4 ways to Join Sambão for the

SF Carnaval 2004 Parade     Parade Contingent Press Info
Dancers (Alas)  Drummers (Bateria)  Out-of-area guests 
& local independents
Color Guard
· Join Sambão
· Come to rehearsals
· Learn the choreography
· Buy/make your costume
· Volunteer
· Recruit
· Parade! 
· Join Sambão
· Come to rehearsals
· Learn the enredo
· Buy your costume
· Volunteer
· Recruit
· Parade! 
· Join Sambão
· Learn the enredo or choreography
· Buy/make costume
· Attend final rehearsal
· Parade!
· Join Sambão
· Parade!

Join Sambão:  Complete and sign the registration form at the bottom of this page (Or Download Form as MSWord Doc),  including the waiver, to become a participating member of GRES Sambão Para o Povo, a Mountain View-based Escola de Samba, for the calendar
year 2004.  The $15 membership fee covers the costs of water and food for parade participants, the float or sound truck, mailings to members, and other administrative costs.  It includes a Sambão Carnaval 2004 T-shirt!   Note:  All parade participants must sign the waiver!  If a participant is a minor, a parent or responsible adult must sign the waiver.

Come to rehearsals:  SF Carnaval 2004 rehearsals take place Saturday afternoons from 3:00 to 5:00 pm beginning Saturday, April 3 at the Boys & Girls Club of the Peninsula, Mervin G. Morris Clubhouse, 1109 Hilton Street, Redwood City.  This is near the intersection of Middlefield Road and Woodside Road (Highway 84).  [directions].  During the first hour, dancers and bateria will work separately; then both groups will rehearse together.  A $45 rehearsal fee will be charged for the 9-week series leading up to the parade.  This fee is waived for out-of-area guests and local independents who attend only the final rehearsal on Saturday, May 29.  Note:  all parade participants must attend the final rehearsal!

Learn choreography/enredo:  In the best Rio de Janeiro tradition, we create a new theme song (the enredo, pro-nounced “en-hay-doo”), new choreography and new costumes each year!  Both dancers and bateria members are encouraged to learn our Carnaval 2004 enredo.  For dancers, choreographies will be taught and practiced during the Saturday rehearsals.  People new to Brazilian dance are encouraged to take our classes held throughout the year at 8:30pm Wednesday for dance class or 7:00pm for bateria class.  To attend these classes, you must become a student member of Sambão at an additional cost.  Your first visit is free, so please come to the downstairs social hall at the Mountain View Recreation Center, 201 South Rengstorff Avenue, between Central Expressway and California Street.

Buy/make your costume:  Dancer costumes will be created during the first few weeks of rehearsals.  Dancers may pay a fee to have their costume made, or participate in making costumes themselves.  Final costs are to be determined, but please budget at least $45.
Bateria costumes feature a headpiece worn over “Samba whites” (white pants, white socks and white shoes) and this year’s Sambão T-shirt.  The bateria headpiece will cost $20.

Volunteer:  We need help!  Please volunteer to help with costuming, T-shirt sales, float/sound truck decorations and all the other activities involved in creating our S.F. Carnaval 2004 contingent.  Short meetings will be held at each Saturday rehearsal to plan and coordinate these activities.

Recruit:    Besides dancers and drummers, we need people to act as “parade monitors”, water providers and drivers for the sound truck.  Please ask your friends and relatives to volunteer for these roles.  Carnaval San Francisco provides training for parade monitors and float builders.  This is an exciting opportunity!  We also need sponsors:  businesses and nonprofits can get publicity on our web site and T-shirts by supporting us financially.  Sambão is a 501(c)(3) corpor- ation, so donations are tax-deductible.

Parade!:  The S.F. Carnaval 2004 parade begins at 10:00am on Sunday, May 30 and should take from two to three hours.  Plan to arrive between 8:00am and 9:00am.  Check out the Map to see the 2.5-mile route through the colorful Mission district.  Parking and meeting places will be specified at rehearsals.  We’ll have a celebration afterward, maybe even a stage show!

Sponsor Program!  Sponsors ($100 or $250) get their logo on the back of our t-shirt, on the web site, and in the program.
Download Sponsor Packet (PDF) (MS Word Doc)
Download Letter to Sambão Member (PDF) (MS Word Doc)


Send your completed application form, with check payable to Sambão, to:

Sambão Para o Povo
P. O. Box 598
Mountain View, CA  94042-0598
 

SF Carnaval 2004 Participant - Registration Form and Waiver

First Name or Initial _____________________________ Middle Name or Initial _____________________________

Last Name __________________________________________________________ Gender (M/F) ____________

Address Line 1 ___________________________________________________________________________________

Address Line 2 ___________________________________________________________________________________

City _______________________________________________ State _____ Zip Code ______________________

Phone (H)  (______) ________________________ Phone (W)  (______) ________________________ Ext. ________

Cell Phone  (______) ________________________ Email ________________________________________________

Note:  Sambão needs your email address so as to notify you about last-minute schedule or venue changes and other events in which Sambão is directly involved.  We will not knowingly disclose your email address or other contact information to third parties.

Role (circle one): Dancer    Bateria    Color Guard    Parade Monitor   Other _______________________________

T-shirt size (circle one): Men’s Small  Medium Large    Extra Large    XXL

    Women’s Small Medium Large    Extra Large

Fees:  please fill in all that apply, add them up, and write a check for the total.

Sambão membership 2004, $15.00 (includes T-shirt)    __________________

Saturday rehearsal fee, $45.00       __________________

Bateria headpiece cost, $20.00       __________________

Tax-deductible donation        __________________

Total:           __________________

Waiver:  I hereby give permission for myself and/or child as listed below to participate in the 2004 San Francisco Carnaval Parade, related rehearsals and events, and indemnify, hold harmless and release Sambão and its officers, members and volunteers from any and all liability for injury suffered by myself or child arising from or connected with this event.  I assume such liability.

Name _____________________________ Signature _______________________________ Date _____________