First Bali Capoeira Festival 2007

Itinerary

Hey guys, here is the run down for the Senzala Bali batizado weekend which is coming together to be a very exciting and fun weekend involving a lot of training, playing and socialising.

Thank you so much to our friends across Java for helping to promote the event to their students and for the support.

Cost of the event is 350,000 Rp, which includes:

All workshops at The Canggu Club, food during Sat and Sun workshops, access pass wristband, entry to Afro Brasil party and event T shirt.

Ok, here is the plan……

Friday 14^th December 2008

Multi Function Hall, Canggu Club

5pm: All festival participants arrive at Canggu Club for registration, (see map for details.) Students change into training clothes ready to start first workshop.

6pm ~ 9pm: First workshop, open rodas and introduction

9pm ~ socialising by the pool at Canggu Club

Note: No food provided for Friday night!!!

Saturday 15^th December 2008

Multi Function hall, Canggu Club

12pm: Students arrive, change clothes and prepare for workshops.

1pm ~ 3pm: First workshops

3pm ~ 3:30pm: food and beverages

3:30pm ~ 4pm: Question and Answer session with Mestre Gato and Contra Mestre Gatuno

4pm ~ 5pm: Second workshops

5pm ~6pm: Open Rodas

AFRO BRASIL ‘MANDINGA’ PARTY

Fabios Restaurant and ‘F Lounge’ bar. Jalan Raya Seminyak

8pm: Doors open at Fabios.

Shows and demonstrations until 11:30pm, party until 1am, after party until 3am.

Sunday 16^th December 2008

Multi Function Hall, Canggu Club

12pm: students arrive, change and prepare for workshops.

1pm ~ 3pm: first workshops

3 ~ 3:30pm: question and answer session, discussion with Mestres.

4pm ~ 6pm: BATIZADO and open rodas

Mestre Gato and Contra Mestre Pedro will be visiting the Island of the Gods for its first annual BATIZADO! December 14th, 15th, & 16th, 2007. Workshops to take place the evening of Friday the 14th at the Canggu Country Club with a social gathering to follow. Saturday the 15th is a full day of workshops by Mestre Gato and Contra Mestre Pedro at Canggu Country Club with an Afro-Brazilian party to follow at Fabio’s Restaurant/Nightclub. …A line-up of live percussions, samba dancers, a salsa performance, and a spectacular Capoeira demonstration with Mestre Gato, Contra Mestre Pedro and all the Instructors! …not to mention the high energy, axe, on the dancefloor. Sunday December 16th at the Canggu Country Club there will also be a workshop in the afternoon with our Batizado to follow! Besides this excitement, you do not want to miss…you can also take part in enjoying all the beauty; flora & fauna, marvelous sunsets, breathtaking oceanside sceneray and culturally stimulating energy of Bali. Come and rejuvenate yourself with us, SENZALA BALI style.

Our Booking form will soon be posted…be on the lookout for it. Otherwise please do not hesitate to contact senzalabali@yahoo.com, rodpenn@hotmail.com, kennocko@yahoo.com, or Michelle: michlove@gmail.com

Senzala Bali gives thank to Contra Mestre Grilo for the workshop during his visiting in Bali 16-23 September 2007.

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Welcome To Senzala Bali website.

Group Senzala Bali is the creation of Rod Penn (UK) and Kenoko Hermiaji (Indonesia), two friends who have dedicated the last seven years to the study and promotion of Capoeira in the United kingdom and Java. Both share a mutual passion for the vast technical intricacies of the art, hoping to further awareness of the possibilities that Capoeira can bring and to educate people about the many facets of this often misunderstood art form.

From training in Capoeira academies all over Brazil and attending numerous meetings, workshops and events in Europe, Rod Penn has become a proficient and experienced Capoeira instructor, endorsed by Group Senzala, one of the largest and foremost Capoeira groups in Brazil and the rest of the World. Kennoko has studied under the guidance of Rod for the last four years and with top Brazilian practitioners in Jakarta. Both Kennoko and Rod have led their own groups for several years and have now combined their efforts to commit to the legitimate promotion of Capoeira in Bali.