Living Above the Fold

Guitarist David Sturdevant was nervous about his audience. They were tough. They were unforgiving. And they were five years old.

He was working for the first time as an artist-in-residence in Caren Nelson’s preschool class at Washington School last year. “I was apprehensive at first about working with such young children,” said Sturdevant, who also plays in the jazz and blues-style San Francisco Medicine Ball Band. “I thought they wouldn’t be interested in the music I do; I thought I wouldn’t be able to keep them involved. But it turned out they were very receptive to all sorts of music.”

Back Door Arts Programs (East Bay Express, August 17, 2005)

For Cedric Edwards, the best and worst days of his life were only one day apart.

In September 2005, Edwards became the first U.S. citizen to graduate from the Latin American School of Medicine, or ELAM, in Cuba. But on the Monday after graduation, Hurricane Katrina tore through Edwards’ hometown of Slidell, La., leaving his house under water and his family homeless.

The School of Life (Sacramento News and Review, October 27, 2005)