Moutain View Parade this Saturday!
Meet 9am near Hope and Villa Streets. (We never get the exact location until that morning.)
Parade starts at 10am. (Bateria wear all white. Your choice on hats.)
In Memoriam
Regretfully, we share the news that Olga Outz passed away last December.
Olga was a great contributor to Samba Mundial.
She played Tamborim in the Bateria for many years, perhaps longer than any other drummer (save Brad and Ted). She was also our most consistent class attendee and could always be counted on to perform at our gigs.
Olga also served on the Board of Directors for the Samba Mundial Non-Profit Corporation.
Her contributions over the years are greatly appreciated and she will be greatly missed!
Hey folks -
Our Web Site was down for almost a year but it is back!
For Dance Class information check the Samba Mundial Group page on Facebook.
There are currently no drum classes being offered by Samba Mundial. Private Lessons are available by request.
Contact: info@sambamundial.com
for information about the group.
Bom San Francisco Carnaval 2013 Gente!
G.R.E.S. Samba Mundial, Silicon Valley's samba school, is a non-profit organization dedicated to community participation. Samba Mundial's dancers and musicians perform traditional Brazilian-inspired movements and percussive sounds.
The group welcomes new dancers and musicians of all ages, beginning or advanced. Samba Mundial offers an enjoyable and encouraging experience for all. So come join in the fun and excitement! Shake those hips! Play that conga! Move those feet! And don't forget to join us in the annual San Francisco Carnaval Parade as well as other gala events and performances!
What the heck does "G.R.E.S." mean"?
The initials G.R.E.S. stand for Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba which is Portugues for Recreational Group Samba School. The initials are used in front of the names of the the major Samba schools in Rio. A Samba "school" goes all year round, includes both dancers and drummers, and creates an original production annually for Carnaval (in our case San Francisco's Carnaval). Every year Samba Mundial creates an new "enredo" or theme song for Carnaval, and since we work all year round with drummers and dancers, we use G.R.E.S. in front of our name.
Our 2013 Artwork (Created by Vauginho Bueno and interpreted by Carla Cruttenden)
We hope you like our new site! Looking for something that was there before, and now you can't find it? Try the Old Site.