Group Senzala Capoeira

Newcastle upon Tyne and Durham

Thank you all!

Huge huge thanks to everyone for a fabulous weekend & for making the 20 Years of Senzala GB event such a success.

Special thanks to our special guests: M. Gato, M. Peixinho, M. Sorriso, C.M. Pedro Gatuno & C.M. Chiquinho.

Super dooper big congratulatory hugs to Prof. Tazmania & his shiny new (& very slimming) purple cord, & to everyone else who graded too :)

Photos & videos are being uploaded to our Facebook event page as i speak, so keep checking & please tag yourself & your friends.

Finally, thanks to the Newcastle & Durham posse for all their hard work - go team!

Thanks again all :D

love,
emma

p.s. give us a shout if you lost anything.
p.p.s. if you have any feedback for us, please drop us a line.

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Cheap sleepover accommodation now available

hey everyone,

We’re happy to confirm that we have somewhere for you all to sleep - yay! :D

Indoor camping

The Parks Sports Centre, North Shields, NE29 6TL
(5 minutes walk from the nearest metro station)
Friday 1st, Saturday 2nd & Sunday 3rd May.
£5 per night - pre-book required.
Bring your sleeping bag!

The registration form has been updated to include your accomodation reservations.

If you’ve already registered but need accommodation, please drop me a line.

& please, if you’re coming to the event & need somewhere to sleep but haven’t registered yet, you really need to let us know in advance.

You don’t have to pay in advance to book your place, just need complete and submit the registration form.  However, if you can pay before you arrive in Newcastle, it would help us a lot :)

Thanks very much & see you all soon,
love,
emma

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Download our 20 Years of Senzala GB flyer

Flyer for 20 Years of Senzala GB

Here’s a copy of our event flyer.

It includes guest, prices, training times, venues and party info for our weekend of capoeira fun in Newcastle, 1st - 3rd May.

Simply click on the thumbnail over there & the flyer will open in a new window for your printing enjoyment.

Please give them to all your capoeira friends :)

love,
emma

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Register now & get your discounts - 20 Years of Senzala GB :)

*cue trumpet fanfare*

Registration is now open for the 20 Years of Senzala GB event, 1st-3rd May
2009 - yay!

To secure your lovely cash discounts, please let us know that you intend
to join us by registering via our lovely online form: www.groupsenzala.co.uk/register09.php

It really helps us to organise our event if you can confirm that you’ll be
joining us in newcastle to celebrate.

& it really *really* helps if you pay in advance too, please ;)

Paypal & bank transfer options are available.

So please, get yourselves over to our shiny new online registration form,
fill in the blanks & press that “Register me now!” button.

I’ll be sitting waiting by my inbox…

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Class with Mestre Gato - Sunday 15th March 2009

It with great pleasure that we can announce 4 hours of up-close & personal training with the big boss himself, Mestre Gato.

Sunday 15th March 2009
12:30-4:30pm
Vane Tempest Hall
Maynard’s Row, Gilesgate, Durham. DH1 1QF
£20

It will be followed, no doubt, by a well earned & restorative shandy in the pub round the corner.

hope to see you all there :)

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20 Years of Senzala GB - Guests & prices

It’s with great pleasure that we announce:

 

20 Years of Senzala GB

  (20 years of Taz!)

 

Fri 1st - Sun 3rd May 2009
Newcastle University Sports Centre
off Claremont Road, Newcastle.

Mestres & guest teachers from Europe & Brazil will teach capoeira & music for all abilities!

With special guests Mestre Gato, Mestre Peixinho, Mestre Garrincha, Mestre Sorriso, plus Contra-Mestre Pedro Gatuno and more…

 

Prices

Register with us in advance to receive the discount price!
£50/£75             3 days (fri, sat & sun) or 2 days (sat & sun)
£25/£37.50        1 day (sat or sun)
£8/£10               fri night only
£3.50                  absolute beginner class (sat or sun)
£10/£15             event tshirt

 

Festa do Brasil!

Sat 2nd May 2009
Global Cafe, Newcastle University Students Union
Saturday night party featuring:
free caipirinha - capoeira performance - samba lesson - plus top dancing tunes from dj4shaw
£5/£7

 

Warm-up session

Our regular Thursday night class at Dance City will be a bit special on 30th April, to get everyone in the mood for the weekend.
£5.50

 

Contact

To keep up to date with all the news & to register for discount prices, please contact:
20yearsInfo at groupsenzala dot co dot uk

You can also visit us on Facebook.

We have a map of the key event venues on Google Maps.

[under 18s welcome but must be accompanied by a responsible 21+ adult]

 

come & help us celebrate!

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Classes kick off for 2009

To help you shift those xmas indulgences, all classes start back hot on the heels of New Year:

Heaton Community Centre on Tues 6th January 2009
Durham Vane Tempest Hall on Wed 7th January 2009
Dance City Newcastle on Thurs 8th January 2009

See you there & Happy New Year!

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Sunday classes on hold

The Sunday afternoon classes at St. Barnabas + St. Jude’s Church Hall in Heaton, Newcastle, are finished for this year.

Thank you to everyone who escaped the clutches of their sofas to attend :D

To help you burn off your Christmas indulgences, we’ll start the classes up again early in 2009.
Dates will be confirmed, as soon as poss.

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20 Years of Senzala UK!

We’re very excited to announce that 2009 is our 20th birthday year, so we’re planning to make our annual batizado extra special:

Thurs 30th April - Sun 3rd May 2009
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK.

More info to follow soon :)

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New class starts in Durham

On Wednesday 3rd September, Instructor Caranguejo starts a new class at:

Vane Tempest Hall
(behind the Queen’s Head pub)
Maynard’s Row
Gilesgate
Durham
DH1 1QF

For the first 4 weeks, the class will run from 6:30 to 7:30pm (£4.00), but from 1st October this will be extended to 6:30 - 8pm (£5.00).

All welcome, no experience neccessary!

[Buses 20, 20x, 24, 50B, 62 + 63 from Durham Millburngate, Stand A]

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