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Article: Central China singing marathon sets new Guinness Record
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- July 15, 2006
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Central China singing marathon sets new Guinness Record
CHANGSHA, July 14 (Xinhua) -- A total of 2,285 people in Changsha,
capital of central China's Hunan Province, set a new Guinness World
Record Friday afternoon by singing one after another for 118 straight
hours.
Participants gathered in a shopping mall celebrated their breaking
of the previous 100-hour record after the last singer finished at
6:00 p.m. Friday.
However, the Economic Broadcast television channel, which
organized the singing marathon, said the result needed confirmation
from the UK-based Guinness headquarters and it would send a video of
the whole event to the Guinness China agency.
Guinness has strict rules ...