Grupo Balança

press release:  Rural Musicians Forum’s Summer Concert Series, “Beautiful Music, Beautiful Space” concludes Sunday evening September 2, at the Wyoming Valley School Cultural Art Center with music to move your feet to the hot Brazilian beat, plus a mouthwatering Brazilian dinner prepared by chef Katie Wyer.  

    The concert will feature Grupo Balança, a Madison based Brazilian ensemble that plays bossa nova, samba, and a style of music called pagode (pronounced pah-GO-gee).  This music consists of a small group of singers, percussion and plucked instruments.  It is very fast and exuberant pop music found in Brazil, with roots stemming from traditional drum lines.

    The dinner will consist of Vegetarian Feijoada stew served over rice, Frango A Passarinho and Linguica (fried chicken and grilled sausage with sweet potato fries, rice, chilies, cilantro and lime), Fazenda Boa Terra seasonal salad with cachaça (Brazilian rum) vinaigrette, and Sweet Potato Pastel desert with Requeijao (sweetened Brazilian cream cheese), with complementary lemonade and wine and beer available for purchase.

    Grounds open for dinner at 6:30 PM and the concert starts at 7:30 PM.  

Tickets can be purchased on line at ruralmusiciansforum.org. Tickets are $25 for the dinner and concert, and should be ordered by August 27 to insure getting the dinner.  Concert only tickets are $15 and can be purchased on line or at the door. Bring picnic chairs/blankets to this unforgettable night outdoors at the Wyoming Valley School, 6303 State Hwy 23, Spring Green.