RIO CARNIVAL, SAMBA SCHOOL COMPETITIONS 2016 PREQUEL, INTERMISSION #2, BY PAUL HODGE, CHAPTER 7
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Paul Hodge’s HD video is Intermission #2 at the Sambadromo between the performances of the Em Cima Da Hora Samba School and the Imperio Serrano Samba School. This HD video is intended to give the viewer a feel for what goes on in the Sambadromo in between the samba school performances,
This HD video is Chapter 7 of 70 in Paul Hodge’s HD video book, “Rio Carnival, A Preview of the 2016 Rio Carnival Samba School Championship Competitions”. Because of Rio’s/Brazil’s current public health challenges, the bad weather forecasts and limited TV coverage, many viewers/subscribers have asked Paul Hodge to publish on YouTube his complete coverage of the 2015 Rio Carnival Competitions so they could have a preview of the 2016 Samba
School Championships Competitions.
AS A PUBLIC SERVICE, Paul has created and published (AD FREE) on YouTube this unique HD video book: “Rio Carnival, A Preview of the 2016 Rio Carnival Samba School Championship Competitions”. This HD video book includes the entire performances all 25 Rio Samba Schools competing in the 2016 Rio Carnival Samba School Parade Championship Competitions.
Rio Carnival 2016 the World’s Greatest Party, will take place in Rio de Janeiro from Friday, February 5th through Wednesday, February 10, 2016. For full coverage of this “world class” celebration, see Paul Hodge’s “Best of Rio Carnival” at and Paul’s YouTube Channel “SoloAroundWorld” at
FOR FREE HD video coverage of the beautiful women of Rio Carnival check out Paul Hodge’s “Best of Rio Carnival” at
Broadcast throughout the world, Rio’s magnificent Rio Carnival Samba School Parade Championship Competitions of Rio's top twenty-seven (26) samba schools will be the showcase events of the Rio Carnival 2016 celebrations. Over four nights from Friday, February 5 through Monday, February 8, 2016, the Rio’s top samba schools will perform all night into the early morning hours of the following day. What at first glance might just appear to be colorful, music-filled parades, are in actuality ferociously serious competitions involving the best Samba schools in Rio and Brazil, thousands of dancers, singers, musicians, floats and budgets, prize money and endorsements totaling millions of dollars.
For the first two nights (Friday, February 5, 2016 and Saturday, February 6, 2016) of the Rio Carnival Samba School Parade Championship Competitions, fourteen samba schools (7 each night) in the Série A Group (formally “Access Group”, “Group A) will compete in the Rio Carnival 2016 Série A Group Samba School Parade Competitions. The winner of this 2016 competition will be promoted to the Special Group and will participate in the 2017 Special Group Competitions for the Rio Carnival 2017 Samba School Parade Championship.
The entire 2014 & 2015 performances of all the 14 Série A Group Samba Schools competing in 2016 can be found on Paul's website “Best of Rio Carnival” at and Paul’s very popular YouTube Channel “SoloAroundWorld” at:
Please enjoy and thanks for watching!
Paul Hodge, Creator & Producer