GRES Acadêmicos do Grande Rio

The Grêmio Recrativo Escola de Samba Acadêmicos do Grande Rio is a samba school of the Special Group of the the carnaval of the city of Rio de Janeiro, being headquartered on Almirante Barroso street in Duque de Caxias.

History

In the 1950s, the city of Duque de Caxias had an effective participation in the no Carioca Carnival, with the samba school Cartolinhas de Caxias. This school was placed among the elite of the schools 3 times (1951, 1958 e 1959), posteriorly placed, and frequently, among the intermediate schools and being well-respected in the samba world. The last parade of Cartolinhas was in 1971, when with the goal to found a big school, that would worthily represent the municipality of the directors of Grande Rio and Acadêmicos de Caxias, these two schools unified and created in 1988, the Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Acadêmicos do Grande Rio.

The school is very criticized for excessively taking famous people to the avenue and for its excellent results in the judging commission, because of the investments of the patron Jaider Soares and of Mr. Milton Abreu do Nascimento, mostly known as Milton Perácio, that was the first president of the school.

Carnavals of Grande Rio

In its starring, in 1989, the school already rose to the next group, passing to the Grupo de Acesso A. In 1990, with the samba-enredo (plot) about the city of Rio de Janeiro, obtained again the 2^nd place, and rose to the Special Group. When it starred among the big schools, the school did not go well:with the plot "Antes, Durante e Depois: o despertar do homem" ("Before, During, and After:the rouse of the man"), the school was placed in the 16^th collocation, and returnmed to Grupo de Acesso A, despite to count on people such as the singer Dominguinhos do Estácio and the bateria director Mestre Paulão (consacrated in União da Ilha).

In 1992, the school reconquered the right to compete in the principal parade, being the champion of the Grupo de Acesso, with the plot "Águas Claras para um Rei Negro" {"Clear Waters for a Black King"). In its return to the Grupo Especial, with the plot "No mundo da lua" ("In the world of the moon"), of Alexandre Louzada, the school stimulated the Marquês de Sapucaí and was placed in the 9^th collocation. In the following years, it did not have good results,but always maintaied itself in the Special Group.

The arrival of Max Lopes to Grande Rio, in 1998, made the school obtain again good collocations. With a plot in honor to Luís Carlos Prestes, obtained the 8^th collocation; in 1999, homaging Chatô, the school obtained its best collocation until then: 6^th place. In 2000, with the Carnaval at sight, talked about the carnavals and the Brazilian parties celebrated for 500 years. A 9^th place was not well received by the school, that would already leave an imprint in the Carioca Carnaval.

In 2001, the school brought again a good samba (this time with Quinho), and the star Joãosinho Trinta in command to tell the story of José Datrino. Once again, all complained about the school's 6^th place, with no right to parade in the Parade of the Champions. In 2002, did not succeed to return to the Parade of the Champions, because it was placed in the 7^th collocation. In 2003, with the plot "O nosso Brasil que vale" ("Our Brazil that is Worth"), the school of Duque de Caxias, finally succeeded to parade in the Parade of the Champions, with the third place celebrated like it was the title.

In the carnaval of 2004, the school had a bad accomplishment. Bringing a plot about the prevention of the AIDS, everything went bad: some floats were considered immodest and were censured and paraded covered, and even the parade itself was quite drowsy; the only exceptions were the good performance of the bateria and the tune of the community. Result: 10^th place and the demmission of Joãosinho Trinta after the parade.

In 2005, the school did again a good parade, with the plot "Alimentar o corpo e alma faz bem" ("Feeding the body and the soul is good"). Counting on the sponsorship of Nestle, it brought well-built cars, a happy parade, great acting of the bateria, and conquest. Because of that the school was placed, like in 2003, in the third collocation. In the carnaval of 2006, telling the history of the exploration in the Amazon, the Grande Rio conquers its best result: the vice-championship, because it lost two tenths for exceeding the maximum time of parade in 1 minute (what took to the tie in number of points with the school Unidos de Vila Isabel, that won for having better notes in the requirements of tie breaking).

In 2007, the school homaged its city, Duque de Caxias, plot signed by the carnival producer Roberto Szaniecki (that already signed the carnavals of 1996, 2005, and 2006 of the school). The school conquered its vice-championship for the second time.

For the carnaval of 2008, the school of Duque de Caxias brought to the Sambadrome the importance of the gas in our daily lives [ [http://g1.globo.com/Carnaval2008/0,,MUL272025-9772,00-USINA+DE+GAS+NO+MEIO+DA+FLORESTA+INSPIRA+ALEGORIA+DA+GRANDE+RIO.html Globo] ] , homaging the city of Coari, in Amazonas, that possesses the petrochemical pole of Petrobrás, conquering a third place [ [http://g1.globo.com/Carnaval2008/0,,MUL288928-9772,00-BEIJAFLOR+GANHA+O+TITULO+NA+ELITE+DO+CARNAVAL+DO+RIO.html Globo] ] and finishing with the departure of Roberto Szaniecki after the results.

Titles and prizes

*Grupo de Acesso A (second division): 1992
*"Estandarte de Ouro" (best plot): 1994
*"Estandarte de Ouro" (best samba/Grupo de Acesso): 1992
*Best place in the Special Group: 2006 and 2007 (2 vice-championships)

Historic names of the school

*Joãozinho Trinta
*Nêgo
*Jaider Soares
*Leandrinho
*Mestre Odilon
*Milton Perácio

People that paraded in the school

*Suzana Vieira
*Grazielli Massafera
*Betty Lago
*Mônica Carvalho
*Fernanda Lima
*José Wilker
*Christiane Torloni
*Wolf Maia
*Paola Oliveira
*Marcos Paulo
*Jayme Monjardim
*Raul Gazolla
*Nelson Freitas
*Carla Diaz
*Sheron Menezes
*Tânia Mara
*Maurício Mattar
*Fernanda Paes Leme
*Juliana Knust
*Leona Cavalli
*Virna

Classifications

References

Article translated from Lusophone wikipedia

External links

* [http://www.granderio.org.br/ Site oficial]