Capoeira Decatur participates in Atlanta Streets Alive!

This Sunday, May 23rd, Capoeira Decatur is hosting a capoeira demonstration and free capoeira class for participants at the Atlanta Streets Alive! event. If you aren't familiar with the event, it's a really cool concept.

From their site, they write, "Imagine a street full of people of all ages and backgrounds, walking, biking, creating and laughing, together. A street temporarily closed to cars, but open to people." Imagine those people doing capoeira as well.

Capoeira Decatur is going to set up at Edgewood Ave near Hilliard St. We'll be out in full force, with instruments to boot. This is going to be a jam-packed capoeira weekend!

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What a great event! They say that over 6,000 people went and enjoyed a day in the streets. While I got super sunburned—in fact I just started peeling today—I don't regret a bit of it. We had fun playing for hours and hours, and even got some kids to come and play with us.

Sorriso, who got us involved in the event in the first place, mentioned in a comment that there was some videos and photos of us from the event. Here's a YouTube video:

All I want to know now is: When's the next one!? Well, Hayley Richardson, one of the leads for the event, made this comment via Facebook message:

If you'd like to see Atlanta Streets Alive! happen with increasing frequency in Atlanta, please contact your Councilmember as well as your mayor, Kasim Reed (communications@atlantaga.gov) and let them know you'd be thrilled to have it come to your neighborhood!

Let's do it, guys!

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