August 7: Brasil vs. USA Soccer Benefit
June 15, 2010 | Bahia StreetBahia Street will liven up Capitol Hill with a BRASIL vs. USA soccer match to raise money for Bahia Street, and a mid-game show with live Brazilian music, capoeira and dance performances. Please join us!
WHEN: Saturday, August 7, 2010, 1pm – 3pm
WHERE: Cal Anderson Park/Bobby Morris Playfield, 1100 E Pine St, Seattle, Washington 98122
WHO: Community soccer players! Special guests to be announced!A game to end poverty! Join Bahia Street for our first annual soccer benefit.
For more information, please email brasilvsusa@thelaporas.com.
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Summer Beat!
June 1, 2010 | Bahia StreetTHANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT IN SUPPORT OF BAHIA STREET! TOGETHER WE RAISED $2,700!
Bahia Street will launch the summer season with live Brazilian music and drumming, Capoeira, and dance performances.
Friday, June 11, 2010, 7:00pm – midnight
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, 4408 Delridge Way SW, West Seattle
Who: Bahia In Motion (dance), Bantos Capoeira Seattle (capoeira), FICA (capoeira), GiraSol (dance), Sambatuque (band), Tudo Beleza (dance), Vamola (drumming & dance)
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center will be transformed into a Brazilian festival with all of the sights, sounds and flavors of this fascinating country. Bringing together some of the best Brazilian performers in the region, the Summer Beat festival begins with a multi-age Capoeira roda (circle) featuring Bantos Capoeira Seattle, FICA, and other Seattle-based Capoeira groups. Seattle’s premier drum and dance ensemble— Vamola— will get everyone on their feet with the pulsating rhythms that bring to life the celebratory spirit of Carnaval. Vamola, Bahia in Motion, and Tudo Beleza dancers will transport us to Bahia with a Samba Reggae dance designed to get every audience member dancing as if on the streets of Salvador. Tudo Beleza dancers with their plumes of feathers and colorful costumes will further heat up the night dancing to the fast-paced and exciting Rio-Style Samba (Samba no Pe). Audience members will finish the evening dancing to band Sambatuque, accompanied by vibrant dancers from GiraSol, a Brazil-inspired Samba dance group.
The event will begin at 7pm and is intended for a 21 and older crowd (though children are welcome). Beer and wine will be available for purchase. Kitanda Café will provide authentic Brazilian food and drink.
Entrance with a requested $10 donation, with all proceeds benefiting Bahia Street.
Bahia Street is a non-profit organization based in Seattle, Salvador, and London, that breaks the cycle of poverty and violence through education. Bahia Street provides high quality education, health and nutrition services, leadership training, and community outreach with the goal of fostering greater equality for impoverished girls and their families living in the shantytowns of Salvador. Because of Bahia Street’s commitment to locally-driven social change, twelve girls have now entered university, and new initiatives focused on high school girls and the parents are supporting a next generation of activists able to work for change for their communities. www.bahiastreet.org
THANK YOU TO MARITIME BREWERY, CHATEAU STE MICHELLE, and ROCKRIDGE CIDERY FOR THEIR GENEROUS SUPPORT OF THIS EVENT!
