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About Us
Known as 'Batucada do Leste' ('Drummers of the East'), the East Bay Community Samba School is an exciting and talented community based samba group in the East Bay. The group is comprised of men and women of all musical skill levels, under the direction of Samuel Daffner. We proudly present our 2008 Enredo "Futuro na Mão" (Future in Our Hands).
Our goals are to learn about Samba music, become proficient in its performance, and ultimately to perform in the Carnival Festival and other venues. We are committed to BIG FUN playing drum music in a positive, family-friendly environment.
Batucada do Leste features the talented performance and teaching of Artistic Director Nives Wetzel de Cediel!!! Nives brings with her a positive and kid-friendly approach as well as a wealth of experience, and is currently teaching a contingent of talented high school students from Emeryville High School whose 'ala' is known as 'Pasaro de Fogo' (Firebird/Phoenix).
Last but not least, we are grateful to Sonia Russell for taking on the substantial and important duties of Logisitics and Support. We're building the Carnaval Day support team, if you know folks who would like to get involved, please have them e-mail samba@byosmosis.com.
We have begun rehearsals with drummers, musicians and dancers together every SUNDAY 12 - 3:30pm at Emeryville High School located at 1100 47th Street in Emeryville, CA. We are rehearsing in the gym, which is about half way down 47th Street from San Pablo.
2008 looks to be a banner year for the School, we're taking SF by storm this year and entering the Carnaval Parade for the second year...stay tuned for more Carnaval details. Keep your eye on Batucada do Leste, release your inner vision — "Futuro na Mão" — the future is in our hands!!!!
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