Street party samba Bristol! On Saturday 8th June 2019 we played at two events. In the early afternoon we performed at Peasedown Party In The Park. It was time to set the controls for loud, having three surdo (bass drum) players playing three drums each plus several extra surdo players. […]
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We hatched a plan to play at Sambafest Heerlen. This is an annual event in the Netherland. Our band size went up, down until we almost abandoned the idea and then back up. The result was a very bijoux band of 6. We’ve played with a band this size before […]
We always enjoy a hen party samba workshop and this was no exception. Our customer needed a venue so we sent a list of possible venues and they settled on Bristol Youth Hostel. We kept our party entertained for an hour and half of drumming. In these sessions we normally start […]
Dance and drum classes We’re back with a double drum session on Weds 9th January 2019. Drum class info. Dance classes start a week later, on Weds 19th Jan 2019. Dance class info. Facebook event. Taster session £5 Drop in £8 5 week block £35 (£7 per class) 10 week […]
This was our annual samba busk and Christmas party. We set up next to the cascade steps next to The Watershed in Bristol city centre. We had some fun for an hour with a good sized band and attracted a decent crowd. Once we’d finished that we moved onto Downtown […]
Westbury on Trym samba at the Christmas Fayre. We first played here in 2017, with a crowd size and reaction far better than we were expecting from a 2pm slot in a suburb. Things were looking good for 2018 up until the day of the event: we awoke to a […]
We’ve run a lot of hen parties so it was a nice change to have stag party drumming workshop. These guys also requested some dancing so Libby came along and the group split in two, with half drumming and half dancing before swapping over. The pictures hopefully speak for themselves. […]
Picton Street Fayre in Bristol is one of our favourite gigs. The whole street is closed off to traffic, there are stalls selling food and gifts and by the evening the crowd are usually well oiled and ready for us. In 2011 Western Eye asked if it was “the best […]
Totterdown Samba: we were back again for the 2018 Front Room Art Trail at The Oxford pub. We had a bigger band this year and just about managed to fit into the available space. Link to our 2017 performance. We always get a good reaction at The Oxford and this […]
This was a coporate drumming performance for Torry Harris IT consultancy at the end of their software seminar at the Aztec Hotel in Bristol. We only had room for a very small band and we had no idea what sort of reaction we’d receive. The audience had been there for […]