Unidos do Porto da Pedra

The carnival producer Jaime Cezário

Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Unidos do Porto da Pedra (commonly called Porto da Pedra or Unidos do Porto da Pedra) is a samba school currently headquartered in the municipality of São Gonçalo. The school was previously located in the city of Rio de Janeiro.[1]

History

Unidos do Porto da Pedra was originally known as Porto da Pedra Futebol Clube, having formed in the 1970s. The club's original colours were red and white. The club was formed by residents of its surrounding neighbourhood with the idea of forming a street block, that competed in 1975 and 1976.[2]

On 8 March 1978 this carnival block was officially registered, with Harold Moreira named as president. The club's founders included José Carlos Rodrigues, José Paulo de Oliveira Chaffin, Jorair Ferreira, Jorge Brum, and Nilton Belomino Bispo.

Three years later, in 1981, the club reached the status of samba school; competing in Group B of the São Gonçalo Carnival. It came runner-up the following year. The club entered Group A, securing its first victory as samba school and ever since have abandoned the competitions and only came into its own neighborhood for many years.

For 1995, due to internal political problems in AESCRJ, LIESGA was created, that only existed for a Carnival but that modified the Groups 1, 2, 3, 4 for Groups A, B, C, D, E. in spite being correlation among such groups, the ascension and lowering ended having been respected and school that year it received an invitation Paulo de Almeida, then leader LIESGA, to adopt entity automatically of Thursday for second division.[3]

Starting from then, the school had a great revelation in years of 1996 and 1997 where the champions' parade arrived. However, the destruction of in Porto da Pedra came soon afterwards in 1998[4] with the eminent fall the access and like this being in 2000.[5] however to the school it returned the Special in 2002.

In the years in that it was in the special, it was always among the last positions, exceptions done of 2005, when it almost arrived to the champions parade and 2011, where due to the fire in the Cidade do Samba it finished in the 8th, but 2012 in a plot objected on the yogurt, the association dug his/her descent for Série A.

Carnival 2019

School-godparent União da Ilha
General information
President Fábio Montibello
Carnival producer Jaime Cezário
Carnival singer Luizinho Andanças
Carnival director Amauri de Oliveira
Harmony director Amauri de Oliveira
Director of Battery Mestre Pablo
Queen of Battery Kamilla Reis
Mestre-sala and Porta-bandeira Rodrigo França and Cynthia Santos
Choreography Jardel Augusto Lemos

Classifications

Year Place Division Plot Carnivals Producers Singers
1994 Vice-Champion Group D Novo sol do amanhã
1995 Champion Group A Campo, cidade em busca da felicidade Mauro Quintaes Wantuir
1997 9th place Group Special A folia no mundo - Um carnaval dos carnavais Mauro Quintaes Wantuir
1997 5th place Group Special No reino da folia, cada louco com sua mania Mauro Quintaes Wantuir
1998 13th place Group Special Samba no pé e mãos ao alto, isto é um assalto! Mauro Quintaes Wantuir
1999 Vice-Champion Group A E na farofa do confete tem limão, tem serpentina... Gilberto Muniz Ito Melodia
2000 14th place Group Special Ordem, Progresso, Amor e Folia no Milênio da Fantasia Jaime Cezário Ito Melodia
2001 Champion Group A Um sonho possível: crescer e viver agora é lei Cahê Rodrigues Ito Melodia
2002 11th place Group Special Serra acima, rumo à Terra dos Coroados Cahê Rodrigues Preto Jóia
2003 11th place Group Special Os donos da rua, um jeitinho brasileiro de ser Mário Borriello Preto Jóia
2004 11th place Group Special Sou Tigre, Sou Porto da Pedra à Internet - Mensageiro da História da Vida do Leva e Traz Alexandre Louzada Preto Jóia
2005 7th place Group Special Carnaval - Festa Profana Alexandre Louzada Luizinho Andanças
2006 12th place Group Special Bendita És Tu Entre as Mulheres do Brasil Cahê Rodrigues Luizinho Andanças
2007 10th place Group Special Preto e Branco a Cores Milton Cunha Luizinho Andanças
2008 11th place Group Special 100 anos de imigração japonesa no Brasil - Tem pagode no Maru Mário Borriello Luizinho Andanças
2009 10th place Group Special Não me proíbam criar, pois preciso curiar! Sou o país do futuro e tenho muito a inventar! Max Lopes Luizinho Andanças
2010 10th place Group Special Com que roupa eu vou? Pro samba que você me convidou Paulo Menezes Luizinho Andanças
2011 8th place Group Special O sonho sempre vem pra quem sonhar... Paulo Menezes Luizinho Andanças
2012 12th place Group Special Da Seiva Materna ao Equilíbrio da Vida Jaime Cezário Wander Pires
2013 9th place Series A Me digas o que calças, que eu te direis quem és Leandro Valente Igor Vianna
2014 4th place Series A Majestades do samba, os defensores do meu pavilhão Leandro Valente Anderson Paz
2015 11th place Series A Há uma luz que não se apaga Wagner Gonçalves Anderson Paz
2016 5th place Series A Palhaço Carequinha, paixão e orgulho de São Gonçalo. Tá certo ou não tá? Jaime Cezário Anderson Paz
2017 5th place Series A Ô Abre-alas que as Marchinhas vão passar! Porto da Pedra é quem vai ganhar... seu coração! Jaime Cezário Anderson Paz
2018 3rd place Series A Rainhas do rádio - nas ondas da emoção, o Tigre coroa as Divas da canção Jaime Cezário Luizinho Andanças
2019 Series A Antônio Pitanga - Um Negro em Movimento Jaime Cezário Luizinho Andanças

References

  1. ↑ "História". Unidos do Porto da Pedra. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
  2. ↑ "Porto da Pedra". Samba Rio Carnaval. Retrieved 2016-10-29.
  3. ↑ "Academia do Samba - Grupo A 1995". Retrieved 2016-10-29.
  4. ↑ "Academia do Samba - Grupo Especial 1998". Retrieved 2016-10-29.
  5. ↑ "Academia do Samba - Grupo Especial 2000". Retrieved 2016-10-29.
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