bloco louco - Brazilian beats in the city of Birmingham

Samba Resources

http://www.uksamba.org/ UK Samba Association, the UK affiliation for samba groups

http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/mally/samba/, Samba in Britain and Ireland, UK sambistas' resource site

http://www.earplugshop.com/, Earplugs for various needs.

Web Links

Funding

Awards For All, without which we would not exist

The Arts Council, another lottery funded organisation

Design:

Samba Bands

Sol Samba, Oxford.

Someone at the Door, Bromsgrove.

Ziriguidum, Bristol school affiliated to Monobloco

Oi Sambistas! Devizes, Wiltshire.

Sambassadors of Groove, Leamington Spa.

Health

NOTE: At one of our practice sessions a noise level of approximately 110db was measured.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/7872043.stm, Health benefits of drumming are speculated in this article.

http://www.uksamba.org/articles/Hearing_Protection.htm, UK Samba webpage on hearing protection

http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg363.pdf, HSE Advice - Protect your hearing or lose it.

http://www.hse.gov.uk/noise/worried.htm, HSE website - Worried about noise.

blocolouco and Someone at the Door 2008

Thankyou Cherry for designing the band logo. Contact: cherry@cherrystokesdesign.co.uk

Updated Jan 2010