Thursday, December 20, 2018

Samba music CD for Brazil Rio Carnival 2019 ready

Liesa releases official CD cover for Brazil Rio Carnival 2019
In closing the recording works of the CD of the samba schools of the special group- Rio de Janeiro Carnival 2019, the Artistic director Zacarias Siqueira de Oliveira concluded that his team and the associations had just anticipated in the studios of the Cidade do Samba -City of Samba-(Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) a preview of what Will happen on the Carnaval Avenue. "They lacked fantasies and allegories, but the organization, the Claw and the participation of the communities were present. And that emotion was passed on to the techs too. The samba enredos CD is a show! "-guarantees the director, who also accumulates the Vice-presidency and the Liesa Heritage Board. The Rio samba carnaval album will reach the main stores nationwide in the second week of November 2018.

 This will be the 47 official album of Rio de Janeiro Samba songs produced by Zaca and the ninth recorded live in the Cidade do Samba - City of Samba, Rio de Janeiro. The Samba schools are already in the stars and have organized themselves with a number for the day of the recording. They've produced props, banners and special clothes. Some attended with over a thousand people to compose the choir of the carioca community.

Wednesday, August 08, 2018

Rio de Janeiro Sambadrome has a book over 30 years old

"Palco dos sonhos: 30 anos do Sambódromo": The book is a contribution of the  brazilian Magazine Rio Samba  and Carnival to the memory of the Rio de Janeiro samba schools. The project created by Maurício Mattos with texts by professor Felipe Ferreira, iconographic research by Fernando Araújo and visual programming by Fábio Corazza, tells the story of the Samba Passarelle from the first sounders who imagined a track specially created for the carnival parades to the last championship schools. The work highlights the main people who contributed to make the space created by Oscar Niemeyer, the great temple of samba art : the Sambadrome stadium, Rio de Janeiro.

The more than 250 photos that compose the work, many of the unpublished ones, were preserved in different sources, with emphasis on the photographic archive of magazine  Rio Samba and Carnival. The book is an indispensable tool for any research, participate or simply admire the biggest popular festival in the world: the carnival of the samba schools of Rio de Janeiro.

Friday, January 26, 2018

Rio Carnival 2018: Xuxa will participate in the street Block Spanta Neném

xuxa at Rio carnival 2018
Xuxa's Show will happen after parade of the carnival bloco in Rio.

 Xuxa is among the attractions of the Block Spanta baby, which parades in Rio de Janeiro on the day 27/1/2018. The brazilian presenter will do a show at the party after the parade of the collective, at 5pm, in the Equestrian society -Sociedade Hípica Brasileira, in Lagoa.

The presentation promises to remember the successes of Xuxa as a singer, besides counting the presence of Paquitas. "Carnival is the time of year that the Carioca reveals its essence with more vitality. Often fleeing the standards taken as "normal" during the rest of the year. And as closely nobody is normal, we invite everyone to free themselves, celebrate the joy and spontaneity together with us, "said Chico Nogueira, director of carnival street bloco Spanta.

 Festa Pós-Desfile do Spanta (Post-Parade party of the Spanta block)

 When: 27 Jan 2018 from 5pm
 Where: Sociedade Hípica Brasileira Av. Lineu de Paula Machado, 2448 - Lagoa
Price: from brazilian RealR $100