Date: Saturday May 26th.
Show Time: 2pm - 2.45pm (45 minutes).
Meet: 12noon. Change clothes: 1.30pm.
Dress: Instructors: White Bantus Capoeira T-shirt and your group's white Abada with cord. Students: Group's white uniform with cord.
Programme: (Aprox.)
2pm: Capoeira Music and singing. Rhythm: Sao Bento Grande de Angola.
2.05pm Introductions: About Capoeira. About GBCJ. Introduce Special guests.
2.15pm. Solos by instructors. Rhythm: Iuna.
2.25pm . Open Roda. Rhythm: Sao Bento Grande de Angola.
2.35pm. Samba de Roda.
2.40pm. Closing speech.
2.45pm. Finish.
I've invited instructors and students from almost 20 other capoeira groups to help us out for the Saturday show. But so far only a few have replied to my email. I expect at least 3-5 very good capoeiristas to join us, but we need more Bantus students!
PS. Out booth number is C-0767 on the 1st floor, West Hall 1, close to the First Aid station/Entrance and not far from the Design Festa Office/Indoor Stage.
And don’t forget to invite your friends, family, everyone!
This is going to be a huge event, lots of art and performances (not just capoeira), lots of fun!
Maculele Rehearsal and Audition for Design Festa (Sunday May 27th).
We will practice the choreography and timing and select the performance team for maculele.
All GBCJ students invited.
Date: Sunday May 20th 2007.
Time: 1pm - 2.30pm (class open from 12noon-3pm).
@ San Chu (Mitaka Dai San Chu Gakkou) 2F.
Cost: FREE!
NB: Regular Sunday class 3pm-6pm (1000/1500yen).
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Sunday May 27th
Maculele and Capoeira Show.
Design Festa Projection Space.
15:30-16:00
Programme: (Aprox.)
Saturday 26th.
Indoor Stage:
2pm: Capoeira Music and singing. Rhythm: Sao Bento Grande de Angola. (Set Up Equipment and move into position)
2.05pm Introductions: About Capoeira. About GBCJ. Introduce Special guests.
2.15pm. Solos by instructors. Rhythm: Iuna.
2.25pm . Open Roda. Rhythm: Sao Bento Grande de Angola.
2.35pm. Samba de Roda.
2.40pm. Closing speech. (Pack up equipment and leave stage area)
2.45pm. Finish.
Sunday 27th.
Booth 11am-7pm.
Indoor Stage:
1.30pm Capoeira Music and singing (with audience). Rhythm: Sao Bento Grande de Angola. (Live Music) (Set Up Equipment and move into position)
1.35pm Introductions: About Capoeira. About GBCJ.
1.40pm Capoeira Roda. Rhythm: Sao Bento Grande de Angola. (Live Music)
1.45pm Capoeira workshop. (Live Music)
1.50pm Open Roda with volunteers. (Live Music)
1.55pm Closing Speech (Pack up equipment and leave stage area)
2pm. Finish.
Projection Space.
3.30pm Maculele. (Live Music) (Set Up Equipment and move into position)
3.34pm Juice TV Video (Set Up Equipment and move into position)
3.37pm Capoeira Roda. (Live Music)
3.50pm Samba de Roda. (Live Music)
3.55pm Closing Speech. (Pack up equipment and leave stage area)
4.00pm Finish.
Those times are approximate and the speaking time could be less or more. Less I hope.
We'll need volunteers to take on the atabaque, 2 capoeira posters, and people to play berimbaus, atabaque, pandeiro, agogo, reco-reco.
We also need someone to operate my video camera, and someone to take photos (a friend or family member).
So, the dress code is as follows.
Indoor Stage:
White BANTUS CAPOEIRA JAPAO uniform.
(white GBC pants with cord, and white GBCJ t-shirt. Colour sleeves/ribbing is OK. ie. Raglan look).
No Shoes/Socks.
No Boxer Shorts or Grandma undies.
Projection Space:
Colour capoeira pants and colour capoeira t-shirt.
If you don't have colour capoeira t-shirt but have white BANTUS capoeira t-shirt please wear that.
Shoes OK (but no long white socks).
Booth helpers:
Please wear GBCJ t-shirt with jeans, or skirt, or shorts etc.
If you don't have white GBC pants, you must ask someone to borrow their extra pair. You will need to borrow a white cord, please ask Cacapa.
If you don't have colour capoeira pants, please buy some from Cacapa or ask someone to borrow their extra pair.
If you don't have white GBCJ t-shirt, you can buy one from Cacapa before Design Festa.
If you don't have colour capoeira t-shirt, you can buy one from Cacapa before Design Festa.
I'm happy to do whatever on Saturday for Design festa - please let me know what you need. (I suggest one of the easier tasks i.e agogo or reco-reco or similar :) if they are not taken).
I'll be at class tonight, but I'm sorry I can't make Sunday because its end of semester for uni.. :( Also, I don't think I can hang around for the whole day at design festa either... I'll see how my studies go!
P.s-I'll try not to wear grandma undies, but those white pants don't leave much room for error :)
Special guests:
Pomba (CDO)
Masako
Fabio, Hiji, Yukari, Macio, (Nacao Capoeira)
Toshio + students (Capoeira Nacao - Saitama)
Neguinho + students (Marana- Ibaraki)
Wow! Design Festa was amazing!
2 Indoor Stage shows
1 Projection Space show
Sunday booth
We all worked bloody hard, but it was worth it!
Special thanks to:
★Cotonete and Sachan for helping with all the equipment from our apartment.
★Cafune for booth design and super axé.
★Frank for co-ordinating our special guests.
★Fabio, Toshio, and Neguinho for taking time out of their own schedules to help GBCJ promote capoeira to the people of Tokyo and for bringing their students to share some axé.
★Pomba and Masako for helping us.
★Amizade for driving all the way from Yamanashi to our apartment to transport the equipment, then back to Yamanashi, and back to Inokashira, and back to Yamanashi!
★Thanks to Shotaro Fukuda from Design Festa for having faith in us and promoting Bantus Capoeira Japan and capoeira to the people of Design Festa.
★Thanks to everyone who played instruments, sang, played in the roda, helped with the workshop, did maculele, worked in the booth, carried equipment, and gave up your weekend for capoeira.
Capoeira is Art
Capoeira is Expression
Capoeira is Life