Steph's Steps

Steph's Steps is a dance group dedicated to the wonderful world of Irish, Ceili and Clogging dances
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06/07/2026

Tonight is the night before summer classes begin, and we have one last teacher to spotlight!

Kayla, our cheer, tumbling, and adult fitness coach, is currently on maternity leave after welcoming her first baby in April!

Kayla is from Grand Haven, Michigan, and loves gymnastics and cheer. She did competitive gymnastics for 14 years, and cheerleading for 3 years at Aquinas College.

She also holds a degree in Kinesiology and is a personal trainer.

Kayla is happily married to her loving husband, Mitch, and loves spending time with her family, which includes her mom, dad, two sisters, her sweet new daughter, Ava, and her beloved fur baby, Loki!

She’ll be soaking up the summer sun with her little one, but she will be back on our schedule this fall.

06/06/2026

Last, but certainly not least, we spotlight the studio manager, social media manager, and toddler and me and pre-k musical theater teacher: Meg Sebastian

Meg has proudly called Grand Haven home for the five years and loves life near Lake Michigan.

Though new to dance, their passion for the performing arts runs deep --having been involved in theater since 2012 as an actor, director, stage manager, and choreographer.

They also hold an associate's degree in Theater from GRCC

By day, Meg has been supporting children with Autism at a behavioral health clinic for the last year and a half and is working toward a bachelor's in psychology, with hopes of opening a Play Therapy clinic.

Outside of work, they enjoy time with their cat Scarlett, attending local theater, spending time with loved ones, volunteering at community events, and of course, taking various dance classes at the studio.

They're thrilled to be exploring dance and can't wait to share that joy with others!

To sign up for classes with Meg follow this link to register: https://forms.gle/LtvggNJYtL2R1Et7A

06/05/2026

Classes begin Monday for the summer session! Are you ready? Our next teacher is!

Today we spotlight Gabi Tomes - our toddler and me dance, pre-k dance and tumble, pre-k tap, jazz and ballet, and pre-k hip hop teacher

Gabi has been studying dance since she was 2 years old.

She has studied ballet, tap, iazz, hip hop, ballroom, musica theatre and tumbling.

Beyond that, Gabi also dedicates her time to performing on stage in other ways, like acting in community theatre productions and sin8ging whenever she can.

Gabi also has experience in cheerleading and gymnastics.

She is pursuing a degree in Music education and hopes to also teach voice one day

To sign up for classes with Gabi follow this link to register: https://forms.gle/LtvggNJYtL2R1Et7A

06/04/2026

We are just a few days away from the beginning of our summer session!

Today we are excited to spotlight our pre-k lyrical, kids/tween lyrical, and kids/tween musical theatre teacher: Ashley Tesmer

Ashley was born in Chicago, but moved to Grand Haven after being in California for the first year of her life.

Since then, she has done 6 years of dance and become a theater fanatic. She's done as many musicals and plays as she possibly can at both school and in her community theater.

Outside of theater and teaching, Ashley attends Grand Haven High School as a straight A student. She also cosplays in her, free time.

She is super excited to be teaching and having a great experience here at the studio.

To sign up for classes with Ashley follow this link to register: https://forms.gle/LtvggNJYtL2R1Et7A

06/03/2026

We are offically halfway through our teacher spotlight series and today we have our Tap/Jazz/Ballet and Zumba teacher: Amy Lalick-Prinzi

Amy has been dancing her whole life. She started classes at 2 and has been moving ever since.

She is a certified instructor in Zumba Strong Nation, and CIRCL Mobility, and is also trained in pointe.

With over 20 vears of experience in tap, ballet and iazz, she has additionally taken classes in hip-hop, ballroom, clogging, and lrish dance.

When she is not dancing, Amy spends her time coaching cheer, colunteering for Central Park Players, singing and acting in shows, and practicing dentistry.

She has three children and is happily married to her best friend. Michael

To sign up for classes with Amy follow this link to register: https://forms.gle/LtvggNJYtL2R1Et7A

06/02/2026

Day 2 of our teacher spotlight brings us to not only a teacher, but the owner of the Studio: Steph Rau!

Steph teaches many classes including toddler and Me move, various irish for all ages, and ballroom!

About Steph: She grew up in Fruitport and now lives in Spring Lake with her husband and two kids (ages 9 and 12).
She loves the outdoors and enjoys running, hiking, biking, camping, snowboarding, and-of course- dancing!

With 36 vears of dance experience and a degree in Dance and Theater from CMU, Steph has taught for 13 years at various studios and festivals.
She also choreographed Frozen Jr. for Central Park Players in the summer of 2024

She opened Steph's Steps Dance & Fitness in 2017

Her specialties include percussive and social dance styles like Clogging, Tap, Irish Step, Ballroom, and swing. She also offers private wedding dance lessons,.

Steph especially loves dancing with her dad and daughter, and sharing the joy of dance across generations.

To sign up for classes with Steph follow this link to register: https://forms.gle/LtvggNJYtL2R1Et7A

06/01/2026

As we count down the days to the beginning of our summer session, we will be doing Teacher Spotlights - showcasing our amazing teachers at the studio!

Up first is the kids/tween "Little" Lumbertown and Lumbertown Cloggers instructor: Melissa O'Sickey!

Melissa grew up outside Cleveland. OH where she started her dance career at age 5 in a tap-ballet-gymnastics combo class.

After seeing clogging at her first dance recital, she joined the Walnut Hill Cloggers at 6 years old along with her mom. They spent the next 15 years dancing together with the traveling performance group.
Melissa spent 8 of those years on the competition team and started teaching clogging when she was in high school.

She also continued training and competing in additional styles of dance through college including jazz, modern, lyrical and hip hop.

Though she mostly stopped dancing after graduating from college, she came out of retirement in 2024 when she joined the Lumbertown Cloggers, which she now teaches.

Melissa lives in Grand Rapids with her partner and two cats

To sign up for clogging classes with Melissa follow this link to register: https://forms.gle/LtvggNJYtL2R1Et7A

05/27/2026

Our studio owner, Steph, and studio manager, Meg, spent the day teaching Irish Céilí at Walden Green Montessori for their Celebration of the Arts festival! ☘️✨

Thank you, WGM, for having us out today! We had an absolute blast teaching and hope all the kids had just as much fun learning!

If you are interested in learning Irish dance this summer, come on down to the studio! Registration is officially open, and we would love to have you! 👇
🔗 https://forms.gle/LtvggNJYtL2R1Et7A

05/24/2026

Congratulations to our very own Kelly and Melissa who just finished competing at World of Clogging with the Great Lakes Cloggers in the Hoedown!

05/23/2026

The Lumbertown Cloggers are having a blast this weekend!

Address

18 S 3rd Avenue
Fruitport, MI
49415

Telephone

+16168150887

Website

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