The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Estácio de Sá is one of the most traditional samba schools of the city of Rio de Janeiro. It has won once the top-tier Rio parade in 1992.

History

Image of the Parade 2015, with in samba school became a champion of Série A

Front Commission of the parade in 2016

Founded in 1928 with name of Deixa Falar,^[3] coming from the same neighborhood and is considered by some researchers of samba as a single block, was in fact the first school of samba, because its components taught and difundiam samba, the school marched up to 1933. however twenty years later came the Unidos de São Carlos.

With the merger of the old samba schools heirs of Deixa Falar. Meanwhile, the Unidos de São Carlos always stayed in intermediate positions Special and often semprede in the access and sambas considered of better quality, as the Círio de Nazaré and Arte negra na legendária Bahia. In 1986, with change to neighborhood where is the school.

In 1986, with the change to the neighborhood where is the school. The thing moved and getting in good placings in the elite of samba and its greatest glory, was in the 1992 with plot Paulicéia Desvairada - 70 anos de Modernismo developed by Mário Monteiro and Chico Spinoza parade of surprising and that made Sapucaí move at the pace of the battery.^[4]

However the school dropped again getting in intermediate positions, culminating in his relegation to access in of 1997 on his return to the access had good and bad moments, where this time fell to the Group B. more in 2005, with the reprint of his theme of 1976 (Arte negra na legendária Bahia). Estácio won the title of Group B.

In 2006, back the group school was taken over by already established carnival producer Paulo Barros and two more Members winning group A with a new edition of the story Quem é Você? with of easy reading and after 10 years he returned in Special, with more a reprint, which was not very well, returning to access.

However, after more than nine years in access the Estácio is once more champion,^[5] with a plot on the Porto Maravilha and on his return to the particular a beautiful tribute to São Jorge which marked the returned Chico Spinoza and Wander Pires, being an interpreter, the school over a spool.

Segments

Battery

Percussionists of battery "Medal of Gold" in the parade of 2016.

The queen of battery Luana Bandeira in the parade of 2016.

Masters Director of Battery Period Ref. Índio 1968 - 1970 [17][18] Hélio Macadame 1971 - 1973 [19][20] Darci Cardoso, Hélio Macadame, Jorge Aguiar 1974 - 1976 [21][22] Darci Cardoso, Hélio Macadame, Nelson Galinha 1977 - 1985 [23] Adilson, Hélio Macadame, Ricardo 1986 - 1987 [24][25] Osório 1988 [26] Ciça 1989 - 1997 [27][28] Esteves 1998 [29] Beloba 1999 [30] Marquinhos 2000 - 2003 [31][32] Esteves 2003 - 2008 [32][33] Mestre Chuvisco 2009 - 2017 [34][35] Mestre Gaganja 2018 [36] Mestre Chuvisco 2019–present [2]

Queens Queen of battery Period Ref. Monique Evans 1992 - 1993 Camila Pitanga 1994 Luciana Sargentelli 1995 - 1998 Marinara Costa 1999 Luciana Picorelli 2004 Patrícia Chélida 2005 Alessandra Mattos 2006 - 2010 [37] Shayene Cesário 2011 [38] Luana Bandeira 2012 - 2017 [39] Elaine Azevedo 2018 Leyla Barros 2019–present [40]

Godmothers Godmother of battery Period Ref. Elaine Azevedo 2007 Mirella Santos 2009 [41] Leila Barros 2012 Letícia Guimarães 2018 [42]

Classifications

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