Forro Party Written By John G. Miller Photographed By Evan Sung Modeled by Diedre Kilgore, Josh McLane & Guenia Lemos

A fantasy told to the music of Brazilian maids and taxi drivers

Jonesin' for a night of dysfunctional drinking, dancing and drama my friends and I went to Guernica in the East Village on Wednesday night. Serving up Brazilian beats with our favorite martinis, we delved into a blurry night of drunken drama.

Starting out, the band was in clear focus, setting the musical mood and carrying everyone through the whole night. The members of the band are:
Rob Curto (Accordion vocals and Cavaquinho -the small ukulele like instrument): Carlos Almeida (Vocals and 7-string Guitar); Scott Ketner (Percussion); and Jorge Amorim (Percussion).

Carlos Almeida

Josh and Deidre have been together for long enough to call themselves a couple. Like all hard-working couples, at times they suffer through the usual dramas of the heart. This night was one of those little tests for Deidre's patience (and her ability to hold back the fist of jealous rage) and Josh's strength (or, his ability to keep his tongue from going into the wrong mouth, even after a few martinis). Josh and Deidre (Left) show up together and meet up with their friend Guenia (right). Deidre is completely shut out of the picture while Josh is immediately seduced by Guenia's instant Brazilian charismatic charm.

Diedre, Josh and Guenia

Josh and Guenia both find instantly that they have a lot in common and slowly start to push an (already not pleased) Deidre out of the picture.

As Deidre is pushed a little further from their Absolut-ly 'dirty' conversation (which began touching on intimate subjects such as, "I'm not sure that Deidre and I are communicating very well lately.") Deidre decides to go with a tactful plan to divert the conversation by throwing an instant red herring into their conversation, introducing Roberto with his surprising wit and sharp attitude.

Roberto and Guenia Lemos

Roberto and Guenia hit it off. Even with Guenia's social savviness, Roberto manages to tickle her funny bone enough to draw her astray from Josh and into his arms, dancing together for the rest of the evening.

Diedre and Josh	Diedre and Josh

Pulling Josh aside, Deidre was fuming inside with jealous rage. But as the Latin rhythms surge the old magnetism returns. They talk, they dance, and she realizes that he was merely caught up in the momentary siren's song, a song whose origin is Brazil. (Otherwise she might have ripped off his balls.)

Roberto Curto