Brian Christianson and his wife, Nicki (Bibus) Christianson are the kind of young adults baby boomers want to call their own.

Genuine people with no false pretensions about them.

A perfect union of a young man and a young woman with similar interests in life.

“We’ve always had music as a common thread in our lives,” said the wife.

“Camping, car shows, everything really we enjoy doing together,” said Brian, ignoring for the moment, the strongest thread — next to love and respect — and that being music.

A couple who appreciate “balance” in their lives.

“Brian plays quite a bit and has his own work and I have my job and are playing more. We just try to maintain a certain balance in our lives,:” said Nicki.

Brian and Nicki … two people who care, and that’s why they’re back home this weekend to perform two concerts Friday and Saturday nights at the Frank Bridges Theatre on the Riverland Community College campus in Austin.

All proceeds will go to the B.O.S.S. Ride Scholarship fund operated by the Riverland Foundation.

The couple are alumni of RCC, who now make their home outside White’s Creek — they call it a “holler” — outside Nashville, Tenn.

Brian’s “day job” is repairing and tuning violins.

Nicki is working as a research scientist at Vanderbilt University in Nashville.

At night they perform traditional American bluegrass music in clubs, bars and other bistros in and around Nashville, even on the stage at the new and old Ryman Auditorium.

Brian’s fiddle playing is in demand in the studio, too.

When they perform as a group, they become “Brian Christianson and Friends” and that’s what they fans will see and hear this weekend in Austin.

“It was Ron’s idea,” said Brian. “He wanted us to come and play for the Riverland Foundation scholarship fund.”

Ron is Ron Wangen, a favorite uncle of Brian’s, who works at RCC and obtained the permission of the Riverland Foundation Board to organize the fundraiser for the B.O.S.S. Scholarship fund drive coming in July.

“We’re excited,” said Brian. “We mostly just get together and play music for fun, but we have played together in clubs on the stage at gigs when something comes up.”

“This is the first time we have played up here with our friends,” said Nicki.

The couple will be joined by Tim May, guitar and singer.

“He’s a world class flat-picking guitarist. He’s just awesome,” Brian said.

Chris Joslin, who does studio work in Nashville, will play banjo and dobro.

“He’s just amazing, too,” said Brian.

Andy Todd, bass player, also performs with the Nashville Bluegrass Band and does studio work, too.

And, of course, Nicki, a fiddle player and vocalist who described herself as “an aspiring banjo” picker.

And Brian.

In this case, Brian’s fiddle-playing speaks volumes. Hearing is believing.

Brian is the son of Keith and Cindy Christianson; Nicki is the daughter of Mike and Maureen Bibus.

They graduated Austin High School in 1997 and RCC two years later.

Dick Flisrand, Paul Goodnature and Terry Dilley were among their favorite RCC instructors.

Brian moved to Nashville after completing classes at Minnesota State Technical College’s School for Violin Repair at Red Wing.

The couple were married in 2002.

If the “Bibus” name rings a bell of recognition, it’s because of the successful photography business Mike Bibus owns and operates. Like her father, Nicki also does photo work in Tennessee.

Wherever Brian goes, a fiddle goes with him. It could be to a gig at Station’s End on Lower Broadway in downtown Nashville or back home to White’s Creek.

“That’s a really old town,” Brian said of White’s Creek. “If you blink while driving through town you’ll miss it.”

But the town or, rather, the “holler,” has good acoustics for two musicians.

Their bluegrass, old-time and occasionally, Celtic, music can be heard echoing from the cliff walls around their country home.

“I think our music is more tradition bluegrass music than anything else, but that’s what we really love about it,” said Brian.

A holler outside Nashville, Ryman Auditorium old and new, playing with bluegrass legends like Mike Snyder of “Hee Haw” television fame and now back home to play for an RCC scholarship benefit … that’s a long ways from Lefty’s Bar in Austin, their first gig.

Or is it?

“When we go outside and play, you can hear the music echoing all around us,” Nicki said.

This weekend, Brian Christianson and Friends will make music for their friends at the community college and it will echo off the walls in a familiar environment.

All because Uncle Ron asked them to play and because their care about their alma mater.

Tickets for tonight’s and Saturday night’s 7:30 p.m. performances are $15. They are available in advance at Hy-Vee in Austin and the Riverland Foundation office at RCC and at the door. For tickets by phone, call 433-0630.

Doors will open 6:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights.