
Jimmy - on the right of the picture with saxaphone - attended Urban Ritual bringing axé to our roda with some improvised playing. Jimmy and I met at the SSE http://www.sse.org.uk you can see why I invited him to UR if you go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_t8RqmuPTM and see how we got a gang of non capoeiristas singing.
Jimmy fitted in perfectly and only improved the energy/spontaneity of the day. He listens to the song and then plays with that - maybe those old photos of people with viola's and guitars in the rodas were doing a similar thing.
Below is a short note from Jimmy that explains what he felt with his first capoeira expeirence.
Thanks Jimmy - looking forward to seeing you at school.
Simon
Hello Simon.
Hope all is well.
I have been digesting, the last monthly session of your capoiera family at the Charlie Wright pub. It was fantastic. The focus of players, and all was total. This reflects on their keen interest, and the nature of Capoiera being the engaging the engaging way of life that it is.
The athleticism of the players speaks for itself. The rhythm section, and the chant chorus were spontanious and organic.
I loved the flavour of it all. Being able to join in was a great treat. This first experience of a capoiera session was for me a solid grounding into a great bed of history and creativity , that is now an organised, and popular social activity.
Thank you for all the good work you are doing, keeping your part of the game healthy. I am very happy to be part of this. I also like the plan you have of having the music session continue, and hope that we can make this a reality.
Kind regards.
Jimmy Beckley.


