{"id":53477,"date":"2013-12-17T18:47:26","date_gmt":"2013-12-17T08:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=53477"},"modified":"2020-12-07T14:04:30","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T04:04:30","slug":"musicians-break-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/12\/17\/musicians-break-world-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Musicians Break World Record"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_38861\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-38861\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130713record2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-38861\" title=\"20130713 World Record Attempt\" src=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130713record2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"612\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130713record2.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/20130713record2-300x248.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-38861\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yoko Henderson, of Kingaroy, took part in the World Biggest Orchestra Challenge alongside a busload of musicians from the South Burnett &#8230; she was among the 417 flautists\u00a0who helped to break the record (Photo: Richard Henderson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>December 17, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The news that a group of South Burnett musicians have been waiting for has finally arrived &#8230; they are officially world record holders.<\/p>\n<p>Queensland Music Festival announced today that the official Guinness World Records attempt for the &#8220;<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/worldsbiggestorchestra.com\/?id=65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">World\u2019s Largest Orchestra<\/a><\/strong>&#8221; was successful.<\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, July 13, internationally renowned musician James Morrison led 7224 musicians in the World\u2019s Biggest Orchestra Challenge at Suncorp Stadium, smashing the previous world record of 6452 set by the Vancouver Symphony in 2000.<\/p>\n<p>With James Morrison as conductor, musicians young and old performed a medley of tunes including &#8220;Waltzing Matilda&#8221;, Beethoven&#8217;s &#8220;Ode to Joy&#8221; and Queen&#8217;s &#8220;We Will Rock You&#8221; with crowds of supporters who lined Suncorp Stadium to cheer them on.<\/p>\n<p>QMF now holds the official Guinness World Records title for the &#8220;Largest orchestra&#8221; as well as The Australian Book of Records title for the &#8220;Largest Brass Ensemble&#8221;, &#8220;Largest Woodwind Ensemble&#8221;, &#8220;Largest Clarinet Ensemble&#8221; and &#8220;World&#8217;s Largest Orchestra&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The record-breaking feat will be included in the 2015 Guinness World Records book.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>* * *<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3>The World&#8217;s Biggest Orchestra!<\/h3>\n<p><object width=\"740\" height=\"440\" classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/xg09PhNksr0?hl=en_GB&amp;version=3&amp;rel=0\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><embed width=\"740\" height=\"440\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/v\/xg09PhNksr0?hl=en_GB&amp;version=3&amp;rel=0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>(video by Peta Newcombe)<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related article: <a href=\"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2013\/07\/south-burnett-musicians-help-break-world-record\/\">South Burnett Musicians Help Break World Record<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The news that a group of South Burnett musicians have been waiting for has finally arrived &#8230; they are officially world record holders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":38861,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[863,3],"tags":[23],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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