Liverpool Samba School has a new Facebook group, which newbies (hello, welcome, there were a lot of you at practice this week!) and old school members may find useful to join…
Get info and questions answered on practices, gigs, where to find the best earplugs, how to avoid getting blisters on your blisters etc… Of course [...]
The new carnival feature costumes or ‘destaques’ and corresponding ‘passista’ outfits are modelled in Alma de Cuba in these new photos by Craig Bennett. Elegantly poised there under a tonne of sparkly bits is Sandy, who plays surdo (large drum) in the percussion batería when she isn’t wearing huge flamboyant outfits like this [...]
We *love* the new costume Simone, one of our samba dancers is wearing here – and what’s more, really getting into the carnival spirit, the Brazilian-born dancer made it herself! Well that means fewer hours of feathery toil, and maybe a cup of tea for our head costumier Maeve, who is starting to see [...]
An excerpt from the No.1 club hit ‘Round and Round’, with Natasha Hamilton and Liverpool Samba School. Produced by Mike Cockayne for Integral Productions.
from youtube.com posted with vodpod
With the carnival but a few months away, official ‘Carnavalesca’ Maeve and her troupe of costumier volunteers have been hard at work preparing costumes, so I thought I’d give our blog readers a sneak preview of how they are shaping up…
One of the themes for the costumes ties in with one of the other highlights [...]
…with her new single, so the Atomic Kitten star celebrated with a party at her bar ‘H’ in Victoria St, and added some Brasilian flavour with our samba band, including singing along with us playing (very lightly!) over her backing track.
Some photos of the night in a slideshow here Photos and video by [...]
We are sooo happy that samba schools from all over the country (and Ireland too) are coming forward to be part of the Liverpool Capital of Culture Carnival on August 2nd this year – its going to be a feathery extravaganza to remember! Samba bands confirmed so far include:
MaSamba from Dublin
Suffolk School of Samba
Paraíso, London
Manchester [...]
London samba school Paraíso confimed that they will be bringing a costumed contingent of happy drummers and dancers to the Capital of Culture this year for the Liverpool Samba School-hosted carnival spectacular.
Bateria
Photo by Edgley Cesar.
Crowd pleasers at Notting Hill carnival, Paraíso will be bringing some award-winning sambistas to [...]
