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Samba Parade Order 2012

2012 Time-table / Samba Parade Schedule

Find on this page the 2012 Samba Parade schedule of Rio Carnival. Check here the the principal Rio Samba Schools' parading time-table for the Sambodromo.

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The Parading order is decided by an impartial raffle. As always, this year again, in July, LIESA organizers, guests, samba school representatives and the press filled up the Samba City's amphitheater to attend to the drawing of the schools' 2012 parading order.

According to parade regulations, the Access Group's winner does open the Special Group's Sunday show. Last years weakest school (Sao Clemente) will be the first to parade on Monday.

The Samba Parade order has to be defined in a way that the best schools do not parade on the same day. Thus in the lottery, the remaining schools are divided into equivalent pairs, in order to have a good balance between the participants of Sunday and Monday parades.

So at first, the raffle defines the day. Then the same little balls are drawn again by chance, giving a pre-final parade order. If a samba schools wants, they can change for another time on the same night. Thus luck and a bit of negotiations define the very final parading order.

Main Parades (Special Group) - 2012 Samba School Parade Schedule

Parading at	Sunday, Febr. 19th	Monday, Febr. 20th
21:00 - 22:15	Renascer de Jacarepagua	Sao Clemente
22:05 - 22:20	Portela	Uniao da Ilha
23:10 - 23:45	Imperatriz	Salgueiro
00:15 - 01:05	Mocidade	Mangueira
01:20 - 02:30	Porto da Pedra	Unidos da Tijuca
02:25 - 03:50	Beija-Flor	Grande Rio
03:30 - 05:15	Vila Isabel

 

Access Group - 2012 Samba School Parade Schedule

Parading at	Saturday, February 18th
20:00	Paraiso do Tuiuti
21:00	Rocinha
22:00	Estácio de Sá
23:00	Inocentes de Belford Roxo
24:00	Império da Tijuca
01:00	Viradouro
02:00	Santa Cruz
03:00	Império Serrano
04:00	Cubango

 

Champions´ Parade - 2012 Samba School Parade Schedule

Parading at	Saturday, February 25th
21:00 - 22:15	6th best school
22:05 - 22:20	5th best school
23:10 - 23:45	4th best school
00:15 - 01:05	3rd best school
01:20 - 02:30	2nd best school
02:25 - 03:50	2012 Grand Champion

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Meeting point for Paraders

Time and place where to meet for Parade Participants with costume

Arrive early, not any later then the meeting time indicated for your school in the time-table below. You will find the exact description how and whom to meet in the Parading Manual included in your package.

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Main Parades (Special Group) - 2012 Samba School Meeting Points

Time	Sunday, Febr. 19th	Monday, Febr. 20th	Sambodromo side
19:00h	Renascer de Jacarepagua	Sao Clemente	Odd-numbered sectors
20:00h	Portela	Uniao da Ilha	Even-numbered sectors
21:00h	Imperatriz	Salgueiro	Odd-numbered sectors
22:15h	Mocidade	Mangueira	Even-numbered sectors
23:15h	Porto da Pedra	Unidos da Tijuca	Odd-numbered sectors
24:30h	Beija-Flor	Grande Rio	Even-numbered sectors
01:30h	Vila Isabel		Odd-numbered sectors

Access Group - 2012 Samba School Meeting Points

Time	SATURDAY, Febr. 18th	Sambodromo side
18:00h	Paraiso do Tuiuti	Odd-numbered sectors
19:00h	Rocinha	Even-numbered sectors
20:00h	Estácio de Sá	Odd-numbered sectors
21:00h	Inocentes de Belford Roxo	Even-numbered sectors
22:15h	Império da Tijuca	Odd-numbered sectors
23:15h	Viradouro	Even-numbered sectors
24:30h	Santa Cruz	Odd-numbered sectors
01:30h	Império Serrano	Even-numbered sectors
02:00h	Cubango	Odd-numbered sectors

Champions´ Parade- 2012 Samba School Meeting Points

Time	Saturday, February 25th	Sambodromo side
19:00h	6th best school	Odd-numbered sectors
20:00h	5th best school	Even-numbered sectors
21:00h	4th best school	Odd-numbered sectors
22:15h	3rd best school	Even-numbered sectors
23:15h	2nd best school	Odd-numbered sectors
24:30h	2012 Grand Champion	Even-numbered sectors