The world record for the biggest ensemble of spoon players has been set in Britain, the organiser of the event announced on Tuesday.
Amateur street-theatre group Stripey-Jumper rounded up 345 people to bash out a version of pub favourite Knees Up Mother Brown before an eagle-eyed panel of adjudicators in Trowbridge, south-west England.
“It’s been my life’s ambition to enter the record books,” said thrilled caterer Sean Price (39), who organised the cutlery capers.
Frederick Palmer, a magistrate who acted as an independent adjudicator, said a letter detailing the “largest spoons ensemble” would be sent off to the Guinness World Records organisation.
The spoons are played by holding two spoons between the fingers of one hand with the bowls facing each other, and tapping them against a leg.
“Proper grip is most important for spoon playing,” according to the website Spoonplayer.com.
“Much practice is required to reduce the chance of embarrassment that can result from a spoon gone awry or horror of horrors — a spoon dropped.” — Sapa-AFP