ENCONTRO'99
IN FRANCE

Updated on August 23rd, 2000


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From Saturday 24th to Saturday 31st of July 1999, occured an European samba school meeting, in the city of Villeneuve sur Lot, between Bordeaux and Toulouse, in the South-West of France.

650 artists came, and the cumulated audience for the performances is about 20,000 persons. It is the 5th meeting of this kind in Europe, all the previous ones have been held in Northern countries of the continent.

During this meeting, musical workshops (batucada, samba reggae, afoxé, maracatu...), dance workshops, song workshops... were organized for the participants. On the evenings, after 7:00 p.m., "apéritifs-concerts" and public performances have been held on the main stage and in the cabaret of Villeneuve sur Lot, and in some of the villages around.

A great moment in this meeting was on July 29th, when the groups that will have marked the festival performed on the main stage, beeing introduced by Marianne James (Ultima Récital) for the election of the "best" one.
Then, on July 30th, a giant parade took place in Aiguillon for the opening of its jazz festival. Last moment, on July 31st, the finalist group of the Encontro -Edimburgh Samba School- with "les Étoiles" and Tania Maria gave a unique show in Aiguillon.

Les Étoiles, a famous Brazilian duet, official proposer for the event, have been being present all the week long, leading workshops and playing in cabaret evenings.

See the picture, video and sound gallery, that were taken during the event thanks to the multimedia facitilies available on the site. On this page you also can find some items to buy.

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