it adopted the blue and white as their official colors and a clock enveloped by a lyre as their emblem.

and thus, the g. r. e. s. em cima da hora was created. in english its name can be translated as 'in the nick of time.'

after a continuous ascension in the ranks of the samba school parades and two championships in the lower divisions, the group managed to reach the first in 1969, although it only managed to earn a fixed place there two years later.