Prazer da Serrinha is an extinct samba school

Samba school

A samba school is a club or dancing school. They practice and often perform in huge square-compounds devoted to practicing and exhibiting samba, an African-Brazilian dance. The schools are traditionally associated with a particular neighborhood, often shanty towns...

 of Serrinha, which is a community of Madureira

Madureira (Rio de Janeiro)

Madureira is a neighborhood in the North Zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro. Its population is basically middle class and lower middle-class, including some shanty towns,...

 and Vaz Lobo

Vaz Lobo

Vaz Lobo is a neighbourhood in the North Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil....

, in Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...

, Brazil.

History

The school Prazer da Serrinha was presided during its existence by Alfredo Costa that, according to the founders of Império Serrano, considered himself the owner of the school and made decisions by himself. In 1946, Mano Décio da Viola and Silas de Oliveira had composed the samba "Conferência de São Francisco" (Conference of São Francisco) to the Carnaval

Carnival

Carnaval is a festive season which occurs immediately before Lent; the main events are usually during February. Carnaval typically involves a public celebration or parade combining some elements of a circus, mask and public street party...

 of 1946 , but, in time, Alfredo decided that the school would parade with another samba. The confusion caused problems of harmony, and this made Prazer da Serrinha to finish in 11th place. Unhappy, Mano Décio da Viola, Silas de Oliveira, Sebastião de Oliveira (Molequinho), among others, met in the house of Eulália do Nascimento, and founded the Império Serrano.

The victory of the parade in 1946 organized by Tribuna Popular to homage Luis Carlos Prestes

Luís Carlos Prestes

Luís Carlos Prestes was a leader of the 1920s tenente rebellion and the Communist opposition to the dictatorship of Getúlio Vargas in Brazil....

 and the championship of 1950 in the parade organized by the UGESB

União Geral das Escolas de Samba do Brasil

The União Geral das Escolas de Samba do Brasil - General Union of the Samba Schools of Brazil - or was the first entity that represented the samba schools...

 and tied with Unidos da Capela were the two best results of the school. With the growth of the dissidents of Império Serrano, that paraded in that epoch for the FBES

Federação Brasileira de Escolas de Samba

The Federação Brasileira de Escolas de Samba , or FBES, was an organisation that represented the samba schools of the city of Rio de Janeiro...

 and in 1951 were champion four times, the Prazer da Serrinha did not parade anymore in 1952, when there was a reunification of the parades in Rio de Janeiro. After the victory, its last parade was in 1951, when it achieved the 9th place.

However Alfredo Costa, that was father-in-law of Dona Ivone Lara

Dona Ivone Lara

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, would still become president of Império Serrano years later.