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SKINTIGHT has played for carnivals, fetes, food-fairs, street-fairs, steam-fairs, weddings, hand-fastings, community arts events, fire-walks, a party at the House of Commons (!?) . . . If you'd like to book us for your celebration please make contact with Lisa (below)

7 April 2018
Last Saturday's busk in Taunton raised £60 for the Little Bridge House Children's Hospice. A message from Little Bridge - "Thank you for your thoughtful and kind donation to the Children's Hospice South West. . . . By making this donation you’re helping us deliver our promise to make the most of short and precious lives across the South West".

Our next gig will be
31 May 2018 | Taunton Food Festival

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SKINTIGHTSAMBA is a community Samba Band based in Wellington, Somerset. It began as an Adult Learning evening class at least 15 years ago. Nobody wanted to miss weekly sessions during the usual education breaks so the band declared independence and has been rolling ever since, rehearsing nearly every week and appearing at all sorts of events and celebrations in Somerset and beyond.

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SKINTIGHT rehearses most Tuesday evenings (7-9) in Wellington, Somerset..

Anyone over 16 is welcome to join. Experienced musicians are welcome to join at almost any time. Players with little or no musical experience are just as welcome but it works better for you if you join one or two at a time so please make contact first and we'll tell you the best time to start.

Brazilian grooves are our starting points, but we also play rhythms from other musics and a lot of our own material. Our instruments are mostly the ones you'd associate with Samba Batucada - surdos, caixas, agogos, tamborims, repiques etc. - but we've started including some other South American instruments and even some gongs . . . The three tracks are -

Afoxe (live) a heavily adapted version of a Brazilian classic.
Sevens inspired by Dave Brubeck's 'Unsquare Dance'
Nova Balanca (live) developed from a Rhythms Of Resistance groove.