He founded the Larry Cervi School of the Performing Arts and Larry Cervi’s East End Kids, a professional teen song and dance ensemble. After Swissvale High School, Cervi moved to teach speech and drama at Churchill Area High School, now Woodland Hills. Cervi founded the Larry Cervi School of Performing Arts in Point Breeze in 1986, later adding four more schools in Western Pennsylvania. “That made it all the more rewarding to hear it.”Mary Chase is the assistant director for East End Kids. McDaniel recalled Kaylie’s audition for the East End Kids when she was older.