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:

Other Samba Bands and Friends

Sol Samba, Oxford.

Someone at the Door, Bromsgrove.

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.

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

Ziriguidum, the UK Monobloco project for sambistas in the South West of England and South Wales, www.ziriguidum.co.uk.

Ziriguidum's mission is to teach the repetoire of Monobloco to experienced / talented players and leaders in the South West. Over the past few years the Rio based carnival bloco and touring group Monobloco have built up a reputation in as one of the finest performing groups in the genre of Samba and Carnival music from Brazil. As part of the groups legacy there are several education projects across the UK where students are studying and performing their music. Course tutor John Paul Courtney is an experienced percussion teacher. Having performed with Monobloco in the UK & Brazil he is now an official Monobloco teacher in the UK. During 2008/9 Ziriguidum worked towards performances with the other UK & Ireland Monobloco projects in Luton in May 2009 and at the Thames Festival, London, in September. In January 2010 some particpants played with the Monobloco at Fundição Progresso in Lapa, Rio de Janeiro during carnaval. Plans are underway for performances in 2010 in the UK with other Monobloco UK students at Luton carnival in May & at the Rhythms of the World festival in Hitchin in July. Workshops are held every 3 to 4 weeks in Bristol and run for 5 hours. The group is made up of players from groups in Bath, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Cardiff, Gloucester, Manchester, Stroud, Swansea and, of course, Bristol.

Updated Apr 2010