Tuesday, 18 December 2012

Largest Maracas Ensemble


Ryerson University just knows to set the record way. And for a world record they are always in time to get there. A total of 567 students gathered on campus and shook maracas for two minutes to the popular Mexican folk song La Bamba.

The former world record for the largest maracas ensemble counted to 407 persons and was set by Manchester in United Kingdom in 2006.This means to say that Ryerson had broken the record by a good difference of 160 people.
The crowd comprised of mainly first year students. Ryerson University President Sheldon Levy and Coun and Kristyn Wong-Tam were also their during the record attempt welcoming the crowd. Each student was handed just one maracas as they entered the  University compound . They then gathered at the grassy square shaking their maracas while the music played in the background.
 The university's orientation crew then got everyone pumped up with a few cheers and demonstrated the musical piece that the participants had to play with their maracas. Ari Lyon, a fourth-year Arts and Contemporary Studies student, led the demonstration by singing a few bars from La Bamba and encouraging the crowd to sing along with him and shake their maracas. 
The largest maracas ensemble counted to 567  students who shook maracas for two minutes at Ryerson University at Toronto, Canada on September 11, 2011.


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