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 [...]
Entries from May 2008
May 21, 2008
Another excuse to spend all day on Facebook
May 18, 2008
More bling than you can shake your bunda at
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 [...]
May 13, 2008
Hand-made costume preview
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 [...]
May 12, 2008
More from Natasha Hamilton
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
May 11, 2008
Klimt-inspired carnival costume creations
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 [...]
