by Christine | Sep 18, 2016 | Welcome Column
Ahh the power of the internet and social media. My column today is fairly focused and to the point; and I am hoping everyone who reads it will help spread the word.What word? Well at the top of the list, we are moving all the band submission deadlines up, as in...
by Christine | Mar 25, 2008 | Welcome Column
Dear friends, Now that we’ve got Easter behind us we can turn our attention to the next major holiday: the CBA Spring Campout. It’ll be our second year at Turlock. Hopefully this year we can do it without the rain we had last year. The place itself was just fine and...
by Christine | Jul 25, 2018 | Welcome Column
MISSINGA loss is not the same as just not there.And nowhere nowin the gray of waiting.So, not noticed is someone once therethen is not, not hiding, not camouflaged,but once he truly was and mainly in the mornwhile you shaved youin the warmth, with latherand with your...
by Christine | Feb 27, 2018 | Welcome Column
If you are the kind of guy who has been all wrapped up in politics these past few months, I hope for your mental health that you stop it! But, despite my warning, if you still can’t resist, you may have noticed a thing or two about those of us who call ourselves...
by Christine | Sep 27, 2014 | Welcome Column
This is the week of awards for the bluegrass community and whether or not you’ve been nominated for an award, it is arguably the biggest week in your bluegrass life. It is this week that sets the tone for the coming year. This week is what the industry lives...
by Christine | Mar 10, 2012 | Welcome Column
After watching a computer “live stream” of the tribute concert to Warren Hellman on February 19th, my thinking-cap suddenly appeared. Should I have gone? Would that have been better than staying at home and watching it on a sixteen inch computer screen? Did I miss...
by Christine | Dec 18, 2013 | Welcome Column
Every year about this time, a debate rages anew. At some point, a few years ago, someone suggested to associate this season with a single, non-secular holiday (that would be Christmas) was insensitive to people of other faiths. So, an effort was made to remake the...
by Christine | Apr 12, 2016 | Welcome Column
To each his own at a campout. Musicians gather at many of our campouts in any form in order to play with friends. They arrive in 40 foot motorhomes with every bell and whistle possible. It is good to get to know these attendees in case there is...
by Christine | May 3, 2015 | Welcome Column
Ron Spears just wrote critical piece about “corporate country.” I happen to concur with his point of view that the bottom line of commercial country industry is the bottom line, but hasn’t this always really been the case for decades? Maybe one’s taste and...
by Christine | Mar 3, 2018 | Welcome Column
Ron Spears just wrote critical piece about “corporate country.” I happen to concur with his point of view that the bottom line of commercial country industry is the bottom line, but hasn’t this always really been the case for decades? Maybe one’s taste and...
