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    What event took place at the weekend of May 30th, 2004 in Toronto, Canada that is claiming a place in the Guinness Book of World Records?

    Question #48029. Asked by DerekT. (Jun 01 04 6:54 PM)


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    30th May 2004
    Dundas Square, Toronto

    930 saxaphones played a song at the same time. The song was "Hockey Night in Canada".

    The count is still unofficial:
    http://www.shuffledemons.com

    More than 900 sax players - professional and amateur - set what may be recognized as a world mark by playing the Hockey Night in Canada theme and other hockey-related music for five minutes in honour of the Calgary Flames' chase for the Stanley Cup.

    According to the Guinness Book of World Records, that would be a record for the most saxophonists playing a single song at one time, although the feat still has to be approved by the Guinness people in England before it's officially recognized.

    But participants and organizers are already tooting their horns, saying they've likely toppled the current mark of 321 saxophonists set last January in the Netherlands with a specially composed piece titled Off the Beaten Track.

    "We totally kicked the butt out of the record," said Bobbi Beeson, a spokeswoman for the Shuffle Demons band that hosted Toronto's saxophone extravaganza.

    Beeson said organizers will officially list 930 musicians as the total, and all the paperwork was being completed Sunday for shipment to England. It could be some time before the record is verified, she added.
    http://www.kiotac.ca/display.cfm?recordID=30">http://www.kiotac.ca/display.cfm?recordID=30



    Jun 01 04, 7:31 PM


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