Sarah Cleaver - Timeline

1980	Sarah “The Cleave” Cleaver born in Goshen, IN.
1983	Moves to Allentown, PA and parents make her take up violin
1985	First abduction by aliens who play the accordion and lend musical inspiration
1990	Starts growing armpit hair and quits gymnastics after coach tells her to shave
1992	Threatens to throw violin out the window Parents sell violin
1993	Starts dressing in black and hanging out with “the boys” Gets an electric guitar Smokes cigarettes in her Catholic school parking lot Sees first Indigo Girls concert. Decides to learn every song to impress a girl
1995	Gets acoustic guitar Forced by parents to take up an extracurricular activity Joins basketball team. Runs in wrong direction on the court Quits basketball team Writes first song about a friend’s death in sixth grade Wins junior high talent competition
1996	Starts playing gigs at coffee houses Family members bring video cameras Family banned from all future performances
1997	Incorporates activism in songwriting
2000	Moves to Greensboro, North Carolina to attend college
1998	Voyage to India Invites Dali Llama to her performance. He decides to tend to his 60,000 Tibetan refugees instead
2001	Tries to ride a cow roaming the street in India on her 21st Birthday Hospitalized for short stint in Southern India
2002	Moves to Lansing, Michigan Works for feminist retreat center Grows armpit hair Eats too much cheese
2003	Adds drummer, guitarist, accordion and mandolin player, Alex Wilson Records debut album, “From Where I Stand” Discovers that she has been clenching her butt when she’s nervous for the pasty six years