{"id":62370,"date":"2015-04-09T17:07:57","date_gmt":"2015-04-10T00:07:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theavtimes.com\/?p=62370"},"modified":"2015-04-10T18:44:37","modified_gmt":"2015-04-11T01:44:37","slug":"local-students-help-set-guinness-world-record","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theavtimes.com\/2015\/04\/09\/local-students-help-set-guinness-world-record\/","title":{"rendered":"Local students help set Guinness World Record! [updated with video]"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Students from Antelope Valley Adventist School joined more than 2,500 students from all over Los Angeles County Thursday on The Music Center Plaza to successfully set a record for the world\u2019s “Largest Ribbon Dance.” (Photo courtesy of The Music Center.)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LOS ANGELES \u2013 Seventeen students from Antelope Valley Adventist School were among the more than 2,500 Los Angeles County students who danced their way to a Guinness World Records title Thursday for \u201cLargest Ribbon Dance.\u201d<\/p>\n

The record-setting event took place at The Music Center Plaza in downtown Los Angeles as part of the 45th annual Blue Ribbon Children\u2019s Festival.<\/p>\n

The local students received a coveted invitation to take part in the event thanks to their teacher, Lisa Ruebush.<\/p>\n

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The \u201cLargest Ribbon Dance\u201d record is for the greatest number of people at a single venue who simultaneously perform the same choreographed dance for a minimum of five minutes using handheld sticks with attached ribbons. (Ronda Harrison)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI received a letter in the mail about it and so I filled out the information, sent it in and then they contacted me,\u201d Ruebush said. \u201cThey sent us all the information, all the DVDs, and then we started practicing.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Antelope Valley Adventist students practiced the choreography for about two weeks and did so as part of their physical education program, Ruebush said. \u201cWe had never done a dance routine before for PE, so I thought it would be something fun and different for them to do,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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Antelope Valley Adventist students and their chaperones. (Ronda Harrison)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Under the Guinness World Records rules, the \u201cLargest Ribbon Dance\u201d record is for the greatest number of people at a single venue who simultaneously perform the same choreographed dance for a minimum of five minutes using handheld sticks with attached ribbons.<\/p>\n

The choreography for the students\u2019 performance was inspired by the work of Montreal-based circus troupe Les 7 Doigts de la Main (7 Fingers) and its creation, Sequence 8<\/em>, which blends dance, acrobatics and theatre. Students Thursday morning enjoyed a performance by 7 Fingers in The Music Center\u2019s Dorothy Chandler Pavilion before gathering on The Music Center Plaza for their own moment to shine.<\/p>\n

The record-setting dance was officially verified by a Guinness World Records adjudicator, who acknowledged the record by presenting organizers with a Guinness World Records certificate. The record will be featured in the 2016 Guinness Book of World Records.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be able to experience performing arts and then to actually participate in performing arts and break a Guinness Book World Record was pretty exciting for them,\u201d Ruebush said of her students. \u201cI think it\u2019s something that they\u2019re not going to forget.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The record-setting dance was officially verified by a Guinness World Records adjudicator. (Ronda Harrison)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cWe are very proud of our kids and thank the various parents for driving and chaperoning, assisting,\u201d stated Ronda Harrison, parent helper for Antelope Valley Adventist School.<\/p>\n

The students\u2019 Guinness World Records achievement marked the culmination of the three-day Blue Ribbon Children\u2019s Festival, during which more than 16,000 students attended a live performance for free and then performed a dance specially choreographed for them. Presented by The Blue Ribbon of The Music Center, an independent charitable group of women leaders in the Los Angeles community, The Blue Ribbon Children\u2019s Festival is California\u2019s longest-continuing free arts education program.<\/p>\n

The program has introduced more than 815,000 students to the power of the performing arts, despite school budget challenges that have virtually eliminated these types of programs.<\/p>\n

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VIEW VIDEO OF THE EVENT!<\/strong><\/h2>\n