The Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Caprichosos de Pilares (or simply Caprichosos de Pilares) is a Brazilian samba school of Rio de Janeiro based in the neighborhood of Pilares.
It was founded on February 19, 1949, by Oscar Lino, Dagoberto Bernardo, Valter Machado, Romão da Silva, Gilberto Ribeiro, Amarildo Cristiano, João Cândido, Sebastian Benjamin, Tia Alvarinda and Athayde Pereira although many historians the point as sort of dissent from another former association in Pilares: Unidos da Terra Nova.[1]
However this school was on the outskirts of the currently defunct Terra Nova in what now today and part of Pilares. A sambists group decided create a new entity. Its original colors were red and white, but then were changed to blue and white in honor of godmother Portela.
Its symbol is a shield containing a tambourine and a box-of-war enveloped by two blue snakes with their tails wrapped around each other, which has the initials of the association beneath them, and there are two versions for the choice. many names of samba and rhythm started at school, such Anderson Leonardo, Xande de Pilares, Sandra de Sá and battery director Paulinho Botelho.
But what made history even at school was the plots in satire, criticism and humor created by Luiz Fernando Reis where they constitute a formula that spoke Inflation have criticized politicians asked Diretas Já that please and spoke to the public. However the revisionist school, and this style, culminating in various descents, to access groups.
In 2015 the school presented the plot "in my hand is cheaper, the carnival rookie Leandro Vieira,[2] wiring closets us and who coordinated the shed showed a bit of irreverent plotlines and did your best presentation of the Decade according to critics about the parade in seventh place.
However already without the carnival producer Amauri Santos which a parade before carnival already expected due to internal problems and financial which many members paraded with incomplete costumes and floats badly finished. culminated in relegation and consequently on Intendente Magalhães.[3]
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
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
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