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As Forró spreads far and wide across Europe, we want everyone to be up to date on all the news, history, music and culture surrounding Forró!
This ForróLetter covers the exciting results for the Federation’s Call for exceptional Forró projects; we announce information for our members and potential new members about the next General assembly; we look at the benefits of learning to both lead and follow and we summarize a doctoral thesis written by an ethnomusicologist about Forró in both the south and northeast of Brazil.
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Federation updates
This year the Federation launched the very first call for exceptional Forró projects in Europe. We are very proud to announce that we’ve received 18 exciting projects.
Our jury Marina Abib, Juliana Braga, Nina Augustin, Vitor Diniz, Andrea Grieco and Andy Samel accepted the challenge to read, evaluate and to discuss the projects! A big thank you to them.
The 18 submitted projects were all very different, all unique! There were events, tech developments such as apps, webpages, calendars, initiatives about important topics, music and dance workshops…
We want to thank all project holders for their participation and the development of their amazing projects. We hope that they will be realised with or without the support of the Federation! They are definitely worth pursuing!
January 4th our jury chose the winning projects. During the long discussions, coordinated by the Federation, the six jurors decided to award not only two but four projects this year. The awarded projects are:
Forró in Italy Promotional Campaign - submitted by Arrastapé Asd/Fórro Roma and awarded 1.100€
The Safer Space Program - submitted by Forrówelt and awarded 1.100€
Bella Pisada – Jornada Intergeracional de Forró - submitted by Sílaba Original – Associação Cultural (Espaço Baião) awarded 700€
O baile dela - submitted by Forró Nürnberg n.e.V. and awarded 700€
Congrats! 🍾🥂🥳🎉🎊👏
Federation updates
A new year begins - it’s time for the Federation's annual General Assembly!
The next General Assembly will take place on February 11th! We will be beginning the third year of the European Forro Federation. For interested new members, this is an ideal moment to join the Federation as you will be able to cast your vote for the new board members and even run for board yourself! Moreover, this is the moment all the members gather together and discuss the future direction of the Federation. At this stage, we have established ourselves, we have our website with all the resources, forró calendar, list of professionals and we have accrued a substantial budget to be used for projects which will support forró in Europe! If you have ideas and passion, this is the moment to get involved in the Federation! For more information, on becoming a member so you can vote in the next General Assembly, please go to our website and see the ‘Become a member page’ or email us if you have any questions at forrofederation@gmail.com.
If you would like to know more about running for board please send us an email at the same address.
Forró and Beyond
To lead or to follow. Couldn’t we all have the best of both worlds?
by Anna Linda Fazenda
Thank you for reading and see you soon on the dancefloor! Would you like to lead, or follow? 😊
Forró And Beyond
Music Migrancy and Modernity: A Study of Brazilian Forró - Thesis by Dr. Andrea Fernandes
summary by Sonja Graf
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Community
International Festivals and events happening in the next months
Please note that this list is not exhaustive. You want to be named in this newsletter with your event? Send us an email!
Forró da Utopia, Costa Vincentina, Portugal, March 3rd to 5th
Maria Bonita Festival - Followers, Lisbon, Portugal, March 10th to 12th
Forró Nürnberg Weekend - Spring edition, Nürnberg, Germany, March 18 to 19th
Forró Vinyl, Zürich, Switzerland, March 17th to 20th
Forró Marathon 2023, Cologne, Germany, March 31st to April 2nd
Tonelada de Forró, Magdeburg, Germany, April 21st to 23rd
Forró Douro, Porto, Portugal, April 28th to 30th
Festivalzinho em Frankfurt 2023, Frankfurt, germany, May 12th to 14th
Turin Turin Forró Fest #2, Turino, Italy, May20th to 22nd
Chamego Forró Festival Brighton 2023, Brighton, Great Britain, May 25th to 29th
Italia Roots, Baia Domizia, Italy, June 1st to 5th
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