Samba da Alegria

Samba Workshops with Danielle Lima Please join us for this incredible Samba dance and community building experience! Samba is power, joy, and deep Afro-Brazilian tradition. It brings strength, confidence, and a kind happiness that you feel in your whole body. It also builds community - we move together, support each other, and celebrate every level. Whether this is your very first dance class or you’ve been dancing for years, you’ll feel right at home in Danielle’s class. Come dance, sweat, and feel the energy of Samba! DATES AND TIMES:  Thursday, June 4, 5:30 - 7:00 PM Saturday, June 6, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM **Doors open for REGISTRATION 15 minutes before each class** PRICE: $30 per class OR $50 Discount 2/Class Package LOCATION: REDWOOD RAKS WORLD DANCE COLLECTIVE 824 L STREET, SUITE 16 ARCATA Inquiries >>> [email protected] All levels of dance experience are welcome! About Danielle Lima: Danielle was born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and now lives in Los Angeles. Samba has been the heartbeat of her life since childhood, growing up surrounded by the vibrant music, movement, and culture of Brazil. From her early dance lessons to performing on stage, she fell in love with Samba’s rhythm, energy, and joy. Danielle has dedicated her life to sharing Samba with others. She had the incredible honor of parading in the Rio de Janeiro Carnaval for many years, experiencing firsthand the passion, creativity, and community of Samba at its grandest scale. After moving to the United States, she taught, performed, and built a Samba community in New York City for over 20 years, choreographing for parades, Samba festivals, and events. Now in Los Angeles, Danielle continues to teach, perform, and inspire through both in-person and online classes, performances, workshops, and community events. #samba #sambanope #humboldtdance #norcaldance #humboldtllatindance

Our guest teacher workshop series continues and we could not be more excited to host Clarice Cast! Clarice Cast is a multi percussionist from São Paulo, Brazil. She earned a Bachelor of Music from Northern Illinois University and a Masters in World Percussion from the California Institute of the Arts. She is an active performer, recording artist, and composer in Los Angeles, CA and is a regular clinician at colleges, universities, and percussion festivals, including the Percussive Arts Society International Convention in 2014. You can hear Clarice on the sophisticated Lado B Brazilian Project’s debut album, which was nominated for the 58th Grammy Awards in the category of “Best Arrangement Instruments & Vocals." She co-leads LA-based "all-queen drum ensemble", Bloco Obini. She also teaches at California Brazil Camp, focusing on beginner pandiero. Clarice is heavily influenced by her native Brazilian culture, and it has been her driving force to learn, perform, write, and teach these styles. Clarice proudly endorses Contemporânea Musical, Tycoon Percussion Instruments, TRX Cymbals, and Ahead Armor Cases. You can find her, along with a wealth of instructional videos and performances on: Instagram, YouTube, Facebook and her website, claricecast.com If you have been enjoying our pagode gatherings, and would like to improve and learn more, these classes are designed for exactly that! We hope to see you at as many of these as you can make! Clarice is an incredibly accessible and fun teacher. Many of us have had the pleasure of learning from her at Brazil Camp, as well as from her extensive library of instructional videos. Check out the links below! Clarice Cast Workshop Details (ALL at HLOC 92 Sunnybrae Way): Sat 5/9 1-3 Beginner Pagode Workshop Sat 5/9 5-7 Rio Bateria Workshop Sun 5/10 12-2 Beginner Pagode Workshop Cost: $30 per workshop or $80 for all three workshops (*package price requires paying for all three workshops up front*) $30/sectional per person **We are also planning a beginner pandeiro sectional for Saturday mid-morning. DM if interested**

Ao meu querido amigo @renangohan , irmão, Mestre e professor, Feliz Aniversário! Você sempre compartilhou comigo, de forma tão aberta, seus conhecimentos sobre bateria de samba, a cultura do samba e o Rio. Você tem paciência com o meu português meio estranho e lento, me ensinou a me manter seguro na rua e me ajudou de tantas maneiras. Estou muito empolgado com as pontes culturais que estamos construindo! Todo o meu respeito, meu amigo! Esta é uma parte do grupo de Arcata, Califórnia. 😁🥁🪘 ******Inglês****** To my dear friend @renangohan , brother, Mestre, and teacher Happy Birthday! You have always so openly shared with me about samba bateria, samba culture, and Rio. You have patience with my weird slow Portuguese, taught me how to be safe on the street and helped me in so many ways. I'm so excited about the cultural bridges we are building! Maximum respect my friend!

Meet our next guest teacher for our Spring series! We are so honored to host Courtney Danley!! Courtney is a co-director of Portland Samba @portlandsamba , the owner of Go Samba instrument supplier @gosambastore , and co-host of the Brazilian Beat Podcast @thebrazilianbeat . She has also spent the past 10+ years immersing herself in Brazilian culture, life and music - forging powerful relationships with samba schools across Rio. She has begun leading annual tours in Rio de Janeiro exclusively designed for drummers who want an immersive experience learning about and from some of the top Escolas de Samba. Her wealth of experience and knowledge of Rio style batería percussion and culture, as well as how various samba groups in the U.S. function, is invaluable and we are so excited to learn from her!! Join us for 2 workshops to explore the percussion of Rio de Janiero, Brazil -- If you’ve ever seen the North Country Fair Samba Parade and wanted to learn how to drum with us, these classes are for you! Rio Style Samba Bateria for all levels Fri 4/24 6-8 Sat 4/25 4-6 $25/workshop OR $40 for both. No experience required, drums provided. Friendly, community atmosphere. Location: HLOC 92 Sunnybrae Way

Festa do Samba! Join us for an electrifying evening as Samba do Mar Humboldt, Samba Floresta and Samba da Alegria celebrate the music and dance of Brazil. This isn’t just a performance; it’s a full-on PARTY featuring high energy rhythms, songs and dance guaranteed to keep you grooving all night long! What to Expect: * Vibrant, Uplifting Sound * Samba Floresta specializes in the Brazilian popular music diaspora, including Rio Samba, Pagode, Samba Reggae and other Bahian styles. The group features a batería of drummers, a melodic section and vocals that bring the spirit of Samba to the beaches and forests of Humboldt. * Infectious Rhythms * Samba da Alegria, Humboldt County’s Brazilian-influenced community drum and dance organization, brings people of all musical and movement abilities together to learn about Brazilian music and culture, build connections, and celebrate through performance and community events. * Dazzling Dance * Samba do Mar Humboldt Dancers will be showcasing the joy and passion of Samba, Samba Reggae, and other Brazilian dance styles. They bring an undeniable sense of festivity and excitement to any event. * Tropical Vibes * We’re bringing the heat! Dress in your best tropical attire - think bright colors and flowery prints - to match the festive scene. Event Details: * Tickets:$10-20 Sliding Scale * All Ages Show! * Drinks at Phatsy Kline’s (located in the Historic Eagle House): $1 from every drink sold will be donated to Samba do Mar Humboldt’s Brazilian Artist Humboldt Residency Program! #Samba #SambaParty #HumboldtEvents #EurekaEvent #BrazilianMusic #Percussion #SambaDance #SambaDrums #TropicalParty #HumboldtLatinDance #SambadoMarHumboldt #SambaFloresta #SambadaAlegria #SambaArcata #HistoricEagleHouse #PhatsyKlines

Festa do Samba! Join us for an electrifying evening as Samba do Mar Humboldt, Samba Floresta and Samba da Alegria celebrate the music and dance of Brazil. This isn’t just a performance; it’s a full-on PARTY featuring high energy rhythms, songs and dance guaranteed to keep you grooving all night long! What to Expect: ** Vibrant, Uplifting Sound** Samba Floresta specializes in the Brazilian popular music diaspora, including Rio Samba, Pagode, Samba Reggae and other Bahian styles. The group features a batería of drummers, a melodic section and vocals that bring the spirit of Samba to the beaches and forests of Humboldt. ** Infectious Rhythms ** Samba da Alegria, Humboldt County’s Brazilian-influenced community drum and dance organization, brings people of all musical and movement abilities together to learn about Brazilian music and culture, build connections, and celebrate through performance and community events. ** Dazzling Dance ** Samba do Mar Humboldt Dancers will be showcasing the joy and passion of Samba, Samba Reggae, and other Brazilian dance styles. They bring an undeniable sense of festivity and excitement to any event. ** Tropical Vibes** We’re bringing the heat! Dress in your best tropical attire - think bright colors and flowery prints - to match the festive scene. EVENT DETAILS *Tickets:$10-20 Sliding Scale *All Ages Show! *Drinks at Phatsy Kline’s (located in the Historic Eagle House): $1 from every drink sold will be donated to Samba do Mar Humboldt’s Brazilian Artist Humboldt Residency Program! #Samba #SambaParty #HumboldtEvents #EurekaEvent #BrazilianMusic #Percussion #SambaDance #SambaDrums #TropicalParty #HumboldtLatinDance #SambadoMarHumboldt #SambaFloresta #SambadaAlegria #SambaArcata #HistoricEagleHouse #PhatsyKlines

We're just 48 hours away, and we're so excited!! Together with @sambadomarhumboldt , we've been busy planning, prepping, and rehearsing for the 2025 @northcountryfairarcata #samba parade since April! We will have over 130 participants in this year's parade including local and out of town drummers, local singers, guitar and horn players, adult and youth dancers, and a local kinetic machine turned sound truck, all working together to present our theme, "Still We Rise." For the 39th Annual Samba Parade, we have chosen a theme that focuses on resilience and lifting each other up. Our world, our country, and our local community currently face extremely challenging and uncertain times. It is during these trying moments, more than ever, that we must come together, find our strength, invoke our higher selves, and rise up for a better future. We are gathering inspiration from the Blocos Afro who uplift their communities, especially in times of hardship, through music and dance. We want to raise up our community by creating an event where we can all feel brave and powerful enough to reach the stars. To connect the music with the theme, and as homage to humanity’s relationship to the stars, we have chosen a celestial design concept for the parade. The 2025 parade arrangement and choreography will be based on the Afro-Brazilian music and dance created by the Blocos Afro of Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. We will play in the style of Samba Reggae, created by Olodum, one of the longest standing Blocos Afro, and Ijexá, a traditional Candomblé rhythm. Olodum is named after Olodumare, a supreme deity in the Afro-Brazilian religion of Candomblé, who created the universe and is an ultimate source of power. Candomblé is a religion created by enslaved Africans who were brought to Brazil and is a mixture of traditional Yoruba, Fon, and Bantu beliefs from different regions of Africa. We are so eternally and incredibly grateful to all of our teachers, past and present 🙏🏾 Dudu Fuentes, Mestre Memeu, Marcio Peeter, Ailton Nunes, Adriana Portela, Mestres Guilherme and Gustavo Oliveira, Curtis Pierre, Jorge Alabe. Come out this Sunday, Sept 21st, at 1pm to see what we've come up with!

Thank you @reggaeontheriver for another great year! From 2014 (last pic) to 2025, we have loved parading the crowd through the grounds and getting down and dirty at those late night closer sets 🙌🏾 This crowd never disappoints❤️💚💛 Beautiful choreography and costumes @carmen_day2 it was lovely working with you! #humboldtgrown #humco #samba #humboldtcounty #humboldt #festy #rotr #bigup #jahbless #ini #vibes #bangbangbaby #homegrown #jah #howyoufeeling #makesomenoise #sambareggae #olodum #alegría

There's still time to join us for the @northcountryfairarcata #samba parade! Beginners and all levels welcome 🤠 Drums provided 🥁 Drop-Ins Welcome, come on down to @hlocompany in Sunnybrae. Sundays 1230-230 📆

Never attended and not sure what to expect? Don't let fear or insecurities stop you from exploring joyful opportunities!! Here's a little preview for anyone who is curious about coming to classes but has some doubts! First thing you will see is smiling faces welcoming you with enthusiasm! As you sign in, we will tell you everything you need to know for your first day - things like where to go, what drum to play, how to wear or hold the drum, where to stand, and who to look to or ask for guidance throughout 😇 After some brief introductions and cultural acknowledgments, our patient and skillful leader, Neil Bost @whosethebost , will tell everyone exactly what to do next! Within moments, we will become one powerful group, expressing and exploring in unison. Whether it's your first time ever picking up an instrument in your life or you've had a lifetime of music experience, we guarantee you will leave feeling a part of something bigger than yourself! And THAT is what Samba is all about 🙌🏾 If you've attended one of our classes, we would love for you to drop a line below and share your experience and/or what samba means to you! See you tomorrow!! Classes Sundays 1230-230 @hlocompany $15-20 sliding scale, no one will be turned away due to lack of funds If you've ever attended one of our classes, we'd love for you to drop a comment below 👇🏾 to share your experience and/or what samba means to you!

Samba da Alegria and Samba do Mar Humboldt invite all community members to participate in the 39th Annual @northcountryfairarcata North Country Fair Parade season! Never drummed or performed before? No problem! We will build your skills and confidence! Not sure about performing, but still interested? Come take the classes. Performance is not mandatory. All levels of experience are welcome! What is provided: 🥁 Drums - adaptations can be made for all body types and abilities 🧑‍🏫Instruction to build skills at ALL levels 🎶Music training, including building confidence and knowledge 🫂Community building through music 📆Sundays, July 13 – September 14 ⏰️12:30 – 2:30 PM 🌎HLOC The Space, 92 Sunnybrae Center, Arcata @hlocompany ​Drop-In Price: $15 - $20 Session Price: $135 Scholarships Available (no one will be turned away for lack of funds). Pre-registration is not required Class Info Contact: DM here, follow @Samba da Alegria Community Drummers on Facebook, or email [email protected] #samba #community #comunidade #humboldtcounty #sambalife #paradeseason #drumanddance #drumlife #percussion #worldmusic #bahia❤️ #brazil #culturalawareness #celebration #celebrate #musicasresistance #stillwerise #strongertogether

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