01 - Império Da Tijuca    02 - Viradouro    03 - Imperio. Serrano    04 - Estácio    05 - Rocinha    06 - Caprichosos    07 - Padre Miguel    08 - Renascer    09 - Porto Da Pedra    10 - Santa Cruz    11 - Cubango    12 - Curicica    13 - Tuiuti    15 - U. Jacarepaguá    14 - Alegria Zona Suls    16 - Tradição    17 - Sereno    18 - Jacarezinho    19 - Vila Santa Tereza

Who runs the Rio Carnival samba School parades?

A complicated question, on some levels.

And the best song for carnival 2010 is....

Imperatriz’ samba  enredo has been voted the most popular of the Grupo Especial songs for Rio Carnival by a specially selected panel of judges in O Dia, the Rio de Janeiro newspaper. I agree; nice melody, good lyrics and, crucially, easy to sing.

Imperatriz’s theme for carnival 2010 is ‘Brazil of all the gods', and you can see a preview of their costumes for carnival 2010 here. Imperatriz’s carnavalesco (artistic designer) is Max Lopez. The official Grupo Especial CD is released on 7th December; you can buy it here.

I've heard a sneak preview of the Rio carnival official samba CD 2010 (Grupo Especial)  and it rocks!     Read more here