The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel is a samba school

Samba school

A samba school is a club or dancing school. They practice and often perform in huge square-compounds devoted to practicing and exhibiting samba, an African-Brazilian dance. The schools are traditionally associated with a particular neighborhood, often shanty towns...

 of the city of Rio de Janeiro, being located on Rua Coronel Tamarindo, in the neighborhood of Padre Miguel

Padre Miguel

The neighborhood of Padre Miguel is situated in the west region of the city of Rio de Janeiro, is of lower class, and borders the neighborhoods of Bangu and Realengo . It is there the schools of samba Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel and Unidos de Padre Miguel are located. In the weekend,...

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History

The Mocidade was founded on November 10 of 1955, by eight people: Silvio Trindade, Renato da Silva, Djalma Rosa, Olímpio Bonifácio (Bronquinha), Garibaldi F. Lima, Felipe de Souza (Pavão), Altamiro Menezes (Cambalhota) e Alfredo Briggs. The first flag of the school was offered by Mrs. Gilda Faria Lima. The first queen of the school was Mrs. Neuza de Oliveira. The samba school

Samba school

A samba school is a club or dancing school. They practice and often perform in huge square-compounds devoted to practicing and exhibiting samba, an African-Brazilian dance. The schools are traditionally associated with a particular neighborhood, often shanty towns...

 participated for the first time, in an official parade, with the plot "O Baile das Rosas" ( "The Ball of Roses" ), when it got 5th place. In 1958, it was the champion of Group 2 with the plot "Apoteose ao Samba" ( "Apotheosis to the Samba" ). From 1959 forth, it took on Group 1 and did not descend to lower groups anymore.

In 1959, the bateria

Bateria

The term bateria means “drum kit” in Portuguese and Spanish. In Brazil, the word is also used for a form of Brazilian samba band, the percussion band or rhythm section of a Samba School...

, under the expert Master André, gave for the first time the famous "paradinha" (the instant when the bateria of the school stops playing for some instants and during this period the samba-enredo

Samba-enredo

Samba-enredo is a sub-genre of Samba in which songs are performed by a samba school for the festivities of Carnaval. "Samba-enredo" is the Portuguese equivalent of "samba in song", or "song samba"....

 is maintained with the song of the interpreters and of the members of the school) in front of the judging committee, maintaining the rhythm so that the school would continue developing. The folk would pass, later, to accompany such "bossa" with the shout of "Olé". During this period, the Mocidade was known as "a bateria that carried a school on its back", because the bateria was more known than the school itself, that only years later would become a school that would compete with the famous of that epoch (Portela

GRES Portela

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, Império Serrano, Salgueiro

GRES Acadêmicos do Salgueiro

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, and Mangueira

GRES Estação Primeira de Mangueira

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In the year of 1974, Arlindo Rodrigues presented the plot "A Festa do Divino" ( "The Party of the Divine" ), getting 5th place. But on that same year the school could win the championship, had she not gotten 4 in clothings and 9 in harmony. The difference between Salgueiro and Mocidade was 6, therefore they would have tied only if Mocidade would have gotten 10. Even if they would tie, Salgueiro would win the championship because it got 10 in harmony.

From then on, the school stopped being known only because of the bateria, and became known as a good samba school. In 76, by irony, Mocidade tied second place, with Mangueira, and lost the decision for getting one point less in the so famous bateria. In 1979, still with Arlindo Rodrigues, Mocidade conquered for the first the championship with "O Descobrimento do Brasil" ( "The Discovery of Brazil" ).

Next year, Fernando Pinto assumed the carnaval, producing exceptionals carnivals in Mocidade and becoming known as the most criative and ingenious carnival producer ever known.

In Fernando Pinto's fisr year in Mocidade, in 1980, the school conquered second place with the plot "Tropicália Maravilha" ( "Splendid Tropicália" ). In 1983, Mocidade received the banner of the best communication with the public with the plot "Como era verde o meu Xingu" ( "How was my Xingu Green" ).

Mocidade in the Sambadrome Era

Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel
font color="006600">Place		Group	Plot	Carnival Producer
1984	Vice-Champion	1A	Mamãe eu quero Manaus	Fernando Pinto
1985	Champion	1A	Ziriguidum 2001, um carnaval nas estrelas	Fernando Pinto
1986	7th place	1A	Bruxarias e histórias do arco da velha	Edmundo Braga and Paulino Espírito Santo
1987	Vice-Champion	1	Tupinicópolis	Fernando Pinto
1988	8th place	1	Beijim, beijim, bye, bye Brasil	Fernando Pinto
1989	7th place	1	Elis, um trem de emoções	Ely Peron and Rogério Figueiredo
1990	Champion	Special	Vira, virou, a Mocidade chegou	Renato Lage and Lilian Rabelo
1991	Champion	Special	Chuê, Chuá, As águas vão rolar	Renato Lage and Lilian Rabelo
1992	Vice-Champion	Special	Sonhar não custa nada, ou quase nada	Renato Lage and Lilian Rabelo
1993	4th place	Special	Marraio feridô sou rei	Renato Lage
1994	8th place	Special	Avenida Brasil – Tudo passa, quem não viu?	Renato Lage
1995	4th place	Special	Padre Miguel, olhai por nós	Renato Lage
1996	Champion	Special	Criador e Criatura	Renato Lage
1997	Vice-Champion	Special	De corpo e alma na avenida	Renato Lage
1998	6th place	Special	Brilha no céu a estrela que me faz sonhar	Renato Lage
1999	4th place	Special	Villa Lobos e a Apoteose Brasileira	Renato Lage
2000	4th place	Special	Verde amarelo, azul-anil, colorem o Brasil no ano 2000	Renato Lage
2001	7th place/font>	Special	Paz e harmonia, Mocidade é alegria	Renato Lage
2002	4th place	Special	O Grande Circo Místico	Renato Lage and Márcia Lávia
2003	5th place	Special	Para sempre no seu coração – Carnaval da doação	Chico Spinoza
2004	8th place	Special	Não Corra, Não Mate, Não Morra – Pegue Carona Com a Mocidade! Educação No Trânsito	Chico Spinoza
2005	9th place	Special	Buon Mangiare, Mocidade! A Arte Está na Mesa	Paulo Menezes
2006	10th place	Special	A Vida Que Pedi a Deus	Mauro Quintaes
2007	11th place	Special	O Futuro no Pretérito, Uma História Feita à Mão	Alex de Souza
2008	8th place	Special	O Quinto Império: De Portugal ao Brasil, uma Utopia na História	Cid Carvalho
2009	11th place	Special	Mocidade Apresenta: Clube Literário Machado de Assis e Guimarães Rosa. Estrelas em Poesia	Claudio "Cebola" Cavalcanti
2010	7th place	Special	Do paraíso de Deus ao paraíso da loucura, cada um sabe o que procura	Cid Carvalho
2011		Special	Parábola dos Divinos Semeadores	Cid Carvalho
2012		Special		Cid Carvalho

The Independents of Padre Miguel

• Andrezinho do Molejo
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• Castor de Andrade
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• Dudu Nobre
  Dudu Nobre
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• Lucinha Nobre
• Marcos Palmeira
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• Mestre André
• Paulinho Mocidade
• Tôco
• Regina Casé
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• Carlos Alberto Parreira
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• Wander Pires

Big Performers of the School

• Arlindo Rodrigues
• Fernando Pinto
• Ney Vianna
• Renato Lage
• Wander Pires

Premiation Titles

• Special Group: 1979, 1985, 1990, 1991 and 1996
• Banner of Gold (best school): 1983, 1991 and 1999
• Banner (best drum kit): 1974, 1976, 1991, 1992 and 2001

External links

• Official website