Acadêmicos do Grande Rio

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Grande RioFoundation| 22 September 1988; 36 years ago (1988-09-22)

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Blessing school| Salgueiro
President| Milton Perácio
Honorary president| Jayder Soares
Helinho de Oliveira
| Carnival staff

Carnival producer| Gabriel Haddad
Leonardo Bora
Carnival singer| Evandro Malandro
Carnival director| Thiago Monteiro
Harmony director| Andrezinho
Caca Santos
Clayton Bola
Helinho Aguiar
Jeferson Guimarães
Director of Battery| Mestre Fafá
Queen of Battery| Paolla Oliveira
Mestre-sala and Porta-Bandeira| Daniel Werneck
Taciana Couto
Choreography| Hélio Bejani
Beth Bejani

The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Acadêmicos do Grande Rio is a samba school of the Special Group of the carnival of the city of Rio de Janeiro, being headquartered on Almirante Barroso street in Duque de Caxias.

## History

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In the 1950s, the city of Duque de Caxias had an effective participation in the Carioca Carnival, with the samba school Cartolinhas de Caxias. This school was placed among the elite of the schools 3 times (1951, 1958 e 1959), posteriorly placed, and frequently, among the intermediate schools and being well respected in the samba world. The last parade of Cartolinhas was in 1971, when with the goal to found a big school, that would worthily represent the municipality of the directors of Grande Rio and Acadêmicos de Caxias, these two schools unified and created in 1988, the Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Acadêmicos do Grande Rio.

The school is very criticized for excessively taking famous people to the avenue and for its excellent results in the judging commission, because of the investments of the patron Jayder Soares and of Milton Perácio, that was the first president of the school.

Like mentioned above, Grande Rio has become specially notorious for bringing famous actresses as Queen of the Drums Sections, called "Rainhas de Bateria". Some of these celebrities below were included over the last years:

* Paola Oliveira

* Paloma Bernardi

* Luciana Gimenez

* Grazi Massafera

## Carnavals of Grande Rio

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In its debut, in 1989, the school already rose to the next group, passing to the Grupo de Acesso A. In 1990, with the samba-enredo (plot) about the city of Rio de Janeiro, it won second and thus won promoted to the Special Group. When it starred among the big schools, the school did not go well:with the plot Antes, Durante e Depois: o despertar do homem ("Before, During, and After:the rouse of the man"), the school was placed in the 16th collocation, and returnmed to Grupo de Acesso A, despite to count on people such as the singer Dominguinhos do Estácio and the bateria director Mestre Paulão (consecrated in União da Ilha).

In 1992, the school reconquered the right to compete in the principal parade, being the champion of the Grupo de Acesso, with the plot Águas Claras para um Rei Negro ("Clear Waters for a Black King"). In its return to the Grupo Especial, with the plot No mundo da lua ("In the world of the moon"), of Alexandre Louzada, the school stimulated the Marquês de Sapucaí and was placed in the 9th collocation. In the following years, it did not have good results, but always maintained itself in the Special Group.

The arrival of Max Lopes to Grande Rio, in 1998, made the school obtain again good collocations. With a plot in honor to Luís Carlos Prestes, obtained the 8th collocation; in 1999, homaging Chatô, the school obtained its best collocation until then: 6th place. In 2000, with the Carnaval at sight, talked about the carnavals and the Brazilian parties celebrated for 500 years. A 9th place was not well received by the school, that would already leave an imprint in the Carioca Carnaval.

In 2001, the school brought again a good samba (this time with Quinho), and the star Joãosinho Trinta in command to tell the story of José Datrino. Once again, all complained about the school's 6th place, with no right to parade in the Parade of the Champions. In 2002, did not succeed to return to the Parade of the Champions, because it was placed in the 7th collocation. In 2003, with the plot O nosso Brasil que vale ("Our Brazil that is Worth"), the school of Duque de Caxias, finally succeeded to parade in the Parade of the Champions, with the third place celebrated like it was the title.

In the carnaval of 2004, the school had a bad accomplishment. Bringing a plot about the prevention of the AIDS, everything went bad: some floats were considered immodest and were censured and paraded covered, and even the parade itself was quite drowsy; the only exceptions were the good performance of the bateria and the tune of the community. Result: 10th place and the demmission[clarification needed] of Joãosinho Trinta after the parade.

In 2005, the school did again a good parade, with the plot Alimentar o corpo e alma faz bem ("Feeding the body and the soul is good"). Counting on the sponsorship of Nestle, it brought well-built cars, a happy parade, great acting of the bateria, and conquest. Because of that the school was placed, like in 2003, in the third collocation. In the carnaval of 2006, telling the history of the exploration in the Amazon, the Grande Rio conquers its best result: the vice-championship, because it lost two tenths for exceeding the maximum time of parade in 1 minute (what took to the tie in number of points with the school Unidos de Vila Isabel, that won for having better notes in the requirements of tie breaking).

In 2007, the school homaged its city, Duque de Caxias, plot signed by the carnaval producer Roberto Szaniecki (that already signed the carnavals of 1996, 2005, and 2006 of the school). The school conquered its vice-championship for the second time.

For the carnaval of 2008, the school of Duque de Caxias brought to the Sambadrome the importance of the gas in our daily lives,[1] homaging the city of Coari, in Amazonas, that possesses the petrochemical pole of Petrobrás, conquering a third place[2] and finishing with the departure of Roberto Szaniecki after the results.

In 2010, the school took runner up honors in that year's Carnival edition. In the carnaval of 2018, In 2018, the school has hired the experienced carnival Renato Lage and Márcia Lage that together signed the last fifteen carnivals in of the school-godmother, the Salgueiro. Where a problem in the last car of the school and holes in evolution, in which resulted in a loss of 0.5 tenths and the school's relegation to Serie A after 26 years, however the decision was overturned and the school remains as of today part of the Special Group.

The 2022 Carnival would prove to be Grande Rio's best finish yet, as it ended with the school's first general championship of the Special Group division.

## Titles and prizes

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* Grupo Especial (First division of Rio Carnival): 2022
* Estandarte de Ouro (best plot - Grupo Especial): 2022
* Grupo de Acesso A (second division): 1992
* Estandarte de Ouro (best plot): 1994
* Estandarte de Ouro (best samba/Grupo de Acesso): 1992
* Best place in the Special Group: 2006 and 2007 (2 vice-championships)

## Historic names of the school

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* Joãosinho Trinta
* Nêgo
* Jayder Soares
* Leandrinho
* Mestre Odilon
* Milton Perácio
* Emerson Dias
* Susana Vieira
* Paolla Oliveira

## Classifications

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Year  | Place  | Division  | Plot  | Carnivals Producers

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Singers
1989 | Vice Champion | Grupo 3 | O mito sagrado de Ifé | Edson Mendes
Ricardo Ayres
1990 | Vice Champion | Grupo A | Porque sou carioca | Wany Araújo
Fernando Lopes Paz
Dominguinhos do Estácio
1991  | 16th place  | Grupo Especial | Antes, durante e depois, o despertar do homem  | Wany Araújo
Fernando Lopes Paz
Dominguinhos do Estácio
1992 | Champion | Grupo A | Águas claras para um rei negro | Lucas Pinto
Sônia Regina
David do Pandeiro
1993  | 9th place  | Grupo Especial | No mundo da lua  | Alexandre Louzada
Nêgo
1994  | 12th place  | Grupo Especial | Os santos que a África não viu  | Lucas Pinto
Nêgo
1995  | 16th place  | Grupo Especial | História para ninar um povo patriota  | Lucas Pinto
Nêgo
1996  | 11th place  | Grupo Especial | Na era dos Felipes o Brasil era espanhol  | Roberto Szaniecki
Nêgo
1997  | 10th place  | Grupo Especial | Madeira-Mamoré, a volta dos que não foram, lá no Guaporé | Alexandre Louzada
Nêgo
1998  | 8th place  | Grupo Especial | Prestes, o cavaleiro da esperança | Max Lopes
Nêgo
1999  | 6th place  | Grupo Especial | Ei, ei, ei, Chateau é nosso rei! | Max Lopes
Nêgo
2000  | 9th place  | Grupo Especial | Carnaval à vista - não fomos catequizados, fizemos Carnaval  | Max Lopes
Nêgo
2001  | 6th place  | Grupo Especial | Gentileza "X" - O profeta do fogo | Joãosinho Trinta
Quinho
2002  | 7th place  | Grupo Especial | Os papagaios amarelos nas terras encantadas do Maranhão | Joãosinho Trinta
Quinho
2003  | 3rd place  | Grupo Especial | O nosso Brasil que Vale | Joãosinho Trinta
Wander Pires
2004  | 10th place  | Grupo Especial | Vamos vestir a camisinha meu amor! | Joãosinho Trinta
Wander Pires
2005  | 3rd place  | Grupo Especial | Alimentar o corpo e alma faz bem!  | Roberto Szaniecki
Wander Pires
2006 | Vice Champion | Grupo Especial | Amazonas, o Eldorado é Aqui | Roberto Szaniecki
Bruno Ribas
2007 | Vice Champion | Grupo Especial | Duque de Caxias, o Caminho do Progresso, o Retrato do Brasil | Roberto Szaniecki
Wander Pires
2008  | 3rd place  | Grupo Especial | Do Verde de Coari, Vem Meu Gás, Sapucaí!  | Roberto Szaniecki
Wander Pires
2009  | 5th place  | Grupo Especial | Voilá, Caxias! Para sempre liberté, egalité, fraternité, merci beaucoup, Brésil! Não tem de quê! | Cahê Rodrigues
Wantuir
2010 | Vice Champion | Grupo Especial | Das arquibancadas ao camarote número 1, um Grande Rio de emoção, na Apoteose do seu coração | Cahê Rodrigues
Wantuir
2011  | Hors Concours  | Grupo Especial | Y-Jurerê Mirim - A Encantadora Ilha das Bruxas (Um conto de Cascaes) | Cahê Rodrigues
Wantuir
2012  | 5th place  | Grupo Especial | Eu acredito em você. E você?  | Cahê Rodrigues
Wantuir
2013  | 6th place  | Grupo Especial | Amo o Rio e vou à luta: ouro negro sem disputa... Contra an injustiça em defesa do Rio  | Roberto Szaniecki
Emerson Dias
Nêgo
2014  | 6th place  | Grupo Especial | Verdes olhos de Maysa sobre o mar, no caminho: Maricá | Fábio Ricardo
Emerson Dias
2015  | 3rd place  | Grupo Especial | A Grande Rio é do Baralho | Fábio Ricardo
Emerson Dias
2016  | 7th place  | Grupo Especial | Fui no Itororó beber água, não achei. Mas achei a bela Santos, e por ela me apaixonei...  | Fábio Ricardo
Emerson Dias
2017  | 5th place  | Grupo Especial | Ivete do rio ao Rio! | Fábio Ricardo
Emerson Dias
2018  | 12th place  | Grupo Especial | Vai para o trono ou não vai? | Renato Lage
Márcia Lage
Emerson Dias
2019  | 9th place  | Grupo Especial | Quem nunca?... Que atire a primeira pedra![3] | Renato Lage
Márcia Lage
Evandro Malandro
2020 | Vice Champion | Grupo Especial | Tata Londira: O canto do caboclo no quilombo de Caxias | Gabriel Haddad
Leonardo Bora
Evandro Malandro
2022 | Champion [4][5] | Grupo Especial | Fala, Majeté! Sete chaves de Exu | Gabriel Haddad
Leonardo Bora
Evandro Malandro

## References

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1. ^ Susana Ramos (23 January 2008). "Usina de gás no meio da floresta inspira alegoria da Grande Rio" [Gas plant in the middle of the forest inspires allegory of the Greater Rio]. Globo.com (in Brazilian Portuguese).
2. ^ "Beija-Flor ganha o 11º título na elite do carnaval do Rio" [Beija-Flor wins the 11th title in Rio's Carnival elite]. Globo.com (in Brazilian Portuguese). 6 February 2008.
3. ^ Anderson Baltar (3 July 2008). "Beneficiada por virada de mesa, Grande Rio mostrará os pequenos pecados" [Benefited by turning the tables, Grande Rio will show the small sins]. UOL (in Brazilian Portuguese).
4. ^ "Grande Rio é a campeã do carnaval 2022 do Rio, o primeiro título da história da Tricolor". G1. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
5. ^ "Trajetória da campeã: o caminho da Grande Rio para ganhar o primeiro título". G1. 26 April 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.

Article translated from Lusophone Wikipedia

## External links

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* Official website
* Profile of Grande Rio Samba School in English (in English)

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Grupo Especial
(Sambadrome)|

* Unidos do Viradouro
* Imperatriz Leopoldinense
* Acadêmicos do Grande Rio
* Acadêmicos do Salgueiro
* Portela
* Unidos de Vila Isabel
* Estação Primeira de Mangueira
* Beija-Flor
* Paraíso do Tuiuti
* Mocidade Independente de Padre Miguel
* Unidos da Tijuca
* Unidos de Padre Miguel

Série Ouro
(Sambadrome)|

* Unidos do Porto da Pedra
* Império Serrano
* Estácio de Sá
* União de Maricá
* São Clemente
* Inocentes de Belford Roxo
* União da Ilha do Governador
* Acadêmicos de Niterói
* Acadêmicos de Vigário Geral
* Unidos de Bangu
* Unidos da Ponte
* Em Cima da Hora
* União do Parque Acari
* Arranco
* Tradição
* Botafogo Samba Clube

Série Prata
(Intendente)|

* Império da Tijuca
* Sereno de Campo Grande
* Renascer de Jacarepaguá
* Fla Manguaça
* Tubarão de Mesquita
* União de Jacarepaguá
* Unidos da Vila Santa Tereza
* Unidos da Barra da Tijuca
* Unidos do Jacarezinho
* Unidos de Lucas
* Arrastão de Cascadura
* Acadêmicos do Cubango
* Feitiço Carioca
* Independentes de Olaria
* Acadêmicos do Engenho da Rainha
* Mocidade Unida do Santa Marta
* Acadêmicos da Abolição
* Acadêmicos de Santa Cruz
* Vizinha Faladeira
* Flor da Mina do Andaraí
* Acadêmicos da Rocinha
* Alegria da Zona Sul
* Independente da Praça da Bandeira
* Leão de Nova Iguaçu
* Império da Uva
* Concentra Imperial
* Boi da Ilha do Governador
* Império de Nova Iguaçu
* Chatuba de Mesquita
* Alegria do Vilar

Série Bronze
(Intendente)|

* Caprichosos de Pilares
* Acadêmicos do Dendê
* Acadêmicos de Jacarepaguá
* Lins Imperial
* Arame de Ricardo
* Força Jovem
* União do Parque Curicica
* Unidos de Cosmos
* Mocidade de Vicente de Carvalho
* Bangay
* Unidos do Cabuçu
* Império Ricardense
* Imperadores Rubro-Negros
* Raça Rubro-Negra
* Acadêmicos do Peixe
* Unidos da Villa Rica
* Siri de Ramos
* Império de Brás de Pina
* Acadêmicos do Jardim Bangu
* Gato de Bonsucesso
* Unidos da Vila Kennedy
* Acadêmicos do Recreio

Grupo de Avaliação
(Intendente)|

* Guerreiros Tricolores
* Rosa de Ouro
* Turma da Paz de Madureira
* Mocidade Unida da Cidade de Deus
* Difícil é o Nome
* Unidos de São Cristóvão
* Unidos de Manguinhos
* Novo Império
* Império da Resistência
* Coroado de Jacarepaguá
* Renascer de Nova Iguaçu
* Império do Vale
* Delírio da Zona Oeste
* América Samba e Paixão
* Unidos do Cabral
* União do Vilar Carioca
* Acadêmicos da Pedra Branca
* Colibri
* Acadêmicos do Anil
* Acadêmicos de Realengo
* Garras do Tigre

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