Brazilian Music and Dance
Click on the flyer to see a full size image
We will be holding 1 hour drumming and dance classes as part of our annual trip to Ardee in Ireland. These workshops are for all ability levels.
Drumming 7pm
Dance 8pm
These one hour drumming and dance sessions will take you on a whistle stop tour of the rhythms and moves which make Rio de Janeiro the worlds capital of carnival.
Willow Foundation Fun Run
The Willow Foundation is the only national charity that provides psychological and emotional support for seriously ill 16 to 40 year olds. You can’t run with a drum, but the annual 10k charity fun run benefitted from some additional swing this year. The rhythms of Toque Tambor could be heard round the entire course. Noisy instruments are usually banned from the park. We can’t think why.
Yes! You can actually take part in the world of Brazilian Carnival music. This autumn’s new intake of batuquera have started on their path to enlightenment. Most haven’t played an instrument before, but that’s OK, that is what we teach! Look out for their first parade at the Ware Dickensian festival on 2nd of December.
Southend Parade
Not one, but two parades for North Herts Homes who provided 2 picnic parties for residents in Hitchin and Letchworth over successive weekends, and on Sunday 20th, half of the band joined with the best of the South Eastern samba community to form a supergroup representing UK Carnival Arts for the Southend Parade. We only set off 2 car alarms!
Here are some videos of our performance at Luton Encontro 2011. We brought some Brazilian weather with us too! (more…)
Click on the image to download a PDF version of the flyer (Adobe Acrobat Reader required to view)
If you are interested in percussion and carnival music and want to learn more, or are a musician wishing to improve your rhythmical skills, this is for you!
Our new 15 week Brazilian carnival drumming course starts on 6th September 2011 and will introduce you to our rhythms and music and could offer you the opportunity of joining Toque Tambor for the 2012 season!
Come along and enjoy a FREE Brazilian carnival drumming taster session on 16th August 2011 and experience the energy and excitement of modern carnival rhythms in a fun and friendly atmosphere. (more…)
We played at Saracens Rugby Club last Sunday. The club were very happy and encouraging about our performance and the atmosphere it created. They admitted they were sceptical in advance about the level of sound we could create without amps but we proved them wrong on this count! They said they would definitely consider booking the band again next season.
Hoorah!
As the 40 strong Toque Tambor samba bateria bounced up the high streets of Dunleer and Ardee, our usual blue and gold scheme enjoyed a liberal green garnish. For these towns are in Ireland, and this was the St Patrick’s day parade.
As if this mobile rhythm explosion wasn’t enough, we were augmented by dancers Romero and Shymala to encourage audience dancing and eye popping. (more…)
