the worse performer of the samba schools in group d is demoted to thematic block the following year, and would parade with the thematic blocks of group 1.

while these parades are small, the cheering is everything but - in fact, many residents of the blocks representing their neighborhoods attend these events year after year, singing, dancing, and cheering along with their favorite block.

those who wish to see these parades can do so on the saturday of carnival week at 8 pm on avenida rio branco, centro (group 1), estrada intendente magalhães, madureira (group 2), rua cardoso de morais, bonsucesso (group 4), and again at rua cardoso de morais, bonsucesso at 10 pm (group 3).