RECORD TWIST, NOW COLLEGE SWEATS ON NUTBUSH
OH nuts! A Gold Coast school that danced its way to an Australian record yesterday has been left biting its nails while it waits for judges to decide whether it has clinched a world record.
More than 1700 students, staff, grandparents, volunteers and a few tradies from a nearby worksite had a shot yesterday at having the most people dance The Twist and The Nutbush.
A.B. Paterson College decided to usher in Queensland Mental Health Week – and the school’s campaign to reduce stigma – by demonstrating community solidarity for their cause in a fun way, putting on the biggest dance party the Coast has seen.
The school chased two world records on the oval.
A.B. Paterson College has been told it easily set an Australian record for most people dancing to Chubby Checker’s The Twist, but the Guinness Book of World Records adjudicators have said the results on the Nutbush dance record attempt are going down to the wire.
The record for the most people to dance the iconic 1973 Tina Turner classic was set in June this year at the Big Red Bash music festival in the Simpson Desert just outside of Birdsville with 1719 dancers.
But the college will have to wait for a final final count later this week, with confirmation possibly not until next week. Judges, who came up from Sydney, will review video footage of the A.B. Paterson bid.