Several members of Juba do Leão are also involved in other groups and projects. Check out these links to find out more, well worth a look… Also below are links to the artists, funders, friends, musicians, dancers and photographers who helped to make Juba do Leão what it is. Many thanks!
Thanks to all Juba do Leão members, past and present, for your hard work, energy, friendship and commitment. Couldn’t have done it without you, Holly :0)
REVIEWS:
‘Cirque de City’ performance at the Not Part Of festival (Manchester International Festival fringe event): Sat 11th July 2009
http://www.citylife.co.uk//days_out/reviews/16799_cirque_de_city_review
PEGADA review, PULP Magazine: Sat 14th March 2009
http://pulpmagazine.co.uk/2009/03/27/juba-do-leao/
“I was at Ann’s party on Saturday [19th April 2008] and I just wanted to say how much I enjoyed Juba do Leão. You were all terrific! I have mentioned you on my blog: http://www.durband.com/blog/191/juba-do-wow.html. Hope you are OK with this, otherwise please let me know. Mark”
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Leon Patel and Global Grooves- for services to world music and much more!
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Emily Wood – for creating the beautiful DVD cover artwork
- Nicky Thompson- for even more wonderful images of JDL performing
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Garret Cashman- Massive thanks for building the site and for being a Maracatu anorak like me!
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Mark Swanwick – for our snazzy flyer and business card designs
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Scooby- Many thanks for the original photography for the flyers/business cards, for all the great pictures so far, and for those yet unsnapped…
email: scoobyarts@yahoo.co.uk
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Ian Holmes-Lewis- thank Ian for our funky flyer cartoonies. Ian’s group Sambangra play a fusion of Brazilian, South Asian, and African music.
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Gideon Conn- Cheers to Gideon, the artist and musician behind our web illustrations
email: info@gideonconn.com
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Peter Richardson- Thanks Peter for following us around at gigs!
http://www.peterrichardsonphotography.com/
email: p.h.richardson@ntlworld.com
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Stacey Potter- Thanks to Stacey for her video (link coming soon) of JDL performing alongside M.O.N.O.B.L.O.C.O. at the Contact Theatre, Manchester, in July
http://www.staceypotter.co.uk/
email: live@staceypotter.co.uk
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Winston Churchill Memorial Trust- a HUGE thank you to them for their generous grant in 2004 which enabled me to travel to Brazil and have our instruments made by Maureliano (cheers Mau!).
Click on ‘Newsletter’ and go to ‘August 2006’ edition (page 3) for the article about Holly’s first trip to Brazil…
- ‘Meninos’- a youth percussion and dance group from Oldham for young people aged between 7 and 18. Several of Juba do Leão are tutors and volunteers with this group-
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‘Carcophony’- a crazy-funky-1950s-drum-truck-drumming-street-theatre-type extravagance! One of Holly’s recent fun projects-
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‘Republic of Swing’- Manchester’s hottest Samba bateria-
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M.O.N.O.B.L.O.C.O.- ‘Valeu amigos’ for inviting us to play at the Contact-
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UKSA (UK Samba Association)-
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One Voice Music- Holly is also a guest tutor for One Voice Music. Follow the links below for her biography and OVM’s fantastic range of percussion instruments and workshop opportunities-
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Dan Jones / Last of the Kiskadees – One of our new vocalists and his folktastic solo and band mu-sack