcome Column, every year I get the prime spot at Thanksgiving time. This Thanksgiving, my family and I will be giving thanks for the presence of my mother, who has come through some serious threats to her health just a few days ago, and...
by Christine | Apr 14, 2010 | Welcome Column
Let’s see, what shall I write about? What’s on my mind? More aptly – what’s on my mind that I can tell the rest of the world about? Well, the campout this weekend is on my mind. I am looking forward to heading out to Turlock and enjoying the company of extended CBA...
by Christine | May 8, 2010 | Welcome Column
Sarah Bellum is a graduate student at California State University, Sacramento. She lives in Grass Valley, California. Her thesis project for her Masters Degree involves a strange phenomenon that occurs every year in Grass Valley, always during the middle of June. A...
by Christine | Jan 22, 2020 | Welcome Column
Two beloved music venues are calling it quits very soon: The Amnesia in San Francisco, and Armando’s in Martinez. Both venues have presented a TON of music over the years, and I have great memories playing both places. Both were unique and funky – I feel blessed...
