We go to this almost every year, and have a BLAST!
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Brazilians and
the Community in general are getting prepared to celebrate the
Brazilian
Independence Day
10.000 people
are expected at the 8th Utah Brazilian Festival the biggest Brazilian
event of the year
Board members and volunteers of the
8th Utah Brazilian Festival are working hard to make
this edition, the greatest Festival of all years.
Sponsored by Tucano’s
Brazilian Grill, Wells Fargo, Wilner & O'Reilly
Law Firm, Zions Bank, Utah Division of Arts & Museums, Art Works,
Salt Lake City and Zoo, Arts & Parks, Wizard Salt Lake City
and the Viva Brasil Cultural Center, non-profit organization that
promotes e sponsors annually the Utah Brazilian Festival expects
about 10.000 people at The Gallivan Center, September
8th 2012 to celebrate the Brazilian Independence Day.
More than 500 people are working as
volunteers to make this the best Festival. An example is the
artistic producer and choreographer Caio Castro , one of the Professionals that
arrived in Salt Lake City coming from Atlanta, State of Georgia where he lives,
to coordinate the artistic production of the Samba Parade, one of the most
expected attractions of the Festival.
For The Samba Parade will
present the Traditional “Baianas”, women that has
been working as seamstresses for about one month now, meeting on a
regular basis to have the costumes ready.
Dancers and Musicians are rehearsing
non stop. Samba Fogo Community Group created by the Artistic
Director Lorin Hansen, and the Musical Director Mason Aeschbacher, are working
with their performers to bring to the party a rich Afro-Brazilian traditions and
mythology, that fuses live Afro-Brazilian music and dance with contemporary
dance, martial arts, and fire dance, creating an exciting and culturally rich
choreographic style in the Parade.
Proud Brazilian moms and their
children from 5 to 15 years old are also participating of meetings to
rehearse. The kids will have their on “bloco”, the Bloco Brasileirinhos in
the Parade for the first time in 8 years.
To make the joy of the people,
coming from Newark, New Jersey, the Musician Marcio Mendes and band, are
bringing the greatest and newest hits that are now playing in Brazil. In the
repertory, they are including famous songs of Ivete Sangalo, Chiclete com
Banana, Gustavo Lima, Luan Santana and other Brazilian artists.
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Vendors are preparing the best in
food and arts & crafts to promote the best of the Brazilian Culture. ”We
are all moving fast for this remarkable edition of our Festival” says
Matilde Teixeira Wosnjuk, the founder of the Viva Brazil
Cultural Center.
Brasil 360 – An Interactive journey
to Brazil
For the first time, this edition of
the Festival is bringing an interactive trip that will take you to see the most
varied Brazilian landscapes, in a completely new way. In about 25 minutes, the
exhibition takes you through five Brazilian States, Rio de Janeiro,
Cuiaba/Pantanal, Curitiba/Iguaçu Falls, Manaus/Amazon and
Salvador.
What: 8th Utah Brazilian
Festival
When: September 8th,
2012
Time: 1 to 7 pm
Location: Gallivan
Center – 250 South Main St. SLC
WEBSITE: www.utahbrazilianfestival.com
Information:
General Information: Viva Brazil
Cultural Center – (801) 427-0607
Press Information:
Shirlei Domingues - (801)654-6033
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