it was a long, hot summer…. well ok it wasn’t hot, more wet… it was a long, wet summer…. mmm, not long either…. it was an average length wet summer… did that stop us? and had we had enough of carnival… hkny carnival (tick), olympics-still in progress (tick), merchant city festival (tick), twickenham carnival (twick)… and despite being full on (25 shows in 8 weeks) there was still energy to have fun on stage at our regular home guanabara. elisangela and orquÃdea danced, gabrielle, amy and brian sang. picture gallery here.