Gail's clean up

Update: the house is now accessible by foot, not yet by car, but that should be fine tomorrow. Water came until the windows on the second level, but not the ceiling.

The initial cleanup will be tomorrow, Saturday, from 9am. Please see below on how to get there. I will confirm the exact address by SMS. Given road closures I expect people will not all arrive exactly 9am, that's OK of course. Please try car pooling (I'll pick up Brian).

Can people that want to help please bring cleaning tools.

Time to be there: 9am
Address: I'll SMS this to you. It's in Corinda.

Cleanup team:

• Remko
• Claire
• Denis
• Darren
• Warren
• Leesa
• Siobhann
• Brian
• Elwin
• Patty & David

Process

1. Ensure power is fully disconnected by removing all fuses and circuit breakers from the fuse box
2. Take as many photo’s /video as possible before anything is disturbed for insurance purposes
3. Focus on the inside of the house first
4. Collect all valuable’s for cleaning and safe storage
5. Remove all perishable foods and place in the industrial/skip bins which the council has promised to provide
6. Start removing any non salvageable furniture, floor and window coverings
7. Check to see if any walls are retaining water and drill holes along the bottom.  Sounds drastic but it is the best way to get things drying out
8. Hose the inside from the top down
9. We will need to clean and free up some bench space for stacking items that have been cleaned
10. Cooking Utensils, Plates, Cups and Cutlery should be able to be cleaned and salvaged
11. Anyone who has a washing machine and wants to try and salvage some clothes can bag them up and take them home
12. Large electrical items may work again if they are thoroughly cleaned and dried out before powering up.

What to Bring

1. Sensitivity and  Positive Attitude
2. Rubber/leather gloves and Protective Clothing (long pants, sturdy shoes), goggles to protect eyes, mask
3. Change of clothes for the end of the day
4. Fully charged mobile phone
5. Insect repellent
6. Antibacterial products and hand wash
7. Your own lunch and clean drinking water
8. First aid items (I'll bring a kit, and I also have done advanced First Aid training)
9. Torches
10. Ladder / steps
11. Garbage bags and other plastic bags
12. Tubs that we can fill with water for cleaning stuff in
13. Mops, brooms (hard & soft) , buckets and rags
14. Shovels
15. Spray bottles for cleaning products

How to get there

For Northsiders.

If the Centenary Hwy is open you can exit at seventeen mile rocks road, follow it until you get to Ardoyne Road. From Ardoyne Rd turn right into Cliveden Av. This will take you to Neata St. 

News just in. If the Northsiders take the story bridge and go straight down Ipswich Rd it will be ok. Ipswich Rd will be open as at 9pm tonight.

If this is no good follow the same way as the Southsiders.

Take the Logan Mwy until the Centenary Hwy Exit. Take this to Ipswich Mwy Northbound. Take Harcourt/Cardiff Rd exit. Turn right in to Ashridge Rd. Turn right in to Seventeen Mile Rocks Rd to Ardoyne Rd then follow the directions as above.

No guarantee but this way should be ok.

(thanks to Darren and Claire for writing most of the above)

Samba CANCELLED this Thursday because of flood risk!

Guys,


Hope you're all safe and dry, it's crazy weather. Here in the Gap I'm high and dry, hope you're all in a similar position.


Just looking at the Cambell Newman press conference, Thursday the river is going up at least 4.2 meters! Milton is on the list of flooded areas.


So, in the interest of everyone's safety, I'm cancelling this Thursday's Samba class!


Please look after yourselves!
Remko

Maracatu : Various Rhythms

A short run down of various Maracatu rhythms: 01:26- Marcacao, Male, Arrasto, Parada and Martelo. 02:37 - Caixa

This Friday: Roar vs Perth

Happy New Year everyone!

Well, certainly the Roar is happy, they haven't lost a game for 19 games in a row and are well ahead at the top of the table! So, will they increase this record to 20 this Friday? We'll be there to see.

The following people will be playing:

Remko - Repinique
Jason - Caixa
Denis - Caixa
Siobhann - 1st surdo
Leesa - 3rd surdo
Gail - 3rd surdo
Miki - Shaker
Byron - 2nd surdo
Paul D - 3rd surdo

I look forward to seeing all of you again. The game starts at 7.30pm, we'll need to be there 6.45pm please. We'll also play at the South plaza 7.05pm - 7.20pm.

There is a chance it will rain during part of the match - we will just seek shelter and not play during that time.

Cheers
Remko

Details for tonight - Roar vs Gold Coast

Hope everyone had a great Christmas!

Thanks to all those playing tonight on this busy time of the year:

Jason - Repinique
Mike - 1st Surdo
Maria - 3rd surdo
Brian - 2nd surdo
Sarah - shaker

A small crew only but I'm sure you guys can 'hold the fort'.

The game starts at 6.15pm, we won't play before the game so please gather at the car park at 5.50pm. Jason has all the instruments and will take the lead today.

I will contact the Roar today to discuss wet weather procedure.

Thanks again!
Remko

PS: please remember to return your access pass to Jason at the end of the game!

Hey Sambistas,

Details of a Brazilian music, dance & food session next Thursday night (if you need another xmas party to go to)

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Hi Brazilian Music Enthusiasts,

This month's QUE SAUDADE session comes with Salvador twist.

Que Saudade is a night devoted to finding a home for true Brazilian sounds: samba-gafieira-samba rock & forro music and dance, in Bris-vague-as, complete with full band, dance help & comidas de boteco (tasty Brazilian bar bites-cooked on the spot) in a fresh, informal way....attempting to give a taste of what it might like to be hitting a downtown brazilian bar or 'night-time hangout'.

For the xmas edition there'll be a special samba reggae/bahia music feature just after midnight!

Details attached and below:

Thursday 23rd December

'o verdadeiro espirito brasileiro'
QUE SAUDADE! xmas edition
Dance floor sounds from the colourful streets of Brazil.

samba . gafieira . samba rock . pagode . forro music & dancing all night long!

feat
MALAGUETA (Live samba, pagode & forro group)
Djs Pepe Sol & Paprika spinning authentic brazilian beats (samba, gafieira, samba rock, forro, baião, brazilian soul)

***special axe/samba reggae/bahia music feature! feat Gianne 'SAMBAKI' Abbott, helping us with our axe moves!

9pm-3am. Brazilian beer, Cocktails & Comidas de Boteco (Brazilian bar snacks)

Intro Dance class with Groove Brazil dance studio 9pm-10pm
entry:$5 before 10pm - $10 after

**listen to Dj's Pepe Sol & Paprika's live mix here (www.soundcloud.com/pepesol) of sounds that you might expect to hear on the night - (listen and enjoy!)

Casablanca Cellar bar
cnr Petrie trc & Caxton st Paddington

www.myspace.com/malagueta10
www.groovebrazil.com.au

Late notice gig - tonight!!!

OK, Erin twisted my arm (and leg - ouch!) to do this gig tonight at extremely short notice.

• Where: Groove Brazil Christmas party, East Brisbane State School, Corner Wellington Rd/Stanley Street.
• Be there: no later than 10pm. Take some time to find a car park! Official car park entrance on Wellington Road, next to the phone booth (do they still exist?!)
• What to wear: NOTHING. Or, something pink & green & white.

Entrance for samba school member + 1 guest per person is free. Further guests $25.

Players:

Remko - Repinique

Denis - Car-sha

Gail - 2nd surdo

Angus - 3rd surdo (don't rush!)

Siobhann -1st surdo

Leesa - 1st surdo

Paul Caplat - caixa

Erin - caixa

Warren - tamborim or 3rd surdo if he wants to impress prefers to play with his new girlfriend

Miki - Shaker

Lynne - Shaker

Brian - Second surdo (actually he claims he's off sick but we don't believe him!)

Some happy video for a happy time of the year

Last rehearsal of the year

This Thursday is the last rehearsal of the year. I would like to celebrate the year with all of you hopefully at 6pm upstairs in the Polish Club bar for a bite to eat. Following that, we'll have a bit of fun as always. If people want to bring any nibblies for during the night, be my guest!

Really looking forward to seeing all of you once more before the Xmas period!

Cheers
Remko

Xmas holidays!!!

Hi all, Xmas is only one month away and I thought I help you with your plans by announcing the samba school rehearsal dates early!

• Last rehearsal of 2010 will be Thursday 9 December. As always I'll try to make the last rehearsal of the year a bit special!
• First rehearsal of 2011 will be Thursday 13 January

Now, there will still be a few Roar gigs during this time:

• 26 December 6.15pm Roar vs Gold Coast (traditional local Boxing Day derby!)
• 7 January 7.30pm Roar vs Perth (again!)

Please let me know asap if you'd like to play any of these gigs!

CANCELLED - this Thursday's class (25/11/10)

Even though our gig on Wednesday has been cancelled, I have decided to cancel Thursday's class anyway as I feel that there won't be a lot of people going anyway given changes in diaries this week. Sorry about that, and see you next week!

CANCELLED - Roar vs Perth performance

All, Roar has decided to cancel our performance this Wednesday for the Roar vs Perth game, as they fear it will clash with another (one off) activity they have planned.

If anyone still want to go to the game (without drums) please contact me.

I am undecided whether we'll have a class on Thursday or not - probably not as I think people have already got their mind set that we won't have a class then!

Mangueira

Thanks Remko for making us play Mangueira - it's a motivating caixa pattern and when we master it I'm sure the outcome will be AWESOME.

I found two interesting samba blogs showing patterns and associated fingering for caixa - I noticed that the accents are not exactly the same for Mangueira, and now I don't remember which one you made us play !

(r right, l left, z buzz, caps accents)

I remembered this

RlRR lRRl RlRR lzzl

Now I see this

RRlR lRRl RlRR lzzl

or this

RRlR lRRl RRlR lzzl

http://sambagypsy.blogspot.com/2008/11/mangueiras-new-sticking.html

http://riostories.blogspot.com/2007/03/monoblocos-2007-caixa-patterns.html

(this one has lots of samba patterns, pretty cool)

(Yes, non caixa players, you can play this : zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz)

What rain?

I don't know what it is with you lot, but every time there is even a hint of rain in the air, half of you don't turn up to rehearsal!

Can I just assure everyone that the Polish Club has a pretty good roof, and car parking is provided within 10 second walking distance from the entrance. There is nice coffee, even hot chocolate if you really want to.

And, as they say in Brazil, we're not made of sugar!

So, I'm looking forward to seeing you all tonight!

This Saturday - Roar vs North QLD Fury

This Saturday night, the Roar (now comfortably top of the ladder) plays North Queensland Fury (trailing at the very uncomfortable bottom end of the ladder)! So it's going to be an interesting  game with hopefully quite a few goals to celebrate!


Update - we'll also play in a corporate box as part of Roar's charity for breast cancer day. Therefore we need to be there a bit earlier - 7.15pm. Please don't be late as we'll have to play 7.35pm already!

Of course we need to be there to provide some loud support, so please let me know if you can play this Saturday! The game starts at 8.15pm, we'd need to be there 7.15pm. Parking provided as always.

We'll also play at the South plaza again! Please let me know if you'd like to play!


Players:


Remko - Repinique
Brian - 2nd Surdo
Paul Dennis 3rd surdo
Patty - Shaker
Angus - 3rd Surdo
Elwin - 1st Surdo
Jason - Caixa
Gail - 3rd surdo

Maracatu

Further to Paul's post below, just a few notes.

When a few of us were in Rio in 2006, we did a Maracatu workshop and we also saw a Maracatu performance, which was very impressive. Since then, we have done some attempts to imitate some maracatu rhythms during some of our own samba school rehearsals. Whilst this was a lot of fun, this never really got off the ground, and certainly wasn't up to standard for public performance.

Paul Dennis joined the samba school a few weeks ago. He has previously been playing Maracatu when he lived in Berlin, and would love to continue playing now that he lives here in Brisbane. We agreed to try to incorporate Maracatu in the repertoire of the Samba School, and Paul has kindly agreed to help teach everyone.

So, regarding his request below, I fully support the purchase of a few alfaias, but before we go too far down that track, I like to get some feedback from the samba school. So please vote in the poll to the right of this page, and let us know if you like to incorporate Maracatu into the samba school.

If the majority supports this, I will advertise in advance which classes will be dedicated to Maracatu. I will also consider purchasing a couple of alfaias for the samba school.

Comments very welcome!

ALFAIA $455 with goat skin heads! v. nice

Hi everyone

I have been in contact with www.sambaworldpercussion.com they have five 20" alfaia's from Brazil. These are the large drums used in Maracatu, coco, afoxe and other rhythms from Pernambuco. At the moment they are $359 and I am definatley going to buy one. I'm also getting two 20" goat skin heads. These will cost $48 each. So the total price is $455.

If anyone else wants to buy alfaia this is a good opportunity. They are very good quality, the price is good, they are extremely rare in Australia and the more we buy we can get them cheaper still. Is anyone else interested?

Cheers Paul

High Energy Maracatu

A Nação do Maracatu Estrela Brilhante from Recife performing at the Television Tower in Brasília 2005. Shekere 03:39 .

Brazilian BBQ at the Joynt. Sunday the 14th.

If anyone is interested there's a Brazilian BBQ at the Joynt this Sunday.
Forro, pagode and samba for those inclined also.

http://events.myspace.com/Event/7564112/Saideira-Brazilian-BBQ--the-Joynt

Roar vs Adelaide - this Saturday

This Saturday night, the Roar (now number 2 on the ladder) plays Adelaide (number one)! So it's going to be a big game where they battle it out for the top of the table.

Of course we need to be there to provide some loud support, so please let me know if you can play this Saturday! The game starts at 8.15pm, we'd need to be there 7.15pm. Parking provided as always.

Players:
Remko - Repinique
Paul D - 3rd Surdo
Gail - 3rd Surdo
Denis - Caixa
Siobhann - 1st Surdo
Leisa - 1st Surdo
Miki - Ganza
Patty - Agogo / Ganza
Brian - 2nd Surdo

Please be there 7.15pm. This time we'll play at the South plaza too!