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...result, Roth says the organization is considering changing next year's Saturday program to an after-school...
Despite the success of this year's group, Roth, who will co-direct the show next year, says she is uncertain whether she will continue the Step Ensemble. "I'm not sure we're going to do the same thing [Step Ensemble] next year because the group of kids this year was so amazing that we didn't want to let them go and they didn't want to go," she says...
...feel at times that it was a struggle to get kids there because often parents take their kids away on weekends or sometimes the parents need kids to watch younger kids," Roth says...
Further problems ensued because some kids were reluctant to come after missing a few sessions, Roth says, "Kids are sometimes ambivalent about coming. They are afraid that they won't catch up with the group or that they missed the crucial step." In attempt to mitigate this problem, Citystep instructors make an effort to work with these children before or after the rehearsal in "extra help sessions...
Even when the children came to the Saturday classes, Citystep had trouble finding space where they could rehearse. At first the Saturday program was scheduled to meet in the studios above the Freshman Union, but Citystep lost that space because the Union did not have enough weekend staff, Roth says. Fortunately, the MAC agreed to give the dance company a place to work. "Saturday session meant there was a constant battle to find space," Roth says...