Saturday, February 28, 2009

Unidos de Padre Miguel

I've been practicing a lot with Unidos lately and they've amped up rehearsals....boy, this is like a job! We've been having the ringers join us lately, but they are very welcome. A lot of them played for Mocidade when I first came to Padre Miguel, so it was really good to see old friends. These people are the cream of the crop in Rio! One girl was chosen to play tamborim for Mangueira when they opened the bateria up to women. What a joy playing in front of tamborins that swing so hard! If I could only stay here longer......
Things are accelerating....you can feel it in the air. Carnaval is almost here!

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