The guys visited Dorking twice and stayed at the fantastic Juniper Hall which is on the side of Box Hill and surrounded by country side.

The, mainly French but also Portuguese, staff at the hall played football with some of the guys. France 10 - Brasil 7

Thanks to all involved.

Local group Bloco do Sul invited surrounding sambistas to join a workshop with Monobloco, it was great to meet some friends that they’d met during their tour and some had travelled a very long way! A fun time was had learning how the xote & quadrilha rhythms were combined to form ‘Tropicana’.

Between the 3rd Guanabara gig & WOMAD Monobloco dropped by Dorking again. This time to play some pagode in the smallest pub in town, The Star. Local group Choro Bandido opened the evening with some sweet chorinho & some of the guys joined in. Monobloco then played a fantastic pagode set with some choro thrown in. Most of the audience had to dance on the pavement outside as the temperature inside went up & up. An hot & memorable evening was had by all.

Photos from Dorking

On the last day Monobloco’s cavaquinho player Cachaca kindly gave a very productive choro lesson to Choro Bandido who learned how much they need to learn. :o)