Word: pecking
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Sabrina T. Peck '84, who began Citystep and directs the program, explained, "For the undergraduates, Citystep combines ability to perform and dance sense with a feeling of community commitment...
Beginning today, Peck will lead four teams of four to five dancers into public schools during the school day. The teams will offer two sessions per week to each class of children...
...Peck, who choreographed and directed the entire production, says that the dancers attempted to convey "how city relationships are affected by the pulse and pressure of urban life." The troupe will continue to incorporate the theme of urban life in the new show it will produce this semester, Peck added...
While the Citystep does seek to improve the undergraduate dancers' performances, Peck explained that the program will emphasize the importance of contact with children. "We don't just want to wow them--we want them to get up and perform with us," she said...
...secure a few large donations, most notably John Harvard's, but it also depended on the help of the legislature, which granted Harvard the revenues of the Boston-to-Charleston ferry and a special tax called the College Corne--each New England family was required to donate a peck of wheat for the College's support...