GRES Unidos do Viradouro

Grêmio Recreativo Escola de Samba Unidos do Viradouro (popularly as Viradouro or Unidos do Viradouro) is a samba school headquartered in the municipality of Niterói, but that many years ago participates in the Carnival city of Rio de Janeiro.

Founded on 24 June 1946 by Nelson dos Santos, known as Jangada organized drumming without backyard of his home in Capitão Roseira, at top of the D. Mário Viana street, known as Viradouro street. He also competed in the parades of Niterói for 39 years (1947 to 1985), however, during period came to Rio de Janeiro a few times (64 and 65), getting more than a 26th in third Division.

After being place champion for eighteen times, the Viradouro decides to try his luck again in 1986. Doing good shows in the lower groups, where won the 1989, Group 3 with the theme "merchants and peddlers" and the Group 1 the following year with "Just the written", coming to the special group in 1991.

In 1992, he presented the plot A magia da sorte chegou by Max Lopes and told the story of the gypsies. However school could not count on such luck in their parade: where one of the floats caught fire and fire will become uncontrollable. and many wards had to squeeze in give way to the car of the Fire department, while this delay resulted in the loss of 13 points in the timing and these points lost the school to 9th.

With the ida of Joãosinho Trinta, which uncurled from Beija-Flor the school began occupy first places with exception of 1996 where almost demoted. However with Dominguinhos do Estácio as singer and Trevas, luz, a explosão do Universo beautiful play colors, contrasting black and white, dark highlights of parade was the battery having used paradinha funk, under command Mestre Jorjão.

In the year 2005, the school has lost its president, in bicheiro José Carlos Monassa Bessil for his succession, was elected Marco Lira who bet all of your chips in the modern Paulo Barros bring the plot "The Viradouro turns the game", trying to return to the title that does not win 10 years. one points of this parade was the battery The battery on top of a float, a large chess board conducted by Mestre Ciça, taking forward as queen of battery Juliana Paes, stepped out of the car in the middle.

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