The annual election for the Northern California Bluegrass Society Board Of Directors will be held at the Good Old Fashioned Bluegrass Festival at Bolado Park in Tres Pinos on Saturday, August 11, 2012, 10:00am-5:00pm and by mail.

Candidate Statements are due to (Nancie Barker) nanciebar (at) msn (dot) com, co-editor of Bluegrass By The Bay magazine, by May 4, 2012, for publication in the July-August issue.

Statements are limited to 100 words and submission of a picture is optional. Information: (408) 782-5044.

The Northern California Bluegrass Society magazine Bluegrass By The Bay will return later this month after a short hiatus. It will be sent to NCBS Members in either printed/mailed or PDF/electronic delivery formats. The new BBB editors are Brenda Hough and Nancie Barker.

The summer issue of our quarterly newsletter, Bluegrass By The Bay, is now online in our Members Area. If you’re not an NCBS member, join us to get the newsletter either online in PDF format or by mail.

The first issue of Bluegrass by the Bay as a quarterly publication is the Spring 2011 issue. It’s now available online to NCBS members in the Members Area of the website. Subscribers to the print edition can expect their copies in the mail shortly.

The March issue of Bluegrass By The Bay is now online in the Members Area of the website. This is the last monthly issue of the BBB as NCBS expands media services to members. There will be no April issue of the print magazine. Beginning with the next issue in May, Bluegrass By The Bay will be published quarterly, in February, May, August, and November.

Along with the new schedule we’ll have a greater emphasis on feature articles. If you’re interested in contributing to the new BBB, please contact the editors at (bluegrassbythebay@gmail.com) bluegrassbythebay (at) gmail (dot) com.