Unidos do Viradouro
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| Full name | Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Unidos do Viradouro | ||||||||||||||
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| Foundation | June 24, 1946 | ||||||||||||||
| Blessing school | Portela | ||||||||||||||
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| Symbol | crown with a five-pointed star on top, an interracial handshake, and wheat branches | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Barreto, Niterói | ||||||||||||||
| President | Hélio Nunes | ||||||||||||||
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| unidosdoviradouro.com.br | |||||||||||||||
Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Unidos do Viradouro, or simply Viradouro or Unidos do Viradouro, is a samba school that competes in the Carnival city of Rio de Janeiro. It is located in the Barreto neighborhood in Niterói.
History[edit]
It was founded on 24 June 1946 by Nelson dos Santos, known as Jangada, who organized drumming in the backyard of his home in Capitão Roseira, at the top of D. Mário Viana street, known as Viradouro street.[1][2] He also competed in the Niterói parades for 39 years (1947 to 1985); however, during the period he came to Rio de Janeiro a few times (64 and 65), getting more than a 26th in the third division.[3]
After being champion eighteen times, Viradouro decided to try their luck again in 1986. They gave good shows in the lower groups, where they won Group 3 in 1989 with the theme "merchants and peddlers" and Group 1 the following year with "Just the written", coming to the special group in 1991.[4]
In 1992, they presented the plot A magia da sorte chego by Max Lopes, and told the story of the gypsies. However, the school could not count on such luck in their parade, where one of the floats caught fire and burned uncontrollably. Many wards had to squeeze together to make way for a fire department vehicle. This delay resulted in the loss of 13 points in timing, and these lost points left the school in 9th place.
With the ida of Joãosinho Trinta, which uncurled from Beija-Flor, the school began to hold first place, with exception of 1996, when they were almost demoted. However, with Dominguinhos do Estácio as singer and the storyline Trevas, luz, a explosão do Universo, Viradouro brought to the avenue beautiful play colors, contrasting black and white, dark and light. One of the highlights of this parade was that the drums played "paradinha" with some bars in a funk rhythm, under the direction of Maestro Jorjão.[5]
In August 2005, the school lost its president, bicheiro José Carlos Monassa Bessil, who died from a hemorrhage resulting from a stomach ulcer. Marco Lira was elected as his successor, who put all of his chips on the modern Paulo Barros to bring the plot "The Viradouro turns the game", trying to return to the title they had not won in 10 years. One aspect of this parade was the drums. The drums were on top of a float, a large chess board conducted by Maestro Ciça, placing Juliana Paes in front as queen of the drums, who descended from the car in the middle of the avenue.
In 2008, the school continued with the talent of Paulo Barros and the plot "É de Arrepiar!"[6][7] who spoke of various sensations perceived by the human being, that would make you shudder, such as cold, sexual pleasure, emotion in general, fear, disgust and repugnance to evil. For both, the club changed its interpreter and one of the floats, which would represent the victims of the Holocaust, was banned by the justice after an action brought by Jewish groups, who considered the car offensive. Outraged, the carnavalesco argued that history could not be censored, and samba would be no less worthy to tell a real story than were films such as Schindler's List. With the ban, all the sculptures were destroyed, and the float passed, covered, through the parade.
With the departure of Paulo Barros the school was lost. It suffered a demotion in the year 2010 with a tribute to Mexico, a parade of dubious level done by Júnior Schall and Edson Pereira.[8][9] However in this parade had a controversy with the choice of the queen of battery: Julia Lira, only 7 years old, the daughter of Marco Lira. There was criticism of this choice, since the position of queen of battery is usually occupied by women seen as sex symbols.
After 3 years in Grupo de acesso the school returned to the special with a tribute to their city. However, the return among the elite of the samba did not go well and was badly hampered by rain. In preparation for the A Series dispute in 2016, Viradouro bet on a strong team to try to return to the Special Group. For the drums they brought Paulinho Botelho, in the composition of the couple of Maestro Sala and Porte Bandeira, the experienced Marquinhos and Giovanna and a pair to choreograph the front committee, Sylvio Lemgruber and Fernanda Misailidis, with Wilsinho, as director of carnival. With a beautiful parade, the club won 3rd place.
In 2018, the Viradouro school scored yet another victory in the A Series championship and thus secured once more its place in the Special Group in the 2019 parade, ending its campaign with a runner-up finish. One year later, Viradouro won the championship.
Classifications[edit]
| Year | Place | Division | Plot | Carnivals Producers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singers | ||||
| 1949 | Champion | Grupo Especial | Arariboia | |
| 1950 | Champion | Grupo Especial | Tiradentes - Mártir da Independência | |
| 1952 | Champion | Grupo Especial | Vultos Nacionais | |
| 1953 | Champion | Grupo Especial | Cândido Rondon | |
| 1954 | Contest cancelled | Estado do Rio | ||
| 1955 | Vice Champion | Grupo Especial | Batalha Naval do Riachuelo | |
| 1956 | Champion | Grupo Especial | Independência do Brasil | |
| 1957 | Champion | Grupo Especial | Quatro grandes feitos da História | |
| 1958 | Champion | Grupo Especial | Primeiro Reinado | |
| 1959 | Champion | Grupo Especial | Carlos Gomes | |
| 1960 | 3rd place | Grupo Especial | Catulo da Paixão Cearense | |
| 1961 | Not competed | Festa junina em pleno carnaval | ||
| 1962 | Champion | Grupo Especial | A Chegada da Família Real | |
| 1963 | Champion | Grupo Especial | O Último baile imperial | |
| 1964 | Did not parade | Maria Quitéria | ||
| 1965 | 26th place | Grupo 3 | Rio Quarto Centenário | |
| 1966 | Honorable mention | Homenagem a Niterói | ||
| 1967 | Vice Champion | Grupo Especial | Chico Rei | |
| 1968 | Vice Champion | Grupo Especial | Rugendas - viagem pitoresca através do Brasil | |
| 1969 | Vice Champion | Grupo Especial | A Festa do Divino | |
| 1970 | Vice-Champion | Grupo Especial | Quilombo dos Palmares | |
| 1971 | Champion | Grupo Especial | São Francisco - rio da integração nacional | |
| 1972 | Vice Champion | Grupo Especial | Três festas tradicionais brasileiras | |
| 1973 | Champion | Grupo Especial | Niterói - sua origem e evolução | |
| 1974 | Champion | Grupo Especial | Pleito de vassalagem de Olorum | |
| 1975 | Vice Champion | Grupo Especial | Rei Midas de Catas Altas | |
| 1976 | 3rd place | Grupo Especial | Só mesmo na Bahia | |
| 1977 | 3rd place | Grupo Especial | No mundo encantado da fantasia | |
| 1978 | Vice Champion | Grupo Especial | Ídolos de Ébano | |
| 1979 | Vice Champion | Grupo Especial | Ainda um paraíso tropical | |
| 1980 | Champion | Grupo Especial | Os três encantos do rei | Yarema Ostrog Hilda Perna Adriano Jorge |
| Silvinho da Portela | ||||
| 1981 | Champion | Grupo Especial | Amor em Tom Maior | Yarema Ostrog Hilda Perna Adriano Jorge |
| Silvinho da Portela | ||||
| 1982 | Champion | Grupo Especial | Mutou Muido Kitoko | Yarema Ostrog Hilda Perna Adriano Jorge |
| Silvinho da Portela | ||||
| 1983 | Champion | Grupo Especial | Acredite se quiser | Yarema Ostrog Hilda Perna Adriano Jorge |
| Silvinho da Portela | ||||
| 1984 | Champion | Grupo Especial | O sonho de Ilê Yfé | Yarema Ostrog Hilda Perna Adriano Jorge |
| Silvinho da Portela | ||||
| 1985 | Vice Champion | Grupo Especial | Na terra de Antônio Maris, só não viu quem não quis | Yarema Ostrog Hilda Perna Adriano Jorge |
| Lula da Mangueira | ||||
| 1986 | Appraisal | Novos ventos, novos tempos - História de uma integração | Yarema Ostrog Hilda Perna Adriano Jorge | |
| Torino | ||||
| 1987 | 5th place | Grupo 4 | Na Boca e na Ponta da Língua ... É carnaval | Rodney Lucas Alexandre Louzada |
| Torino | ||||
| 1988 | Vice Champion | Grupo 4 | Contribuição do Negro ao Folclore Brasileiro | Rodney Lucas |
| Torino | ||||
| 1989 | Champion | Grupo 3 | Mercadores e Mascates | Rodney Lucas |
| Torino | ||||
| 1990 | Champion | Grupo 1 | Só vale o escrito | Max Lopes |
| Torino | ||||
| 1991 | 7th place | Grupo Especial | Bravo! Bravíssimo! - Dercy Gonçalves, o retrato de um povo | Max Lopes |
| Quinzinho | ||||
| 1992 | 9th place | Grupo Especial | E a magia da sorte chegou | Max Lopes |
| Quinzinho | ||||
| 1993 | 7th place | Grupo Especial | Amor, sublime amor | Max Lopes |
| Quinzinho | ||||
| 1994 | 3rd place | Grupo Especial | Tereza de Benguela - Uma rainha negra no Pantanal | Joãosinho Trinta |
| Rico Medeiros | ||||
| 1995 | 8th place | Grupo Especial | O rei e os três espantos de Debret | Joãosinho Trinta |
| Rico Medeiros | ||||
| 1996 | 13th place | Grupo Especial | Aquarela do Brasil ano 2000 | Joãosinho Trinta |
| Nêgo Martins | ||||
| 1997 | Champion | Grupo Especial | Trevas! Luz! A explosão do universo | Joãosinho Trinta |
| Dominguinhos do Estácio | ||||
| 1998 | 5th place | Grupo Especial | Orféu, o negro do carnaval | Joãosinho Trinta |
| Dominguinhos do Estácio | ||||
| 1999 | 3rd place | Grupo Especial | Anita Garibaldi - Heroína das sete magias | Joãosinho Trinta |
| Dominguinhos do Estácio | ||||
| 2000 | 3rd place | Grupo Especial | Brasil: visões de paraísos e infernos | Joãosinho Trinta |
| Dominguinhos do Estácio | ||||
| 2001 | 5th place | Grupo Especial | Os sete pecados capitais | Lane Santana |
| Dominguinhos do Estácio | ||||
| 2002 | 5th place | Grupo Especial | Viradouro, Vira-Mundo, Rei do Mundo | Chico Spinoza |
| Dominguinhos do Estácio | ||||
| 2003 | 6th place | Grupo Especial | A Viradouro canta e conta Bibi, uma homenagem ao teatro brasileiro | Mauro Quintaes |
| Dominguinhos do Estácio | ||||
| 2004 | 4th place | Grupo Especial | Pediu Pra Pará, Parou! Com a Viradouro Eu Vou... Pro Círio de Nazaré | Mauro Quintaes |
| Dominguinhos do Estácio | ||||
| 2005 | 8th place | Grupo Especial | A Viradouro é só sorriso! | Mauro Quintaes |
| Dominguinhos do Estácio | ||||
| 2006 | 3rd place | Grupo Especial | Arquitetando Folias | Milton Cunha Mário Monteiro Kaká Monteiro |
| Dominguinhos do Estácio | ||||
| 2007 | 5th place | Grupo Especial | A Viradouro vira o Jogo | Paulo Barros |
| Dominguinhos do Estácio | ||||
| 2008 | 7th place | Grupo Especial | É de arrepiar | Paulo Barros |
| Nêgo | ||||
| 2009 | 8th place | Grupo Especial | Vira-Bahia, pura energia | Milton Cunha |
| David do Pandeiro | ||||
| 2010 | 12th place | Grupo Especial | México, o Paraíso das Cores, sob o Signo do Sol | Júnior Schall Edson Pereira |
| Wander Pires | ||||
| 2011 | 2nd place | Grupo A | Quem Sou Eu Sem Você? | Jack Vasconcelos |
| Silas Leleu Diego Nicolau Gilberto Gomes Niu Souza | ||||
| 2012 | 5th place | Grupo A | A Vida Como Ela é, Bonita mas Ordinária... Assim Falou Nelson Rodrigues | Alexandre Louzada |
| Silas Leleu Diego Nicolau Gilberto Gomes Niu Souza | ||||
| 2013 | 2nd place | Série A | Nem melhor nem pior, que não sai da minha mente. Inspiração para o meu samba, eu também sou diferente | Max Lopes |
| Diego Nicolau Gilberto Gomes Niu Souza David do Pandeiro | ||||
| 2014 | Champion | Série A | Sou a Terra de Ismael, 'Guanabaran' eu vou Cruzar... Pra Você Tiro o Chapéu, Rio eu vim te Abraçar | João Vítor Araújo |
| Zé Paulo Sierra | ||||
| 2015 | 11th place | Grupo Especial | Nas veias do Brasil, é a Viradouro em um dia de graça | João Vítor Araújo |
| Zé Paulo Sierra | ||||
| 2016 | 3rd place | Série A | O Alabê de Jerusalém, a saga de Ogundana! | Max Lopes |
| Zé Paulo Sierra | ||||
| 2017 | 2nd place | Série A | E todo menino é um Rei | Jorge Silveira |
| Zé Paulo Sierra | ||||
| 2018 | Champion | Série A | Vira a cabeça pira o coração. Loucos gênios da criação | Edson Pereira |
| Zé Paulo Sierra | ||||
| 2019 | Vice Champion | Grupo Especial | ViraViradouro | Paulo Barros |
| Zé Paulo Sierra | ||||
| 2020[10] | Champion | Grupo Especial | Viradouro de alma lavada | Marcus Ferreira Tarcísio Zanon |
| Zé Paulo Sierra | ||||
| 2022 | 3rd place | Grupo Especial | Não há tristeza que possa suportar tanta alegria | Marcus Ferreira Tarcísio Zanon |
| Zé Paulo Sierra | ||||
| 2023 | Grupo Especial | Rosa Maria Egipcíaca[11] | Tarcísio Zanon | |
| Zé Paulo Sierra | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ "Dados basicos Viradouro". Galeria do Samba. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Viradouro". Academia do Samba. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "1965". Academia do Samba. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "1991". Academia do Samba. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Inventor da 'paradinha' funk da Viradouro promete surpresa na Sapucaí". G1. 23 November 2009. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Com mistura de arrepiar, Viradouro fecha 1ª noite do Grupo Especial". G1. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Viradouro faz espetáculo hollywoodiano em seu desfile "de arrepiar"". UOL. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Viradouro redescobre personagens mexicanos na Sapucaí". G1. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Arte, política e religião mexicana são retratados no desfile da Viradouro". UOL. 15 February 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ Matheus Rodrigues, Raoni Alves, Cristina Boeckel, Alba Valéria Mendonça (26 February 2020). "Viradouro é a campeã do carnaval 2020 do Rio" [Viradouro is the 2020 Carnival champion of Rio de Janeiro] (in Portuguese). G1. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)> - ^ "Visões e alvo da Inquisição: Rosa Maria Egipcíaca, a mulher homenageada pela Viradouro" (in Brazilian Portuguese). Universo Online. 21 February 2023. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
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