Samba Queen Competition 2012: Samba Fogo!

I had the opportunity to photograph Samba Fogo in the 2012 Samba Queen Competition. Samba Fogo Music and Dance Company is a professional 17-member company who perform in many events from outdoor festivals to professional competitions. Samba Fogo performs in many different aspects of entertainment and dance including Afro-Brazilian and contemporary dance, live music, capoeira, and fire dance. The competition for this year's Samba Queen will be held on February 2nd. More details can be found here.

Dan Bryant Music

Dan Bryant, a talented pianist, composer, recording artist, multi-talented musician ... who is also my son-in-law ... is about to release his latest CD, this time full of his own arrangements of his favorite hymns and spiritual music, The Refiner's Fire, to be released November 22nd, but available for pre-order now.




The Refiner's Fire features:

• Dan Bryant on Piano, Drums, Guitar, Bass, Vocals


• The Toronto Roland Symphony Orchestra


• Solo artists:


• Sam Fultz (Vocalist)


• Ken Ballash (Violin)


• Skylar Murray (Saxaphone)


• Kelly Ehlers (Vocalist)


• Andrea Groneman (Vocalist)


• Jeff Smith (Vocalist)


• Nikki Ehlert (Vocalist)


• Amanda Belshe (Vocalist)


• Tricia Fielding (Vocalist)