not surprisingly, as many of the smaller schools live from shoestring budgets and require the participation of the whole community they were set in to strive and survive.

the first official parade of the unidos was made in the Praça Onze square, in rio de janeiro, in 1959 - it classified in the top of its group and went on to face greater schools, but failed to meet the expectations, falling into a series of bad results.

to add insult to the injury the mocidade independente, other school from padre miguel, would manage to enlarge its budget and participation in the championship, overcoming the unidos in the representation of the neighborhood.