Academicos Drummers on KGSR
KGSR's morning host, Bryan Beck, was gracious enough to invite members of the Austin Samba School, Academicos da Opera, into the radio studio this morning to offer a little taste of what the group will be doing this Saturday at Carnaval. 
Bryan is a long-time Carnaval fan and has probably not missed a year since, what, 1987? Anyway, he always allows us to come into the station to promote the event and this year, the drummers appeared on his Sounds of Our Town segment.
Bryan is a long-time Carnaval fan and has probably not missed a year since, what, 1987? Anyway, he always allows us to come into the station to promote the event and this year, the drummers appeared on his Sounds of Our Town segment. Needless to say, they were wonderful. Director Robert Jacare Patterson was there, along with drummers Mike "The Don" Marchionetti, Spamapotomus (Tommy Spaminato), Lee "Chicken Legs" Clippard and Scott "BOOM BOOM" McClanahan. The sound was driving and full. So imagine what 40 of these guys playing samba sound like in person! Saturday is going to be amazing....and then there are the 40 dancers! Wow!
Thanks, guys, for coming out so early, at the tail end of that Winter Sto
rm!!!! And thanks Bryan Beck and KGSR for your more than 20 years of support!
Here are a few more pix:
posted by Carnaval at
10:18 AM
2 Comments:
Love your event and your blog. I posted some shots from Carnaval 2009 on my blog at:
http://search4beauty.blogspot.com/2009/02/more-carnaval-2009-photos-austin-tx.html
Can't wait for 2010.
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