2010 Sponsors

SambaLa Samba School http://www.sambala.org Contact: David de Hilster Telephone: 562.508.4504 Email: contact@sambala.org SambaLa Samba School is the host of the Brazilian Street Carnaval and it run by its directorate, founding members, and members and volunteers. SambaLa is family-oriented, a non-profit organization that has been spreading the Brazilian culture locally and internationally for the past 17 years. Contemporanea http://www.contemporanea.com.br Contemporanea has been a partner with the Brazilian Street Carnaval for many years and is also the sponsor for all of SambaLa's samba drums. They are by far the best drums from Brazil that are affordable, durable, and sound authentic! Mesa Environmental http://www.mesaenv.com Telephone: 562.424.4510 Mesa Environment is a local Long Beach company that supports many great causes including the Police and local groups. This year they are helping sponsor the Brazilian Street Carnaval in many ways. We thank Jessica and Joe for their incredible support of this event! Samba Collection http://www.sambacollection.com Contact: Doris de Hilster Telephone: 562.508.4504 Email: doris@sambacollection.com Doris de Hilster of Samba Collection is not only the carnavalesca (Carnaval artist) for the event, but she is also a sponsor making many costumes and donating time, money, and materials to the event. Thanks Doris!

2010 Partners

RioBela Productions http://www.riobela.com Contact: Valeria Ruggieri Telephone: 562.221.8861 Email: valeria@riobela.com Josy's Events http://www.josysevents.com Contact: Josy Johnson Telephone: 562.412.7576 Email: Josy@josysevents.com City Place http://www.longbeachcityplace.com Dish Network http://www.dishnetwork.com D'Samba http://www.dsamba.com.br Pelourinho http://www.pelourinho.com Samba Brazilian Restaurant http://www.sambaredondo.com Blue Cafe http://www.bluecafelive.com Budweiser http://www.budweiser.com Soul Brasil Magazine http://www.soulbrasil.com South Wind Travel & Tours http://www.sowinds.com Telephone: 310.568.8426 Email: info@sowinds.com Verizon Fios http://wwwVerizon.com/FiOS Go Girl Energy Drinks http://www.gogirlenergy.com Telephone: (916) 372 . 0600 Sun Transportation http://www.suntransportationlink.com Telephone: 310.397.4580 Sun Transportation's Vision is to be the global service leader and most admired for its people, partnership and clients.Our vision means we: provide high quality service in transportation. are people and an organization with superior capabilities and commitment are the partner of choice. deliver world-class service. earn the admiration of all our : investors, customers, host governments, local communities and our employees. Clear http://www.clear.com Telephone: (877) 499.668 Blow away your old internet connection with CLEAR. We’re the new, fast, fresh way to connect with blistering 4G high speed wireless internet at home or around town. No streaming movie, no video game or video chat can choke it. Learn more about CLEAR. KPFK http://www.kpfk.org Pacifica was born in the late 1940's out of the (now nearly forgotten) peace movement surrounding World War Two. Lewis Hill, a conscientious objector and Washington, D.C. newsman, was fired from his mainstream reporting job when he refused to misrepresent the facts. This was a time when the idea of a listener-sponsored radio station was a new one which had never been implemented. Many people doubted the viability of a broadcast model which didn't rely on some kind of corporate or government funding. But the idea was too compelling for Hill and others who agreed with him. Pacifica was born and in 1949 KPFA went on the air from Berkeley, California. KPFK, in Los Angeles, was the second of what would eventually become five Pacifica Stations to go on the air. It was 1959 and Terry Drinkwater was the first General Manager. Blessed with an enormous transmitter in a prime location, KPFK is the most powerful of the Pacifica stations and indeed is the most powerful public radio station in the Western United States. Brazil Carnival Ooah http://www.brazilcarnival.com.br At carnival time in Brazil and especially in Rio, everyone, rich and poor, young and old, men and women, boys and girls can participate and indulge in their fantasies as the city becomes ever more joyful and colorful. The music, the pageantry, the costumes and the street dancing go on for several nights just prior to the beginning of Lent. Many thousands of people participate as each of more than two dozen Samba-Schools, each with several thousand members; entertain the city for eighty-two minutes in their turn as they are being judged by a panel of carnival experts. Samba-Schools like Mangueira, Imperio Serrano, Unidos da Tijuca, Beija-flor, Portela , Grande Rio, Mocidade, Viradouro,and others keep the samba alive for more than 80 years.