Super Sonic Samba

Relaxing in San Diego's Balboa Park after having shot some 5,000 photos of runners in the 33rd America's Finest City Half Marathon and 5K, race held Sunday August 15, 2010, I heard some intriguing drum rhythms. Armed with imagination and my point and shoot euro version Canon digital IXUS 80 IS 8.0 mega pixel camera (same as U.S. version Powershot SD1100 IS), I recorded the musical beats & dance happenings. Later I used iMovie 09 and laptop for final video clip edit. I'm always amazed how these inexpensive point and shoot digital cameras can also be used to shoot acceptable video. Quality improves once one understands the camera's limitations. Doing some post-production editing helps pull it all together and puts a polished look on the final video clip.

SUPER SONIC SAMBA SCHOOL plays traditional samba rhythms of Brazil, featuring live percussionists, singers and dancers. The school was founded in 1990 and since that time it has become a fixture in Southern California and Northern Baja, performing at parades, festivals, weddings, clubs, grassroots demonstrations, corporate mixers, schools, parties and special events.

The school performs a range of styles: from the Rio de Janeiro Carnival marching drums of samba enredo to the jamming samba reggae of North-eastern Brazil.

The school is based on the traditional samba schools of Brazil - social groups that meet to learn and perform samba and other rhythms of their culture. These groups serve to pass down these cultural roots from one generation to the next, with the main goal of performing in the world's largest Carnival performance in Rio de Janeiro just before lent. Super Sonic was founded with these ideas in mind.

Contact:
Wayne English
waynenglish@yahoo.com
tel. 619.267.6356
http://www.sssamba.org R I C H M O N D video P R O D U C A T I O N S

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