The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Acadêmicos do Grande Rio is a
samba school
A samba school ( pt, Escola de samba) is a dancing, marching, and drumming (Samba Enredo) club. They practice and often perform in a huge square- compounds ("quadras de samba") and are devoted to practicing and exhibiting samba, an Afro-Brazilian ...
of the Special Group of the
carnival of the city of Rio de Janeiro, being headquartered on Almirante Barroso street in
Duque de Caxias.
History
In the 1950s, the city of Duque de Caxias had an effective participation in the Carioca Carnival, with the
samba school
A samba school ( pt, Escola de samba) is a dancing, marching, and drumming (Samba Enredo) club. They practice and often perform in a huge square- compounds ("quadras de samba") and are devoted to practicing and exhibiting samba, an Afro-Brazilian ...
Cartolinhas de Caxias. This school was placed among the elite of the schools 3 times (1951, 1958 e 1959), posteriorly placed, and frequently, among the intermediate schools and being well respected in the samba world. The last parade of Cartolinhas was in 1971, when with the goal to found a big school, that would worthily represent the municipality of the directors of Grande Rio and Acadêmicos de Caxias, these two schools unified and created in 1988, the Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Acadêmicos do Grande Rio.
The school is very criticized for excessively taking famous people to the avenue and for its excellent results in the judging commission, because of the investments of the patron Jayder Soares and of Milton Perácio, that was the first president of the school.
Like mentioned above, Grande Rio has become specially notorious for bringing famous actresses as Queen of the Drums Sections, called "Rainhas de Bateria". Some of these celebrities below were included over the last years:
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File:Desfile Grande Rio 2016 (dsc5521).jpg, Paloma Bernardi
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File:LucianaGimenezCannes8.jpg, Luciana Gimenez
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File:Grazieli Massafera como Rainha da Bateria da Grande Rio 3.jpg, Grazi Massafera
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Carnavals of Grande Rio
In its debut, in 1989, the school already rose to the next group, passing to the
Grupo de Acesso The Grupo de Acesso - Access Group - was created for the first time in the city of Rio de Janeiro when the UGESB, FBES and UCES resolved to organize a unique competition, unlike the last three years, where schools would be divided into groups.
Be ...
A. In 1990, with the
samba-enredo
Samba-enredo, also known as samba de enredo, is a sub-genre of modern samba made specifically by a samba school for the festivities of Brazilian Carnival. It is a samba style that consists of a lyric and a melody created from a summary of the t ...
(plot) about the
city of Rio de Janeiro, it won second and thus won promoted to the Special Group. When it starred among the big schools, the school did not go well:with the plot ''Antes, Durante e Depois: o despertar do homem'' ("Before, During, and After:the rouse of the man"), the school was placed in the 16th collocation, and returnmed to Grupo de Acesso A, despite to count on people such as the singer Dominguinhos do Estácio and the
bateria director Mestre Paulão (consecrated in
União da Ilha).
In 1992, the school reconquered the right to compete in the principal parade, being the champion of the
Grupo de Acesso The Grupo de Acesso - Access Group - was created for the first time in the city of Rio de Janeiro when the UGESB, FBES and UCES resolved to organize a unique competition, unlike the last three years, where schools would be divided into groups.
Be ...
, with the plot ''Águas Claras para um Rei Negro'' ("Clear Waters for a Black King"). In its return to the Grupo Especial, with the plot ''No mundo da lua'' ("In the world of the moon"), of Alexandre Louzada, the school stimulated the
Marquês de Sapucaí and was placed in the 9th collocation. In the following years, it did not have good results, but always maintained itself in the Special Group.
The arrival of Max Lopes to Grande Rio, in 1998, made the school obtain again good collocations. With a plot in honor to
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, obtained the 8th collocation; in 1999, homaging
Chatô, the school obtained its best collocation until then: 6th place. In 2000, with the Carnaval at sight, talked about the carnavals and the Brazilian parties celebrated for 500 years. A 9th place was not well received by the school, that would already leave an imprint in the Carioca Carnaval.
In 2001, the school brought again a good samba (this time with Quinho), and the star
Joãosinho Trinta in command to tell the story of
José Datrino. Once again, all complained about the school's 6th place, with no right to parade in the Parade of the Champions. In 2002, did not succeed to return to the Parade of the Champions, because it was placed in the 7th collocation. In 2003, with the plot ''O nosso Brasil que vale'' ("Our Brazil that is Worth"), the school of
Duque de Caxias, finally succeeded to parade in the Parade of the Champions, with the third place celebrated like it was the title.
In the carnaval of 2004, the school had a bad accomplishment. Bringing a plot about the prevention of the AIDS, everything went bad: some floats were considered immodest and were censured and paraded covered, and even the parade itself was quite drowsy; the only exceptions were the good performance of the
bateria and the tune of the community. Result: 10th place and the demmission of
Joãosinho Trinta after the parade.
In 2005, the school did again a good parade, with the plot ''Alimentar o corpo e alma faz bem'' ("Feeding the body and the soul is good"). Counting on the sponsorship of
Nestle, it brought well-built cars, a happy parade, great acting of the bateria, and conquest. Because of that the school was placed, like in 2003, in the third collocation. In the carnaval of 2006, telling the history of the exploration in the
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, the Grande Rio conquers its best result: the vice-championship, because it lost two tenths for exceeding the maximum time of parade in 1 minute (what took to the tie in number of points with the school
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, that won for having better notes in the requirements of tie breaking).
In 2007, the school homaged its city,
Duque de Caxias, plot signed by the carnaval producer Roberto Szaniecki (that already signed the carnavals of 1996, 2005, and 2006 of the school). The school conquered its vice-championship for the second time.
For the carnaval of 2008, the school of Duque de Caxias brought to the Sambadrome the importance of the gas in our daily lives, homaging the city of
Coari
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, in
Amazonas, that possesses the petrochemical pole of
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, conquering a third place
and finishing with the departure of Roberto Szaniecki after the results.
In 2010, the school took runner up honors in that year's Carnival edition. In the carnaval of 2018, In 2018, the school has hired the experienced carnival Renato Lage and Márcia Lage that together signed the last fifteen carnivals in of the school-godmother, the
Salgueiro
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. Where a problem in the last car of the school and holes in evolution, in which resulted in a loss of 0.5 tenths and the school's relegation to Serie A after 26 years, however the decision was overturned and the school remains as of today part of the Special Group.
The 2022 Carnival would prove to be Grande Rio's best finish yet, as it ended with the school's first general championship of the Special Group division.
Titles and prizes
*
Grupo Especial (First division of Rio Carnival): 2022
*''Estandarte de Ouro'' (best plot - Grupo Especial): 2022
*
Grupo de Acesso The Grupo de Acesso - Access Group - was created for the first time in the city of Rio de Janeiro when the UGESB, FBES and UCES resolved to organize a unique competition, unlike the last three years, where schools would be divided into groups.
Be ...
A (second division): 1992
*''Estandarte de Ouro'' (best plot): 1994
*''Estandarte de Ouro'' (best samba/Grupo de Acesso): 1992
*Best place in the Special Group: 2006 and 2007 (2 vice-championships)
Historic names of the school
*
Joãosinho Trinta
*Nêgo
*Jayder Soares
*Leandrinho
*Mestre Odilon
*Milton Perácio
*Emerson Dias
*
Susana Vieira
*Paolla Oliveira
Classifications
References
Article translated from Lusophone Wikipedia
External links
*
Profile of Grande Rio Samba School in English
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Samba schools of Rio de Janeiro
Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro