Samba from York! Born out of a fusion of Mendigo Surdo (a samba band from the University of York) and students from York St. John University and others from the musical community in York.
"Better than Pendulum!"
- A rowdy drunk
"How can people stand still?"
- A 1st year PEP student
"You were right good"
- An inebriated trophy wife
"Brilliant! Very very good. The good thing is, the beer is down"
- Neil Morrissey
We have played at many events including...
The Mayor of London's 'Skyride'
The Great Yorkshire Show
England v Australia - 4th npower Ashes Test (2009)
England v West Indies - 3rd ODI (2009)
The Ashes Festival 2009
'Cadbury's' (UK) AGM 2009
The Great Yorkshire Run in Sheffield
Harrogate Hospitality & Tourism Awards Evening (2009)
Chinese New Year @ University of Nottingham
Newark Christmas Fair
'Elements' @ Leeds University SU
'Welcome to Yorkshire' Launch Party
Y09 Launch Party
Yorkshire Day 2009
RAG Woodstock
Big D
The York RAG Parade
York Carnival
York Fair-Trade Festival
York Fusion
York University Battle of the Bands
Capoeira York Batizado
Bobo Lobo's Carnival Weekend
...and many more
We also took part in the 2008 Cadbury Wispa Advert - 'For the Love of Wispa', filmed at Alexandra Palace.
We have also appeared as:
Gurmeet Singh's Percussion Buffet
We can play a wide range of drumming music, in contrasting styles and genres. We have played many varying events and functions in the past, and would love to do more and more. We are very flexible and can play for pretty much any length of time necessary. We also incorporate a samba horn section when required.
If you would like to book the band please contact us either through this website, through our Facebook website, or by e-mailing [email protected]
