The Most Extraordinary Rio Carnival Brass Band

We ended up in Flamengo, Rio de Janeiro, this evening at the suggestion of Claudio (a former CELTA trainee of Dd) and his lovely wife, Simone, both of whom it was a delight to meet! Dd directed the shot on her journal that records them and the reunion (see here), but I couldn't resist capturing the spontaneous and boisterous carnival scene that was developing in the São Salvador Square alongside us, as young brass players with trumpets, trombones, saxophones and tubas pitched up to add brio, slides and oompahs to the occasion as everyone samba-ed the night away!