Prazer da Serrinha

Prazer da Serrinha is an extinct samba school of Serrinha, which is a community of Madureira and Vaz Lobo, in Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

History

The school Prazer da Serrinha was presided during its existence by Alfredo Costa that, according to the founders of Império Serrano, considered himself the owner of the school and made descisions by himself. In 1946, Mano Décio da Viola and Silas de Oliveira had composed the samba "Conferência de São Francisco" (Conference of São Francisco) to the Carnaval of 1946 , but, in time, Alfredo decided that the school would parade with another samba. The confusion caused problems of harmony, and this made Prazer da Serrinha to finish in 11^th place. Unhappy, Mano Décio da Viola, Silas de Oliveira, Sebastião de Oliveira (Molequinho), among others, met in the house of Eulália do Nascimento, and founded the Império Serrano.

The victory of the parade in 1946 organized by "Tribuna Popular" to homage Luis Carlos Prestes and the championship of 1950 in the parade organized by the UGESB and tied with Unidos da Capela were the two best results of the school. With the growth of the dissidents of Império Serrano, that paraded in that epoch for the FBES and in 1951 were champion four times, the Prazer da Serrinha did not parade anymore in 1952, when there was a reunification of the parades in Rio de Janeiro. After the victory, its last parade was in 1951, when it achieved the 9^th place.

However Alfredo Costa, that was father-in-law of Dona Ivone Lara [pt icon [http://www.mpbnet.com.br/musicos/ivone.lara/] ] , would still become president of Império Serrano years later.

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