The Belgian RED DEVILS : The Final Challenge
THE WORLD RECORD OF A TOAST ON A SINGLE VENUE
First a bit
of history with success for First Portugal & later Japan & Last year in
Boston USA
1 PORTUGAL (Two times :Pop Concert/beach at midnight New Years Eve(using wine)
Cheers Albufeira Prospero
Ano Novo as they say in the Algarve. I had the great pleasure of flying to
sunny Portugal for New Year’s Eve for an attempt at the Guinness World Records®
record for the most people toasting (wine glasses raised) at the same venue.
They were trying to beat a record set a few months ago again in Portugal (in
Oporto) who had an impressive 19,175 people raising their glasses.
This new attempt took place
at midnight on Albufeira beach and was organised alongside a big pop concert
and firework display.The organisers were the local tourism department and had
arranged for an independent official public notary to count the 28,000 glasses
they handed out and then count what glasses were not used during the record
attempt.
Most of the evening was
spent with us both pushing through the huge crowd of at least 40,000 very high
spirited Portuguese people (and a handful of hardy British onlookers) to all
the handing out points for the glasses - on the beach and in front of the stage
as well as up and down an electric staircase to the cliffs above.
Midnight arrived quickly with thousands of people toasting in the new year and champagne flying everywhere followed by some great fireworks and the main band Madcon arriving on stage.
I then got to stroll to the
centre of the stage with a microphone and after saying a loud 'happy new year
Albufeira!' l announced to the thousands of cheering Portuguese record breakers
that a new record had been set at 26,564 wine glasses raised.
Tumultuous applause and
cheering followed as I handed the certificate over to the mayor of Albufeira
and the whole town partied long into the night.
Michael
Whitty
5 January
2010
2 JAPAN Base Ball ( using different drinks)
The largest toast was achieved by 27,126
participants and was organized by Tokyo Motto Genkini (Japan) at Meiji Jingu
Stadium, Tokyo, Japan, on 26 June 2010.
The record attempt was done during the Tokyo Yakult
Swallows vs Hashin Tigers baseball game. Among 27,789 who came to the stadium,
27,546 were in the seating area when the record attempt happened, and 27,126
people participated in the toast. More than 300 supervisors counted the
partcipants.
On 26 June 2010, Guinness
World Records™ was invited to the Tokyo Yakult Swallows vs Hanshin Tigers
baseball game at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo to officially certify the largest
toast at a single venue.
The event was organised by
the ‘Tokyo Motto Genkini’ project whose aim was to cheer up people in Tokyo in
the recession. More than 28,000 drinks and glasses were handed out to the
crowd at the entrance and more than 300 staff were arranged to stand by in the
seating area to count the actual participants.
The record attempt happened
after the fifth inning. The former professional wrestler Antonio Inoki
conducted the crowd to raise the glasses and say ‘Kanpai!’ (Cheers!) in
unison.
Among 27,789 who came to
the stadium, 27,126 people were counted to have
participated in the toast. Guinness World Records™ adjudicator Kaoru
Ishikawa verified the record attempt and announced the new world record after
the seventh inning. The crowd cheered as the scoreboard screen showed the
certificate presentation to Mr Inoki.
It was a happy day for the
Tokyo Yakult Swallows fans. The team beat Hanshin Tigers 4-2. Kaoru Ishikawa
12 July 2010
12 July 2010
3 USA Boston 100 years Red Sox Stadium(using Limonade )
The largest toast
at a single venue
consisted of 32,904
participants organized by the Boston Red Sox to celebrate the 100th anniversary
of Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA on 20 April 2012.
The toast was led by former Red Sox players Pedro
Martinez and Kevin Millar, and occurred in a pregame ceremony before the Red
Sox hosted the New York Yankees. Welch's brand provided 40,000 cans of
sparkling grape juice and plastic cups to assist in the attempt.
...... BUT isn’t it the time to:
Bring The Record HOME
In 2013 , In Brussels Belgium ,
and in October
A celebration "could" be at it's place
On A Holy Day, On
OCTOBER15, 2013.
Just before the kickoff of
the latest Qualifying Game of The Belgian National Soccer Team
THIS RECORD will be Challenged By The BELGIANS
& will be drunk with Belgian Beer On October 15 2013.
more than 40.000 people will try to BREAK THAT RECORD
they will try to Toast & drink together in Brussels
in
Celebrating and honoring the Quality
and Tradition
of ALL The Belgian Beers,
and the Craftsmanship provided by all these
Families
and all their workers for more than 750 years now.
and all their workers for more than 750 years now.
Because
living and playing Football together
Is enjoying
& singing & Drinking together
And…to be
honest….
A World Record about Toasting & drinking Beer,
That just belongs in Belgium,
That just Belongs right … Here.
CHEERS ,
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