This 10-piece carnaval band includes a full drumming section (batucada) and female vocalist to the dazzling musicianship of Grupo Saveiro, twice voted the best Brazilian band in the United States by the Brazilian International Press Association. Members of Beleza Brazil are veterans of Rio de Janeiro’s world famous Carnaval parades, and here in the United States, the group brings crowds to their feet on dance floors everywhere, with their irresistible mix of carnaval rhythms, performed on surdos, tantan, pandeiro, repique, caixa, cuica, tambourim and bateria, Reinaldo Cropped along with guitar, bass and cavaquinho,and spiced with hot keyboard harmonies.