LSS Dancers on Dancing On Ice!
Big shout out to Liliana Martins who supported the London School of Samba by teaching Olympic Skier Chemmy Alcott some moves for her performance on ITV’s Dancing on Ice, showing Sunday 12th February at 6.30pm. Huge thank you to our wonderful dancers Yazzmin, Michal and Isabelle and to Theah for organising. Don’t miss LSS’s latest […]
LSS through to 2nd round of LUKAS Awards!
The London School of Samba have made it through to the second round of voting in the LUKAS Awards in both of the categories that we were nominated in: The London School of Samba has been nominated twice in the category ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Entertainment Industry’ under ‘Brazilian Dance School of the Year’ and […]
Farewell to our Madrinha, Di Foden
Diane Foden, you will remain in our hearts forever. Keep banging that great surdo in the sky with love from the London School of Samba. 29th December 1945 – 9th November 2011. Sadly, our beloved Madrinha, has passed away this week. Her Family would like to thank you for the overwhelming response. Your kind, witty and thoughtful comments […]
Vote LSS in the LUKAS awards!
The LUKAS are the first ever awards celebrating the contribution of Britain’s burgeoning Latin American, Spanish and Portuguese communities to British society. The London School of Samba has been nominated twice in the category ‘Outstanding Contribution to the Entertainment Industry’ under ‘Brazilian Dance School of the Year’ and ‘Brazilian Dance Performers of the Year’ Also […]
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED!
Having announced the London School of Samba Notting Hill Carnival theme for 2012 we need volunteers to help put together our proposal to request funding from the Arts Council. This funding is vital in order for us to be able to continue to put on carnival parades as spectacular as we have done before. Would […]
2012 Notting Hill Carnival Theme Revealed!
Yes, the 2011 Notting Hill Carnival for the London School of Samba has only just been and gone but we are looking forward to next year’s carnival already! During the weekend of this year’s Notting Hill Carnival members were able to see the proposed ideas for 2012’s carnival and vote for their favourite. Well, the […]
London School of Samba & Bombay Bicycle Club “Always like this” Underage Festival
The London School of Samba recently performed for the third time with indie group, Bombay Bicycle Club, with their song ‘Always like this’ at the the Underage Festival in Victoria Park, in addition to the fantastic performance at Glastonbury in 2010 and their 2010 show at Koko with the group. This time saw the song […]
London School of Samba recognised for their contribution to Brazilian culture!
The London School of Samba were proud to attend the 14th Annual Brazilian International Press Award ceremony, last Saturday where they were recognised for their contribution to Brazilian culture in London and the UK, as named by the ‘Media and Cultural Leaders of the Brazilian Community in Europe’. The event, put on by South American […]
Karla Jayne wins Rainha da Bateria competition!
Karla Jayne Thomas was crowned Rainha da Bateria for the London School of Samba at Vox in Vauxhall on Friday the 15th of July The exiting Rainha da Bateria Orquidea Felgueiras, presented Karla with her winning sash and tiara. You can see who has been Rainha in previous years in our image gallery. The runner […]