by Christine | Dec 24, 2018 | Welcome Column
NOTE: The opinions expressed herein are not necessarily those of the California Bluegrass Association, anyone who plays Bluegrass, anybody has ever listened to Bluegrass or who has ever even seen grass (Blue or otherwise), or even of the author on a good day. With...
by Christine | Apr 30, 2019 | Welcome Column
(We’re pleased to re-resent an early column from Bill Evans. RC)Sooner or later, often around the breakfast table at a music camp, conversation will turn to “that 10,000-Hour Rule thing.” What’s that? In his 2008 best seller “Outliers,” journalist Malcolm...
by Christine | Mar 24, 2012 | Welcome Column
Sooner or later, often around the breakfast table at a music camp, conversation will turn to “that 10,000-Hour Rule thing.” What’s that? In his 2008 best seller “Outliers,” journalist Malcolm Gladwell, drawing on research from psychologist Anders Ericsson, supposedly...
by Christine | Nov 14, 2009 | Welcome Column
There are one hundred of them. One hundred wooden park benches. One hundred wooden benches at the Colusa County Fairgrounds. You know, where the 2009 Fall CBA Campout happened this past October. The benches are not just randomly scattered around the grounds. Many of...
by Christine | Mar 7, 2016 | Welcome Column
I was born on the first day of Spring. Although the yearly reminder of my accumulating age is the last thing that pleases me, the coming of Spring always does. Yes, I actually saw a robin pulling a worm from the ground the other morning. A hummingbird has come back....
by Christine | Jul 19, 2012 | Welcome Column
It has been exactly a year since this old guy took up music for the first time in his 66 years. It is time for a recap. The last twelve months have contained experiences beyond my wildest dreams. I play a guitar daily, jam often, attend every music event possible,...
by Christine | Nov 12, 2008 | Welcome Column
This year something great is going to happen at my house. It?s something I?ve been waiting for since I started working?I?m going to retire. For the last 27 years I have been a fireman. I can not begin to count the number of smoky mountains I?ve climbed, times I?ve...
by Christine | Dec 29, 2009 | Welcome Column
It was Christmas 1970 and, even though my eight track tape player was constantly playing George Harrison’s All Things Must Pass and John Lennon/Plastic Ono Band that holiday season, I had somehow decided that I wanted a banjo. Seeing Roy Clark on Hee Haw had put it in...
by Christine | Oct 26, 2012 | Welcome Column
For several years now, I’ve wanted to create a banjo event here in California that matches some of the wonderful banjo concerts and camps that I’ve been a part of in many other parts of the world. This has been my year to get things done that have been on various back...
by Christine | Apr 1, 2016 | Welcome Column
Item 1: I received my edition of the Bluegrass Breakdown the other day and as usual was impressed with it. I do need to add a few changes to the Minutes of the Board meeting in this months issue. A.There was much talk about making the CBA “Great Again” among the...
