Brazilian Carnaval Brazilian Carnaval

6th Annual Santa Barbara
Brazilian
Car naval
Edition 2009
3 Days & 5 Events
• Cinema • Dance • Lectures
• Music • Soccer Game
www.sbbraziliancarnaval.com
INTRODUCTION
The Sixth Annual Santa Barbara Brazilian Carnaval
2009 will bring 3 days of dynamic rhythms, dance,
film, soccer, Brazilian cuisine and the history of Brazil to the
CA Central Coast and specially the California Riviera. The events will be held
Fri/Sat/Sun, Feb 20, 21 and 22 at different places/locations and involving a
local Night Club, Cafes & Restaurants, Dance & Capoeira Studios and NonProfit Organizations. The concept of the Annual SB Brazilian Carnaval is to
bring the culture of Brazil as a whole showing more than music & dance,
including art and sport activities. Our goal is to create the perfect fusion
between the Brazilian eclectic music, the exotic dance moves, the delicious
cuisine, the entire country’s passion for soccer, and unique creativity & style
of their people. The idea is to disseminate Brazilian culture among the Santa
Barbara and Ventura Counties population.
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The Santa Barbara Brazilian Carnaval production team has been working to
approach this strong worldwide market of Brazilian culture to Southern California
since 2004. Every year we bring to Santa Barbara more international awareness of
the largest country south of the border and the third biggest Latino community in
U.S, of over 1 million Brazilians. Every year, our event involves over 30 performers
in 3 days of events; which include live bands, Afro-Brazilian and samba dancers,
DJ’s, capoeira groups and MC Guest celebrities. Since 2007, we have aggregated
special participation of educators and/or filmmakers and/or sports personalities
for lectures and discussion about the country.
Welcome and enjoy the “CARNAVAL” wave!
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Every year before the Catholic season of Lent and the arrival of spring,
remarkable scenes like these are recreated worldwide. Individuals and
communities honor the past and celebrate the present by playing out historical
fantasies, making social and political commentaries on contemporary issues,
and reveling in the fun of coming togheter – all in the spirit of the cherished
global tradition of carnival. In this modern times Carnival are celebrated
around the planet such as in cities like Venice (Italia), Port of Spain (Trinidad
& Tobago), rural Laza (Spain), Vera Cruz (Mexico), New Orleans (U.S.), and in
all parts of Brazil.
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2007 State St., Santa Bárbara, CA – 1 Block North of Mission
Fri, Feb 20, 7:30pm at SB Central
Public Library – Faulkner Gallery, the
screening of an award-winning film
that transcend national interest. “The
Miracle of Candeal” by director Fernando
Trueba, is a celebration of the power
of music as an agent of social change,
featuring International renowned Brazilian percussionist Carlinhos Brown.
Introduction by producer Lindenberg Jr.,
short lecture by a special guest, plus Q &
A with local Brazilian musician Mariano
Silva just after the film screening. $5
suggest donation at the door. Host by
Santa Barbara Permaculture Networking.
* Anapamu St. between Anacapa & State
St. in downtown SB.
www.sbbraziliancarnaval.com
Sat, Feb 21, at Noon at Murphy Field
/ Near the SB Zoo – Soccer Game
Celebration with local “Brazil” playing
against local “Mexico” for the Chivas USA
trophy. Local “Brazil” will feature a few
former professional soccer players now
living in Southern California. The winner
team will receive the trophy by the
hands of the Chivas USA Girls. A family
FREE event host by Aggressive Soccer
Store. Come to watch the game and take
pictures with the Brazilian Carnaval Girls.
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Sat, Feb 21, 4pm
Dance-Capoeira
Workshop at Ginga Multicultural Center –
with dancer, choreographer and capoeirista,
Gracy Ferreguetti from San Diego. This
two-hour fun workshop will make you feel
“the Axe of Brazil”. The workshop explores
and incorporate contemporary dance with
movements of Orixas and all the earth
elements in addition to teach regional
and folkloric dances of Brazil. $20 includes
one FREE Acai, courtesy by O.N.E National
Experience. Host by Ginga Multicultural
Center. * 617 E Gutierrez St. Santa Barbara.
Sat, Feb 21, 9:30pm at Stateside
Lounge & Restaurant – Night Carnival
Bash featuring Capoeira Show by
Capoeira Batuque SB, Five Feather
Samba Dancers including the “Casa
do Samba Queen of the Drums” Diane
and the “California-Brazil Summer
Beauty” Marisa, special Afro-Brazilian
presentation by dancer Gracy Ferreguetti
and Belly Dance performance by dancer
Shani Meyer. Liive music by L.A Samba
School and special participation of
singers Lula Almeida and Flavia de Mello.
Brazilian caipirinha drink available all
night. Paid in advance by C.C and save
$2, at the door $12. For group rates and
advance tickets call (818)508-8753. Host
by Soul Brasil magazine, Stateside is
located at 1114 State St. / Figueroa St, in
downtown Santa Barbara.
Sun, Feb 22, 1:30pm, Family Afternoon
Carnival Party at Reds Café and Parking
Lot, featuring Capoeira and Samba de
Roda performances by Capoeira Santa
Barbara and guests, Live Batucada from
Casa do Samba drummers, Kids activities
such as mask making and prizes for soccer
talent game, Brazilian food and B.B.Q
available, beer & wine available inside
the Red`s Café. The Red`s is located at 211
Helena St. Santa Barbara, 93101. in the
SB funk zone. Host by Contemporanea
do Brasil Percussion Instruments. Kids
activities support by SB Solstice Parade
organization and Magali Travel Services.
* Film Synopsis & Events Up Date:
www.sbbraziliancarnaval.com
Experience a Taste of Brazil
Feb 22nd Sun Afternoon at Red’s Café
Menu:
* Feijoada
* Guarana
* Bolo de Rolo
* Brazilian Hot Dog
* Coconut Water
* Pastel de Queijo
* Fish Moqueca
* Acai
* Queijadinha
located at 211 Helena St. Santa Bárbara, CA 93101
Producer Message – Our commitment is to bring
the Brazilian Culture in different formats such
as culinary experience, film projection, lectures
and sport activities, which aggregate into the
Brazilian Carnaval weekend celebration in Santa
Barbara, give to us the opportunity to partnership
with valuable organizations year by year. In 2009,
we welcome the local non-profit organization
World Healer, the SB Summer Solstice Parade
Organization and the L.A Professional Soccer Team
Chivas USA. The word culture has many different
Lindenberg Jr.
meanings. For some it refers to an appreciation of
good literature, music, art, and food. However, for
anthropologists and other behavioral scientists, culture is the full range of
learned human behavior patterns. To get involved, make suggestions or just
to write a few words to us, email: [email protected]
Special Thanks – To Our Sponsors, Contributors and Supporters:
Red’s Café
Booklet/Program produced and printed by Kisuccess Media / Circulation of 2000 issues / Distribution
by Kisuccess Street Team in Ventura (25%), Santa Barbara (65%) and Santa Inez Valley (10%).
www.sbbraziliancarnaval.com
Schedule
Events Program
for 2009
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The Dancers & Instructors
Diane Yakimovicz – Brazilian from Goias, she has been dancing
since was seven years old. Her passion is folk dance and one of her
greatest enjoyments, was when she represented her samba school
Mocidade Independent de Padre Miguel during a few years in the
Rio’s Carnival. Diane has danced with various dance groups in Brazil
and in California, and in 2008, she reigns as our “Queen of the
Samba Drums” in the dance competition of Casa do Samba in L.A.
Marisa Montoya – Brazilian from Parana, she is a lover of dance
and fitness. Besides the samba, she has a special passion for
Salsa. As a professional sambista, she is an of the most requested
in Southern CA. Marisa is an addict to the GYM and practices
aerobics, palates, kick boxing and lifting weights. In 2008 Marisa
was the winner for the Brazil-California Summer Beauty
Contest in Long Beach by Sambala organization.
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Monica Netherly – American from Virginia, she started samba 3 years
ago with one of the most important samba instructor in California,
Maria Lane. She currently reigns as the “Queen of the Samba
Drums” for the San Diego Brazilian Day Festival. Monica, who also is a
capoeirista, adores the samba and believes it is what keeps her heart
pumping full of love. She may be an American but her heart beats the
rhythms of Brazil.
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Shani Meyer – Israeli, she is a dance performer and instructor of
belly dance, jazz and samba. She became a lover of Brazilian culture
through the beautiful melodies of the Bossa Nova and dynamic
rhythms of Samba when still a teenager in her native Israel. This
“petite” beauty is a special guest dancer and capoeirista.
Gracy Ferreguetti immigrated to the US at a young age, moving to
New York with her mother and sisters. For many years studied in NY
with her master Emilia Biancardi, a renowned authority on Brazilian
folklore and Afro-Brazilian history & culture and the owner of IABAS
DanceTroupe. Gracy was also, inspired by Rosangela Silvestre, another
renowned dance authority, who performed and choreographed for
IABAS, and her musician father. Ten year ago, she moved to San Diego
and incorporated capoeira and percussion in her curriculum. This
multi-talented artist is a capoeirista, percussionist, dancer and choreographer, and recently has
created the Dance-Capoeira technique using movements of Brazilian dance, along with classic
& modern dance plus capoeira moves.
SB Coffee Roasting
Company serves a fresh
and delicious coffee, the
environment is cozy,
the people are alternative and from all ages,
the Free Wi-Fi is one more reason to step
by and the almond croissant, yummy…
better your check this out. The Cafe was
established in 1989 at 321 Motor Way
(corner of State St. and Gutierrez) in the
historic old town, than a second Café
came up years later at the Paseo Nuevo
Mall - www.sbcoffee.com.
Parragon Academy
offer Brazilian JiuJitsu, Kickboxing and
MMA classes, including a variety of heavy
bags, Thai bags, and a large open mat, a
full free weight area with kettle bells and
locker rooms with showers. The academy
is known for training great fighters, and
is a guaranteed place to learn some valuable skills and get in great shape - 617 N
Salsipuedes St, Santa Barbara, CA 93103
(805) 252-3624 / www.paragonbjj.net *
Also in Ventura (805)850-8801
Aggressive Soccer is the store where
you can find a full line of soccer materials
including the best brands of the market
such as Nike, Adidas and Pumas
in competitive prices. For 14 years
doing business at the store on 720 Milpas
St (805)963-4919, now for better serve
you, also on 5756 Calle Real in Goleta
(805)964-3165
Jensen Guitar Music Co.
is your best
choice to find
a best selection of guitars from L.A to
S.F. It is your music store for accessories,
repairs, lessons and rentals, To better
serve you, in three locations: (805)6874027 for 2830 De La Vina, SB; (805)9348687 for 1130 E. Clark Ave, Santa Maria
or (805)686-0080 for 435 Second St,
Solvang, CA / www.jensenguitar.com
Allen Associates specializes in commercial
and residential Green
Construction in SB, Santa
Inez, and Ventura. With
over 25 years of green
building experience, they create healthier
homes and offices for you, your family, and
the entire community – (805)884-8777 /
www.dennisallenassociates.com
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Jennifer Parker – Californian, she has background in Samba, AfroBrazilian, Salsa, Gymnastics, Ballet, Ice Skating, Capoeira, Fire Dancing,
and since 2005 with specializes in regional dances from Brasil. After
competing for California as a regional ice-skater, she went on to cheer
and dance team and trained with salsa choreographers in CA. She
has performed with a variety styles of dance groups in the L.A area, at
Vegas Hotels, and studied dance in the samba schools in Brazil.
Community Supporters
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The Musicians, Capoeiristas and Special Guests
Flavia de Mellow is a truly gifted artist: a singer/songwriter
and dance/choreographer, she also plays piano, guitar,
and percussion. Born in Rio de Janeiro, Flavia has been
performing extensively throughout Europe, Asia and
the Americas. She has played/composed with renowned
international artists Antonio Adolfo, Berry Wedgle, Elza
Soares, Oscar Castro-Neves and Moacir Santos.
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Casa do Samba Batucada is something unique and
means “the place where Samba lives”. Their directors
and musicians are considerer as the pioneers in this
same activity outside of Brazil, especially for already
having a long history of public performances
through the first Samba school of Los Angeles Mila Samba School. They play the authentic samba
carioca from”batucada” to “samba enredo” (the music of carnaval in Rio) and have
as drummers leaders masters Israel Ferreira and Sydney Lisboa.
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Mariano Silva was born in Salvador, BA, Brazil and lives in Santa
Barbara since 2001. He shares with the community the gift that
he inherited from his ancestors by uplifting and empowering
the youth and adults as a master in drumming, capoeira, dance
and choreography. * Capoeira Batuque SB group.
Daniel Chin was born in Santos, SP, Brazil, and moved to
Santa Barbara in 2000. He is a full time capoeira teacher
and nowadays teaches around 200 kids in the SB County
area including a low-income program at his academy Ginga
Multicultural Center. * Capoeira Sul da Bahia SB group.
* Also Christine Di Stefano – former KCSB radio “Tudo Bem Show” host, as DJ on Saturday Night,
and Pyata Penedo – percussionist and leader vocalist of Beleza Pura band as special guest DJ
on Sunday Afternoon.
SB Permaculture Networking is an
educational non-profit since 2000
and have team up with the SB Brazilian Carnaval Cultural and with OPA,
an organization of Permaculture & Art
with office in Salvador, Bahia, in Brazil.
In 2008, their board of directors visited
Brazil for the 8th International Permaculture Conference. They sponsor
the film screening & lecture on Friday
night - www.sbpermaculture.org
WorldHealer Inc is
a non-profit organization that promotes
education,
health and community
activities
for underprivileged
individuals improve
their life. They created “Studio”, pilot
projects in Brazil,
Cuba and Italy, and are currently
carrying out “Estudio”- the Brazil
project. To know more and get involved - www.worldhealer.org
Solstice Parade
SB Solstice Parade is the largest
single-day event
in Santa Barbara
County, and starting this summer
2009, coming up with an extra day event
at the Alameda Park. Plan ahead for June
19th & 20th. Starting this year, they partnership in activities and support the Annual Brazilian Carnaval having a booth
for kids with fun art projects on Sunday
Feb. 22nd and spread the word. Solstice
has always enjoyed a large contingent
of Brazilians in their parade and in
the Festival entertainment program www.solsticeparade.com
KCSB 91.9 Radio is a
community radio from
the UCSB and has been
support us during the
last four years. Thanks to Ted and the
entire radio staff. To know more about
KCSB radio and their alternative schedule/program log on www.kcsb.org.
Lillys Taqueria is an authentic tacos
place serving
delicious “tacos al vapor”. The taqueria
has a friendly service, harmonic environment and a great variety of tacos
such as asada, adobada and lengua
(tongue). If you like tacos, this is a place
to go! * 310 Chapala St., Santa Barbara,
93101 – (805)966-9180
Cold Heaven is a Santa
Barbara County Winery
producing Viogniers, Pinot Noir and Syrah. These
Viogniers are the best produced in California and develop nicely in
bottle, some drinking fresh up to 5 years,
atypical of most California Viogniers. Cold
Heaven's definitive style is fresh, bright,
and delicious, alone or with food. To
know more about these first class wines
- www.coldheavencellars.com.
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Lula Almeida is a multi-talent artist born in Salvador, Bahia.
A singer and recognized Brazilian percussionist, he can be
considerer a “show man” for his performance on stage and
ability with this “pandeiro”. Lula has been playing in the last
two decades in many places around the world, from Brazil to
U.S., from Mexico to China, and also performed in several Las
Vegas Hotel shows.
Community Supporters
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Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro
T
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he modern Brazilian Carnival finds
its roots in Rio de Janeiro in the
1830’s, when the city’s bourgeoisie
imported the practice of holding balls
and masquerade parties from Paris. It
originally mimicked the European form
of the festival, over time acquiring elements derived from African and Amerindian cultures. During the Carnival, a
fat man is traditionally elected to represent the role of “Rei Momo”, the “king” of
Carnival.
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Internationally, Rio is considered the
national Brazilian Carnival symbol. Organized and impromptu celebrations
is everywhere, but the Samba School
Parade with many groups and floats,
drummers and dancers in glittering,
sequined, feathered costumes in front
of your eyes is a must in lifetime. It is
like watching Las Vegas on wheels.
Premier and legendary samba schools
like Mangueira. Salgueiro, Portela, Beija-Flor and Mocidade Independente
energize the crowd and brought them
to their feet when they start sing they
samba enredo (theme song).
But Bahia with their frenetic rhythms
including samba-reggae and afoxé,
plus Pernambuco with their unique
Frevo style and Maracatu Afro rhythms
has been taking for a while part of the
“carnival cake”. In both cases Carnival is
a time for total participation. City residents and visitors dance together until
dawn. This openness makes Bahia and
Pernambuco Carnival different from
Rio and other celebrations in Brazil.
In Bahia on the second part of the
19th century, the black population celebrated the days of carnival in its own
way, highly marked by African-Yoruba
characteristics, dancing in the streets
playing Afro instruments. By the 70’s,
three main types of carnival groups
developed in Bahia: Electric Trios, Blocos Afros and Afoxés. Electric Trios are
characterized by an adapted truck with
giant speakers with a platform where
musicians play Afro style song with the
inclusion of electric guitars and other
acoustic instruments. Enthusiastic folks
follow the trucks singing and dancing.
Blocos Afros were influenced by the
black pride movement in the USA, independence movements in Africa, and
reggae music that denounced racism
and oppression. The groups inspired a
renewed pride in African heritage. The
Blocos Afros entities formed especially
during carnival which parade in the
streets, dressed uniformly according to
a theme. The afoxés are special blocos
formed by people who belong to Candonblé houses.
Pernambuco for a while has been
recognized as a hot spot for the street
carnival celebrations in the capital Recife as well small cities as Olinda, Bezerros and Nazaré da Mata. In the historic
city of Olinda (declared by Unesco as
historical and cultural heritage of mankind) the celebrations starts one week
earliest and the attractions is the many
Pernambuco
carnival groups with funny names such
as: “Tell me you Love me, Damn it”,
“The Midnight Man” - with a famous giant dancing doll that leads the group,
“Crazy Lover” and “Olinda’s Underpants”
among others). In Bezerros, the carnival
start ten days earliest with the formal
Municipal Ball on Wednesday followed
in the wee hours of morning by the
“Wake Up Bezerros” revelry, when revelers leave their homes to celebrate in
their pajamas or other nightwear. Still
on the previous week, there is a Fellinilike “Pedalando o Papangú” for masked
bike riders. Fat Tuesday there is a lively
soccer match where all of the players
must wear masks. Bezerros is the land
of “Papangús” or “Masquerades”. In Nazaré da Mata you will find the original
Afro-Brazilian unique rhythmus of Maracatu.
The freedom to party in the streets is
a unique experience for all and in special for those that are not Brazilians. It
seemed like the whole city had come to
a stop to join in the spirit of Carnaval. 
* For your next trip to Brazil we
recommend you to call our travel consultant Magali D’Souza at
(323)428-1963
www.sbbraziliancarnaval.com
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