there Akwa ibom State choral group has broken the world record
for thell largest number of Christmas carol singers in the world. The
record, which has been officially certified by the Guinness World
Records and pasted on its website,
www.guinessworldrecords.com, was broken by the unity choir, a
25,272 man-choral group, in a concert in the Uyo Township
Stadium on Saturday, December 13, 2014 with Guinness World
Records representatives in attendance. The record consigned to
the history books the former record of 15,674 carol singers, which
was achieved the previous year (December 15, 2013), by a group
known as CENTI in Bogota, Columbia.
The Akwa Ibom unity choir sang a medley of The First Noel, Joy to
the World, O Christmas Tree, Hark the Herald the Angels Sing,
Once in Royal David’s City and O Come All Ye Faithful in an
electrifying rendition which lasted more than twenty minutes.
Guinness World Records adjudicator, Liz Smith, who did the
announcement in Guinness World Record Headquarters, London,
United Kingdom congratulated the choir and said “It is now time to
reveal the report of the official attempt to break the Guinness World
Record of the largest group of carol singers. Our team of highly
trained record specialists have reached a decision. The record to
beat was 15,674. I can now confirm that your attempt to break the
record has been successful. Congratulations on receiving a new
Guinness World Records Title. The title of the largest group of carol
singers has been achieved by Godswill Akpabio Unity Choir. You
are officially amazing.”
Breaking the news to Akwa Ibom people, Governor Godswill
Akpabio said “This month, we broke the Guinness Book of World
Records, for the largest number of carol singers ever in the world.
This momentous feat was achieved when Akwa Ibom people
drawn from all the nooks and crannies of the state came together
in the spirit of love and brotherhood. I believe that if we imbibe the
virtue of love and stand together in brotherhood in the New Year,
we would keep setting records and the walls of division, which
have been erected by some selfish politicians, would tumble
down.”
In his comments the Permanent Secretary, Protocol, Akwa Ibom
State Government, and organizer of the record-breaking choir, Mr
Aniekpeno Tom Mkpanang, described the Guinness World Record
as “anothher to the cap of a record breaking governor who
has already garnered record breaking accolades and honours for
his great visionary leadership from the academia, churches,
traditional institutions and the global community. Many of these
institutions are places you cannot buy records from, which dispels
the notion of skeptics that most such awards are bought. With this
record from Guinness, earth and heaven celebrate him.”
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