Author Archives: barak

mandinga arts having bought a milkfloat, have given us the possibility of amplifying more than just voices this year, and thames festival 2005 was out first real variety-show-parade. maurizio and christiane sang, alongside the bateria augmented by 2 horns, bass … Continue reading →

we are back as pirates, you will have read about or seen these costumes in 2004. rotc now play the rhythms of cuban carnival, aided and informed by ace dancer guillermo davis and with plenty of help from the community … Continue reading →

stockwell, as you dear reader well know, is the home of the guy who first imported the pineapple to britain. and you can see pictures of fruity costumes in mandinga’s gallery of the event here. we, however, are dressed as … Continue reading →

in the dim-but-not-so-distant past of 2003 there were not many opportunities for parading. rotc played a lot of samba, but the opportunities for performance were often ones we made ourselves. the lord mayor’s show, with its historic and not-ever-so-slightly military … Continue reading →

8 members of rotc had played thames festival 2002 as the tamborim section of quiolombo school of samba, who proudly wore mandinga arts‘ costumes and inspired mandinga arts dancers. this year it was our turn, and the start of a long … Continue reading →