BT Viewers Break Guinness Record For Longest Kick Line
Posted November 9, 2006 12:00 pm.
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On Thursday they showed off something else – their legs – as they kicked their way into the record books with the world’s longest kick line.
All in all 1,681 viewers descended on the Hummingbird Centre at 8:45am to join the BT crew and the Radio City Rockettes in the Guinness World Record attempt. Participants lining Front St. linked their arms and kicked up a storm for five minutes straight in order for the event to qualify for the world record.
It was an exhausting five minutes for some, but the effort was well worth it as an official from the Guinness Book of World Records confirmed shortly afterward that the previous record – set in 2004 in Germany with 1,150 participants – had been smashed.
“It’s part of history and we’re Canadian and that’s what that’s all about,” said one female BT viewer, Kim Mitchell.
Sonja McHugh was another enthusiastic participant, “You really got caught up in it because everybody around you was so full of excitement.”
“Fantastic. Greatest thing that ever happened,” added Jack McKay.
“It was fun. Five minutes is a long time. We’re going to have buns of steel,” said Devan Ross, who travelled all the way from Niagara to join the line.
And at least one kicker travelled all the way from the past.
Toronto resident Jeanette Heller is 95 now, but back in the 1930s, she was one of the original Rockettes. She was amongst the first in line and proved that even at her age, she can still get a leg up on having a good time.
“It was fun,” she laughs. “And I’m so glad it finally happened, because Toronto needed this.”
The participants will all receive tickets to the Rockettes show in Toronto. To read BT host Kevin Frankish’s blog about the event and see the video of it, click here.
- That wasn’t the only Guinness record attempt across the country on Guinness World Record Breaking Day – in Guelph music lovers were attempting to hold the longest concert, while in Victoria, B.C. residents were going for something a bit more offbeat: trying to hold the world’s largest underwater news conference.
