Larry Cervi Larry has been training teenagers in the Arts for 48 years. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in education, and a Master's in Theatre at the University of Pittsburgh. He taught English at Swissvale High School, and then Speech and Drama at Churchill Area High School for 21 years (where he also directed the school's theater productions), and at the Community College of Allegheny County Boyce Campus. He served as choreographer for two major university marching bands, and directed competitive drill teams. He founded the Larry Cervi School of Performing Arts in 1986, and the East End Kids, a professional teen song and dance ensemble, in 1990. Larry's artistic direction of high school musicals at Gateway, Riverview and West Allegheny High Schools culminated in numerous CLO Gene Kelly Award nominations. He has also directed at North Hills, Montour, and the Jewish Community Center. With over 100 dramatic and musical productions to his credit, Larry continues to share his love of the arts with teens. He currently teaches acting at the Larry Cervi School of Performing Arts, he is the artistic director for the East End Kids, and he directs theater for East End Productions, the most recent of which was "Fame."		Kim Meyers Merge Co-owner of the Larry Cervi School of Performing Arts in Monroeville, Kim is a summa cum laude graduate of Point Park University and has been teaching dance for more than 20 years. She danced on Broadway in "The Tap Dance Kid" and with many touring companies, dinner theaters and summer stock shows across the United States. Rob Marshall (director of the movies Chicago and Memoirs of a Geisha), Christian Slater, Ben Vereen, and Lynn Swann are some of the celebrities with whom she has performed. Locally, Kim has danced with the Pittsburgh CLO, the Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, and the Pittsburgh Opera. Her energies are now directed toward teaching and choreographing. In addition to teaching with Larry Cervi, Kim taught at the CLO Academy for 10 years, the Ellis School, and at Centerstage in New Jersey. She currently choreographs musicals at Gateway High School, Franklin Regional High School, and Franklin Regional Middle School. Her choreography for Gateway's "The Boyfriend" won a Gene Kelly Award which honors excellence in musical theater. Larry Cervi was Kim's teacher at Churchill Area High School. She credits his professional approach while directing musicals for instilling in her a love of the performing arts and ultimately choosing dance as her career.		Jennifer Probola Co-owner of the Larry Cervi School of Performing Arts in Monroeville, Jenn earned a BA in dance from Point Park University. She has performed with many entertainment companies including American Entertainment, Osbourne Productions, and Latshaw Productions. Jenn began her teaching career as assistant director of the dance department at Nazareth Academy in Rochester, New York. She has taught for The Dance Company, Wilkins School of Dance, Gateway High School 's marching band and indoor colorguard, and Larry Cervi 's East End Kids.  Her musical choreography credits include "Grease" for Valley High School, "Fame" for East End Productions, and " Godspell " for Nazareth Academy, which earned her Rochester's "Stars of Tomorrow" award.  Jenn also lends her talents to Penn-Trafford High School 's colorguard,  Franklin Regional School District 's "Discovery Program", and Edgewood Daycare's outreach classes. She currently choreographs Kiski Area High School 's show choirs, Centerstage, and Kandescence, as well as the Franklin Regional's Pantherettes dance team who recently performed in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
Trisha McCarthy Trish began dance at age 12 in a local dance studio. She has performed at many dance competitions and festivals including the Sons and Daughters of Italy, and the Pittsburgh Summer Dance Festival at Point State Park. Other performances include a local production of “Jesus Christ Superstar”, the Pittsburgh Symphony's Tiny Tots Program at Heinz Hall, and performances with the Pittsburgh Performing Arts Theater and the Pittsburgh Community Ballet Company. Trish attended classes at LaRoche College and the Conservatory program under the direction of Kenneth Nickle, and went on to attend Point Park College as a ballet major. She earned a B.A. in Performing Arts from Point Park College. Trish has been teaching at the Larry Cervi School of Performing Arts since 1994. She has choreographed for the Burgettstown High School musical “Once Upon a Mattress” and for Pittsburgh's East End Kids. Trish also taught at Carnegie Mellon University for the Dance Alloy. She and her sister Erin founded the Burchfield Elementary School. Patti Arthur McGowan Patti hails from North Carolina where she attended N.C. School for the Arts and performed with the Greensboro Civic Ballet and North Carolina Dance Theatre. After a serious knee injury, Patti came to PIttsburgh where she graduated from Point Park College with a BA degree in Fine Applied and Performing Arts, and did post-graduate work in Arts Administration. She continued to perform with the American Dance Ensemble, the residence dance company of the college, and taught ballet and pointe in their Community Class Division. Patti has taught dance at various dance schools in the Pittsburgh area. She was the Artistic Director of Laurel Arts for six years in Somerset, Pennsylvania. She is currently the Director of Dance Ministry at the First United Methodist Church in Irwin, and she is in her ninth year with the Larry Cervi School of Performing Arts. Patti also works part-time for PaTTAN a a Family Liaison for the Pennsylvania Deaf Blind Project. She, her husband and three children live in North Huntingdon. She continues to love and promote the arts and enjoys supporting her students in all that they do.		Amy McDaniel Amy is a private vocal instructor for the Larry Cervi School of Performing Arts. She is also a vocal instructor and Artist in Residence at the Community College of Allegheny County, Boyce Campus, and she serves as the music director for Larry Cervi's East End Kids and various music ministries. A mezzo-soprano, Amy received most of her training at Duquesne University, where she studied vocal training with the late, world-renowned opera singer, Mija Novich, former head of the Vocal Department and Opera Workshop at Duquesne University. Jessie Rubino Jessie began taking gymnastics and dance classes at the age of three.  She later competed with the Gymkhana Gymnastics team for seven years at levels 4-9.  Jessie competed in the Pennsylvania state competition for each level and took second place in the state on vault for level 7.  She also competed in the Buckeye Classic meet in Columbus, Ohio, where she placed 4th on the floor exercise for level 8.  Jessie later returned to dancing as she took classes in jazz, hip-hop, and ballet at the Larry Cervi School of Performing Arts.  She was a member of the Franklin Regional Pantherettes and was a squad leader her senior year.  Jessie was also a member of the Franklin Regional diving team for four years.  She qualified for and competed in the WPIAL champion meet her junior and senior year.  She is currently working towards her Masters degree in Occupational Therapy at Duquesne University.		Aimée Voegtle Aimée has been dancing since she was seven and has been teaching in Indiana, Ohio, and Pennsylvania for the last twenty years. She first took class and taught at the Anderson Young Ballet Theatre (AYBT) where she performed leads in such ballets as Cinderella, Coppelia, Giselle, Nutcracker, The Red Shoes, and Sleeping Beauty as well as many original works. As a company member she attended many Regional Dance America Dance Festivals. During this time she also worked with the Indianapolis Ballet Theatre as a trainee, performed in the 10th Pan American Games Opening Ceremonies as a professional dancer, and competed in several ballet competitions including the Association of Arts and Letters National Competition in Dance. Aimée later studied dance at Ohio State University. From there she resumed teaching and performing once more with the Harrisburg Dance Conservancy and Harrisburg Dance Ensemble. Upon moving to State College she served on the faculty of the Arts Conservatory of Central Pennsylvania for six years and performed with the Ballet Theatre of Central Pennsylvania. Aimée has extensive training in ballet, modern, tap, jazz, and musical theater dance and over the years has been involved in a number of theatrical productions.