Unidos do Viradouro

Dominguinhos do Estácio one of the great singers of carnival and who identified himself much with the school.

The actress Juliana Paes, who was a great queen of battery of college from 2004 to 2008.

It was founded on 24 June 1946 by Nelson dos Santos, known as Jangada, who organized drumming in the backyard of his home in Capitão Roseira, at the top of the D. Mário Viana street, known as Viradouro street.[1][2] He also competed in the parades of Niterói for 39 years (1947 to 1985), however, during period came to Rio de Janeiro a few times (64 and 65), getting more than a 26th in third Division.[3]

After being place champion for eighteen times, the Viradouro decides to try his luck again in 1986. Doing good shows in the lower groups, where won the 1989, Group 3 with the theme "merchants and peddlers" and the Group 1 the following year with "Just the written", coming to the special group in 1991.[4]

In 1992, he presented the plot A magia da sorte chegou by Max Lopes and told the story of the gypsies. However school could not count on such luck in their parade: where one of the floats caught fire and fire will become uncontrollable. and many wards had to squeeze in give way to the car of the Fire department, while this delay resulted in the loss of 13 points in the timing and these points lost the school to 9th.

With the ida of Joãosinho Trinta, which uncurled from Beija-Flor the school began occupy first places with exception of 1996 where almost demoted. However with Dominguinhos do Estácio as singer and Trevas, luz, a explosão do Universo beautiful play colors, contrasting black and white, dark highlights of parade was the battery having used paradinha funk, under command Mestre Jorjão.[5]

In the year 2005, the school has lost its president, in bicheiro José Carlos Monassa Bessil for his succession, was elected Marco Lira who bet all of your chips in the modern Paulo Barros bring the plot "The Viradouro turns the game", trying to return to the title that does not win 10 years. one points of this parade was the battery The battery on top of a float, a large chess board conducted by Mestre Ciça, taking forward as queen of battery Juliana Paes, stepped out of the car in the middle.

In 2008, the school remained with the talent of Paulo Barros and the plot "É de Arrepiar!"[6][7] who spoke of various sensations perceived by the human being, that you would shudders, such as cold, sexual pleasure, emotion in general, fear, disgust and repugnance to evil. For both, the club changed his interpreter and one of the floats, which would represent the victims of Holocaust, was banned by the justice after proposed action by Jewish groups, who took the car to be offensive.

With the departure of Paulo Barros the school is lost and embitter a demotion, in the year 2010. a tribute with Mexico a parade of dubious level done by Júnior Schall and Edson Pereira.[8][9] However in this parade had a controversy with the choice of the queen of battery Julia Lira, only 7 years, the daughter of Marco Lira. There was criticism to this choice, since the position of queen of battery is usually occupied by women are seen as sexy symbols.

After 3 years in Grupo de acesso the school returned to the special with a tribute to their city. However in return among the elite of the samba was not well and very hampered by rain. in dispute of the Série A in 2016, posted in a time of weight return in Special Group. the battery brought Paulinho Botelho, in the composition of the couple mestre-saala and porta-bandeira, the experienced Marquinhos and Giovanna even with Wilsinho, as director of carnival. Such as carnival brought back Max Lopes who developed the plot "O Alabê de Jerusalém: A Saga de Ogundana" based on the piece of Altay. With a beautiful parade, the club won the 3rd place.

In 2018, the Viradouro school scored yet another victory in the A Series championship and thus secured once more its place in the Special Group in the 2019 parade, ending its campaign with a runner up finish.