for more pics go to www.flickr.com/liverpoolcarnivalcompany

if you want to get in touch please use www.liverpoolcarnivalcompany.com

until we redo our woefully outdated website

half time at old trafford oct 10th /09

Carnival exhibition in the Liverpool Daily Post and Echo building till the end of October 09

for photos from last years carnival go to www.flickr.com/liverpoolcarnivalcompany

Check out the route for this years samba carnivalSat Aug 1st. Start time 8-30pm There are a host of venues to watch from along the way.

Our next carnival parade is

Sat August 1st 2009

starts 8-30 pm though the city centre

to get involved e-mail rogerconga@aol.com watch this space for route details and costume workshops or call in to one of the samba schools practices at The Picket in Jordan Street every monday from 8pm.

A special treat for all of you capital of culture lovelies: A big night of sparkles, samba, live drumming, fiery dancers, and DJs in Liverpool’s own Rio-style carnival party! Chase the wintery blues away and get some copacabana crazy in Liverpool’s best night out!

A change from their regular venue of the New Picket, the Liverpool Samba School will be shimmying  over to the fabulous Latin Quarter this Saturday to bring you their spectacular Carnival club night! A hop and a skip from Hardman St and Renshaw St, is the fabulous El rincon Latino bar, (you can see it from upstairs in the glass atrium at Hannah’s bar, Hardman St) where you can enjoy a big night of Brasilian beats, live drummers, and samba moves –from 10pm til 3am.

To make the experience all the more authentic, Bar El rincon Latino has a delicious range of Havana based cocktails and many others to get you in the mood to “bailer”!

With an Ecuadorian head chef, the El rincon restaurant also serves a good selection of  tasty South American treats (£3 – £4.50): from Chorizo Frito al Vino (spicy chorizo sausage fried in wine with spicy potatoes, yum); to Tortilla Espanola (spanish omelette); to simply Perro Caliente (latin-style hotdog); and Pollo Picante {spicy chicken tortilla). Not forgetting Empanadas Chilenas de queso (…they’re Chilean cheese pasties, love!)

Prizes for correct pronunciation*

Doesn’t matter what you wear, get dolled up or not, you’ll be surrounded by huge Brasilian costumes anyway, so mingling is a laff! …just smile your head off and keep dancing! You won’t be able to help yourself!

So now you know what’s going on, and where it is, all you need to do is come along and the Liverpool Samba School will transport you to the warmth of South America for one glorious evening. Cheaper than a plane ticket, chicos!

Obrigada, Soraya x

for more info pls email: rogerconga@aol.com / sorayacita@yahoo.es

*prizes / peer admiration. same thing.

Liverpool samba school’s carnival nights come to Fran and Freddy’s new venue, El Rincon Latino in Roscoe St, Liverpool this month.

Samba school plays at Late at Tate

Roll up roll up, just when you thought the world famous Klimt exhibition showing at Tate Liverpool couldn’t get any more decadent, more sparkling, more vibrant… Liverpool Samba School brings the bling at a specially commissioned performance at Late at Tate, for ‘Gustav Klimt: Painting, Design and Modern Life in Vienna 1900′

Tate and the Liverpool Samba School are perfect partners for the night, bringing together the highly acclaimed exhibition revivifying the spirit of the era in which Klimt lived and worked, and the colour glitz and abandon of the Rio Carnaval.

‘Late at Tate’ is a special concept new on the cultural scene of Liverpool, bringing curators and academics, artists, musicians and performers in combined creative energy together around a visual arts show. With a chance to take in an exhibition after hours, dine, meet up with friends, and enjoy spectacular performances and thought provoking discussions in a world class setting, its a concept worthy of European Capital of Culture.

If you haven’t managed to battle the crowds for your ticket to the Klimt exhibition yet, take this opportunity to explore the show which seeks to give context to the exquisite works on display with artifacts from the era. Late at Tate adds a contemporary twist to the proceedings, animating the building with an eclectic and inspired selection of commissioned performers.

Don’t miss the tour led by Tobias Natter (renowned author and co-curator of the exhibition), focusing on Klimt’s golden period. Take in the interdisciplinary salon on art and architecture with experts Professors Peter Vergo, Pamela Robertson and Alan Crawford on the connections and comparisons between the Arts and Crafts movement in Britain and America and the Wiener Werkstätte in Austria.

With music and extravagant costume specially created to reflect the Klimt show, the Liverpool Samba School band will play visitors into the gallery against the backdrop of the illuminated evening docks. Enjoy dancing away to another animated performance later in the night , and DJ Conrad from Footprints will provide perfect Brasilian bossa, beats and breaks.

Also on offer is a screening of the Klimt biographical film, and a chance to catch a performance from French chanteuse Camille O’Sullivan, who sings the dramatic songs of Jacques Brel, Tom Waits and Nick Cave.

Tate Gallery Liverpool, Albert Dock
Thursday 28th August 2008 6pm -8pm
free admission, charges for salons, tours and talks
http://www.tate.org.uk/liverpool/late/14814.htm

We have had a great response from people sending in links to their photos and video captured from the spectators’ perspective on the day – please continue to send in your links and we will publish some of them here and on our facebook group Escola de Samba de Liverpool

We have been gathering together some of your videos of Liverpool Samba School on a Youtube playlist and as you can see, you lovely people have been very enthusiastic in recording the Rio style carnival and street party on Saturday!

Especially nice to show off to the world what Liverpool can do, it is also pretty good for us musicians and dancers to see the rest of the carnival parade, as we were caught up in our own sections

We have been very proud to see the parade recorded in your colourful videos and photographs, as wherever people were standing along the city centre route, the energy and enthusiasm was amazing from both performers, and the crowds who gave us such a great response – dancing in the streets, cheering and clapping, a real slice of Rio carnaval in the heart of Liverpool!

This great little video was made by Aniket Parmar.