BeachLife 3.0 – Homegrown festival finds its groove
For many, Steve Miller’s “The Joker” on Sunday night was a festival highlight. Photo by Ken Pagliaro/BeachLife Photo Team by Rachel Reeves Sheryl Crow fan DJ Devan, 5, an Alta Vista kindergartener, arrived at BeachLife with her mom, dressed like her idol. Photo by Maloree McCormick Five-year-old Devan Velez was excited for weeks about seeing Sheryl Crow at the BeachLife Festival. In preparation, she watched the documentary, Sheryl, which premiered in early May. Devan selected her outfit ahead of time: jeans, a pink T-shirt featuring a zebra wearing sunglasses, and a cowgirl hat. Velez loves music. She likes to tell people she’s a DJ; sometimes she wears a T-shirt that identifies her as a DJ to school at Alta Vista Elementary. Her eyes lit up when the 58-year-old Crow, who later joked that her first hit single came out in 1806, strode onstage in rainbow-colored platforms and jeans. Velez spent the whole set dancing, both on the grass and on her mom’s shoulders, pausing only to consume an ice cream sandwich. Crow, who had a sea of people belting out her lyrics, did not let the five-year-old down. “She was so good,” Velez said. Not far from DJ Devan was a silver-haired woman with a…
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