Below are postings of news
and events relevant to the group (with the most recent at the top).
Wednesday, February 22, 2006
Umbela Brasil Newsletter --> Special Edition! <-- Hiya, its that time of year again. Its time for the Umbela Party... the local event that's getting a city wide reputation.
The usual suspects will be showing their faces, VERDE VAI batucada and samba enredo of the highest quality, ERE AfroSamba batuque baiano featuring the charismatic Xavier Osmir, Maco - anarchic clowns taking a jump up, funkatoo swipe at mangue beat and Maracatu and finishing with Mestre Pacheco and Coco do Reino taking us into the early hours with traditional Coco de Roda! You really should be there!
And you really should forward this email to all, YES ALL, of your appropriate contacts!! INNIT!!
We usually get going at around 5 or 6 and go on till late... If you are coming anyway BRING FRIENDS!!
Email info@maracatu.co.uk for discounts (Its only £6 for an incredible range of performances). There will be Brazilian food, drinks and DJ's to complete the package!
Important! Maracatu Workshop Date Change The day of the weekly maracatu workshop has changed from Thursdays to Wednesdays as of Feb 2006. Same great workshop - different day!
7pm - 8:50pm: Open Workshop 9pm - 10pm: Band Rehearsal (audience welcome!)
Workshops are starting again this year on Thurs 12th Jan @ 7pm at the Grosvenor.
Sessions run from 7pm to 10pm, instruments are provided (though you're welcome to bring your own if you have them), and best of all, it's only a fiver.
Umbela Brazil @ the Grosvenor Saturday 17th Dec, 5pm-11pm
£3 before 7pm (&conc), £5 after
Xmas celebration this Saturday of all things Brazilian at London's newest Brazilian cultural space! Featuring: 4 bands, DJs & Dancers
Performances: 5:30 - Samba class 6:30 - Maracatu Estrela do Norte 7:30 - Bumba Meu Boi 8:30 - Kabula capoeira 9:00 - Verde Vai bateria 10:30 - Banda ERE
Plus DJs, Brazilian food, drink and merrymaking!
We look forward to shaking off the winter chill with you all this Saturday!
Not only that, but Maracatu Estrela do Norte have a gig the night before....
Offline @ the Stockwell Jamm 10pm - 6am Friday 16th December, onstage 12:30am £3 before 12, £5 after
Offline is the official party for www.urban75.com & Maracatu Estrela do Norte are playing there again by popular demand from their last appearance at Offline...there will be 10 bands in all styles from punk to acoustic to .... 16 piece maracatu band!
Fri 25th November, 9pm onwards Stockwell Jamm (formerly Bar Lorca) Jean Charles de Menezes Campaign Benefit
All proceeds of this event will go towards the Jean Charles de Menezes Campaign to raise money for his family. Other acts on the bill include Asian Dub Foundation Sound System and MC Lowqui (Metalheads). £6/£5 concessions
London's new Brasilian cultural space UMBELA BRASIL presents: FESTA UMBELA at the GROSVENOR Sunday Oct 30th 5pm - Midnight
A day of: Maracatu Coco Boi Samba-Reggae Capoeira & Samba Enredo
6 Live Bands, DJs, Dancers
Authentic Brasilian food & drink
17 Sidney Road, SW9 (Brixon/Stockwell tubes)
£5 or £3 before 7pm £1 discount for Hallowe'en Fancy Dress! ------------------------------------------------
We are also promoting our partners Kabula's event on 29th October:
LAAFF & Kabula Intercultural Exchange London Annual Event
A day of Capoeira, Music, Culture, and Berimbau
An ongoing workshop music project centered on the vibrant percussive songs, dance and rhythms from traditional Afro-Brazilian culture.
Log on to www.kabula.org and navigate to Coming Events to find out more or contact Mestre Carlao - 079713 993 453, or Ian - 07976 327 367 ------------------------------------------------ - posted by Oli @ 10/24/2005 12:26:00 PM(0) comments
Tues 27/09/05 Welcome to Umbela Newsletter #2! Who knew we'd make it this far!
What a busy couple of weeks we've had....MEdN played twice at the UK Brasilian Film Festival organised by Jungle Drums to great acclaim - and resulting in 3 months of free advertising! Pete J is currently putting together the ad, so cheers to him for that.
And of course, there was the highly successful and enjoyable party at the Grosvenor on Sunday - thanks to everyone who came down. Those of you who didn't missed a great party - and a sneak preview of the Glastonbury DVD featuring MEdN, Ére, Cóco, Verde Vai...and some sketchy band leaders speaking after 5 hours of constant drumming...!
There will be another Umbela @ the Grosvenor on Sunday Oct 30th, so get it in your busy busy diaries nice and early now! We'll also be concentrating on promoting the workshops on Tuesdays and Thursdays - any help and additional publicity you guys can give us is always appreciated...we have really nice flyers (as I'm sure you've seen) so if you know of some suitable places to leave some - colleges, clubs, record shops, etc - don't forget to grab some next time you're at The Grosvenor.
And of course, if you have additional info to put in here....let me know!!
Cheers, Oli
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maracatu Estrela Do Norte Workshop as usual on Thursday 29/09/05
Umbela Brasil Newsletter Issue 1: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mon 19/09/05
Hello! This is the first Umbela Brasil Newsletter. The aim is to keep everyone who's involved in the Umbela groups - Maracatu Estrela Do Norte & Bloco Ére - informed about upcoming gigs, events and other related activities via this weekly newsletter.
Hopefully this will become the main medium for information about all these things and more, and be a way of keeping in touch with everyone. In this way we'll create a lovely sense of community and so forth!
Anyhow, we'll see how it goes; any comments, improvements, etc, drop me a line and I'll see what I can do.
And of course, if you have important info to put in here....let me know!! (Oliver.freke *at* bbc.co.uk)
Cheers, Oli
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Meeting This Thursday (22/09/05) we will be using part of the session to explain the structure of Umbela Brasil and how it will affect (and improve) the running of MeDN
- Proposal of Umbela
*Event details *Band profile *Band plan in adv and production *Accounts for the year - income from gigs, and outgoings. We will be discussing these items after the workshop, but don't forget the workshops now start at 6:30pm! - Umbela Party (Sunday 25th September)
We will also be confirming musicians and dancers for this event, providing the set list and times of the performances. A link to the flyer is below, so please download and distribute as much as you want by email and print!
Single flyer jpg: http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/medn/Public/Umbel_Brasil_25.09.05.jpg
4 Flyers on a Word Doc, ready to print! http://www.smartgroups.com/vault/medn/Public/UMBELA_BRASIL_25.09.05.doc(*
Smartgroups If you don't already know, 'Smartgroups' is Maracatu Estrela Do Norte's online forum where we discuss things like forthcoming gigs, debate issues regarding the band and generally keep in touch with each other. www.smartgroups.com
If you're not a member, let me know and I'll send you an invite. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Forthcoming Gigs:
Umbela Party #2 Maracatu Estrela Do Norte, Bloco Ére, Verde Vai, Kabula Sunday 25th September @ The Grosvenor
This is Umbela's 2nd party at the Grosvenor; last months was a great success, and this time we have a special Capoeira demonstration from Kabula. Find out more about them here: www.kabula.net
If you can print and distribute flyers, please do so! See above!
MEdN member Tarnya has just emailed me to say that there are still places left on the Candomblé workshop she's organising in Brighton this weekend; it's on both Saturday and Sunday and you can do either day or both: PRICE: £25/£20 con for one day...... £40/£35 con for two days For booking and more info contact Tarnya on 07815 043 496..tarnyarp *at* btinternet.com (I bring you this information bearing in mind that we have a gig on Sunday....!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The location and times of our workshops has changed. They are now held in Stockwell, South London, on Thursday evenings from Thurs 7th July 2005 at the following location:
The Grovesnor 17 Sidney Rd Stockwell London SW9 0TP
