Word: pecks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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According to Sabrina T. Peck '84, who created Citystep and also directs it, she and the 20 other undergraduates who work with about 100 fifth and sixth graders attempt weekly to portray the vitality of urban life, as seen through the eyes of a child. She says, "We don't just dance with the kids, we provide role models, we work on creating a curriculum that helps them explore events and themes in their lives...
...Peck describes the program as a collaborative effort that requires careful cooperation for success. "We pull together some of the finest undergraduate dancers, musicians, technicians, and producers with some wonderful kids to do something both artistically and socially rewarding," she says...
...Because Cambridge is such an intellectual, ethnic and diverse community, its citizens want to make their own programs rather than subscribe to canned or packaged shows," says Susan Peck of the Cambridge Cablevision Corporation...
...self-made millionaire, a three term senator and Chairman of the Senate's powerful Foreign Relations Committee. With his gray-blonde hair, athletic physique and patrician demeanor, Percy looks not only far younger than his 65 years but also like every screen politician played by Hal Holbrook or Gregory Peck. In the past, Republican Party regulars have mentioned Percy as a possible Presidential or vice-presidential candidate...
...Peck's troupe will work with several fifth and sixth grade classes in the Longfellow, Kennedy, Agassiz and Fletcher schools. Peck holds high hopes for the program's success, saying, "I'm convinced that absolutely anyone can dance...