The FINAL COUNTDOWN is on!

Welcome to the FINAL COUNTDOWN, y'all.

If you read that last post/e-mail, you know that we are meeting in BRIGHT BLOOM colors, at 11am on Sunday (May 6), close to the corner of Bloomington and 18th Ave S, asking for the BLOOM section.   

 You also know that YOU are responsible for getting your instrument there, and for getting it back to Pat and Tim O'Keefe after the parade.

Where are we walking in the parade / where are we going to end up after the parade, you ask?    Check out this handy May Day Parade Map graphic from Heart of the Beast Theatre:  https://hobt.org/mayday/parade/route/
    Which means all that's left to do now is PRACTICE!!  

     Please come on down to OUR VERY LAST PRACTICE, at Lower Riverside Park on SATURDAY, May 5, at 11:00am!!   (Google Maps link here: https://goo.gl/maps/knFQ6fCgc3H2)


    And, as always, please feel free to use the videos on our private Batucada Do Norte playlist!


    New videos this week: 




     Tu Maraca Tu 

    Baiana (!!)


    Maracatu Medley 



      Fun Extras:

       Start with video 43 and go from there!



      Quick review of how WHAT WE ARE PLAYING all fits together:
      • We will be cycling through our FOUR songs -- which are made up of smaller parts:
        • The Maracatu Medley
          •  Intro: bells-shekere-snares-alfaias roll, going into Marcação groove (the basic maracatu groove)
          • Song #1 “Nagô Nagô” (Baque de parada)
          • Song #2 “Somos de Agua Fria” (Baque de martelo)
          • Interlude (switch to Baque de Imale)
          • Break 3
          • Song #3 “Coroa Imperial” (with funk beat)
        • Tu Maraca Tu, which consists of
          • Tu Maraca Tu
          • the Second Line ("2L" sign) and 
          • Marcação groove (big M on the head like in YMCA sign) parts
        • Mas Que Nada, and
        • Baiana (Intro, and Parts 1 & 2)!

      Remember: we only have 


      MayDay 2018 themeuntil we play in May Day 2018!!

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