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| The opening concerta of the Silvia Cançado Center for the Arts. |
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| In the past few years, the city of Brasília has awakened for good cultural programs. Not that there were not great options of concerts, plays, exhibitions from time to time and a select group of people who praised best quality arts. In fact, Brasília has been considered one of the most intellectualized cities in the country. Not to mention the contribution of the city towards Brazilian Music. Brasília has launched several successful bands nationally and internationally, such as Legião Urbana, Paralamas do Sucesso, Capital Inicial, Natiruts and artists like Oswaldo Montenegro , Cássia Eller and Zélia Duncan |
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| Senator Paulo Octavio (left) and the Ambassador of the United States of America Mr. John Danilowich inaugurate the facilities. |
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| But, in these past few years the arts have become more and more popular. There are new movie theaters in town, theaters long inactive have been reactivated, more and more theater companies and theater schools, music schools and even circus schools, where you learn how to juggle and much more. And there are new show houses too. |
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| The reception after the show had hundreds of guests celebrating this wonderful achievement. |
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| Last Friday, on December 10th , the EAB - "Escola Americana de Brasília" (American School of Brasília), inaugurated the Silvia Cançado Center for the Arts, the newest arts and culture center in Brasília. The modern facilities, previously presented by THE GUIDE in story publicized on December 6 th , will host professional artists following calendar of events of the school and rent the space at request. |
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| The Silvia Cançado Center for the Arts. |
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| But, what is most important, the facilities will be used by the students of the school for their arts, music and theater classes. The Silvia Cançado Center for the Arts has been a dream of the Board of Directors of the school for the last 20 years, and now it is a reality that will make the children develop as more stable, stronger, independent adults, with full social skills, culture, with their talents stimulated, the notion of support to achieve a goal and the knowledge of how to manage challenges. |
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| Resulting from the excellent work of their teacher Mrs. Socorro Sena, the choir of the EAB enchants the audience with the sweet voice of the lovely children, already gaining from the spectacular Center for the Arts. |
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| A good example of this scenery was the spectacular performance of the EAB Jazz Band, conducted by Mr.George Viglucci, an awarded band with great musicians, not older than 17, each of them. The performance was vivid, alive, really special and it felt like they had gone professional years ago, so comfortable and confident they appeared in front of a near-sellout crowd of more than 400 people. The band had a standing ovation. Spectacular! |
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| Mr. George Viglucci conducts the EAB's Jazz Band, awarded as the best Jazz band in Brasília and very proeminent in the international community. |
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| The talented soloists of the band amazed the audience with grace and personality. |
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| The other attractions were the EAB choir, mostly formed by students of the 4 th grade and some students from High School, the choir opened the events, touching the heart of everyone with the sweet voices of the children. |
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| The EAB Choir. |
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| To close the evening, the so expected Jazz legends Mr. Noah Howard and Mr. Bobby Few, together for 20 years in the stages, carried the audience with an exquisite performance of the best professional Jazz, accompanied by Mrs. Della Henry and Affinity Jazz Trio, from Brasília. The show was incredible and it is but fair to say that the Silvia Cançado Center for the Arts had the inauguration it deserved that night. |
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| Mr. Bobby Few, one of the legends of Jazz, who came to Brasília, from the U.S.A., just to play at the Grand Opening of the Center for the Arts. |
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| No one could resist the charm, the powerful sweet voice and fine intonation of Mrs. Della Henry. |
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| Noah Howard, the grand attraction of the event, confirmed that he is one the greatest names of Jazz today. |
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Silvia Cançado
After the Ambassador John Danilowich and Senator Paulo Octavio cut the tape and the guests could enter the facilities, Mrs. Shelley Wooley, President of the Board of the American School , accompanied by the EAB's teacher Mrs. Cecília who translated Mrs. Wooley's words into Portuguese, went on stage to begin the activities of the night. She spoke to the audience about the struggle of putting the funds together and the hard work of building the Center for the Arts, but also of the pleasure and happiness of those involved to see the construction completed and the dream come true.
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| The Ambassador of The United States of America, Mr. John Danilowich, and Senator Paulo Octavio, of the Republic of Brazil, give their speech, praising the Board of Directors and the PTSO for the Center of the Arts, an important quality addition to this marvellous school. |
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| To know of the path the Headmaster of the school, Mr. John Gates, the Board of Directors, the PTSO (Parents, Teachers, Students Organization and all in school walked until the work was done, was already touching and filled the heart with enthusiasm and the belief that we can achieve what we dream. But the evening reserved much more. In her speech, Mrs. Wooley announced that the facilities would from the on be named the Silvia Cançado Center for the Arts, in honor of the beloved student who graduated in EAB. |
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| From left to right, Mrs. Linda Small, Director of the Club EAB, Mr. John Gates, Headmaster of EAB and Mr. Abel Fernandez, from the American Embassy, the happiness was clear on the semblant of everyone involved with the facilities. |
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| Mrs. Darcy Sullivan, Director of Admissions, received the guests and was always kind to receive and attend the guests at the Silvia Cançado Center for the Arts, to which she, also, dedicated. |
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| Silvia Cançado was an A student at EAB. In the words of Mrs. Wooley "a loving, clever, wonderful person" who left marks in those who met her, she left this world in a car accident shortly after her graduation. In the week of the inauguration, the Cançado family, in gratitude for the wonderful education their children had in EAB, generously donated "an incredible amount" to the school. In return, the school decided to name the EAB's Center for the Arts, the Silvia Cançado Center for the Arts. |
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| From left to right, Mrs. Shelley Wooley, President of the Board of the American School and Mrs. Ellen Dissevelt, President of the PTSO (Parents, Teachers and Students Organization). |
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| Juarez Cançado, brother of Silvia, received the honors and told the audience the joy to see his sister's name forever engraved in this wonderful institution and in the history of the culture of Brasília. Juarez was a student in EAB during the same time his sister went there and he told the audience how sweet, graceful, loving Silvia was and how she always answered with a friendly smile and sweetness to everyone. Mrs. Cecília cried next to Mrs. Wooley, she knew Silvia. Probably everyone cried that night. It was beautiful, unforgettable. Maybe a prelude of what the spectacles in the Silvia Cançado Center for the Arts will be, forever. |
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| Juarez Cançado, brother of Silvia Cançado, to whom the inauguration was dedicated, received the honors and thanked EAB for the recognition of the great person his sister was. |
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| THE GUIDE congratulates EAB and the PTSO for the marvelous accomplishment of this dream. |
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