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Derry-Londonderry comes, sings and conquers as a musical world record is smashed in Ebrington Square

"We didn't break the record... we smashed it."

When adjudicator Martin Mullan spoke those words, a packed out Ebrington Square broke into raptures.

Because for a matter of minutes, it no longer seemed like a hard knock life for the men, women and children who had crowded into the cultural centre of the capital of the North West. Forget Tomorrow... the sun had come out for them that day, at least metaphorically.

Derry-Londonderry had needed 4,501 individuals to break the Guinness World Record for the Largest Choreographed Song And Dance Routine in the world. They got 5,482. Yes, nearly 5,500 people performed the above routine, conceived by Sandra Biddle and originally performed by her Foyle School Of Speech And Drama. And they did it in such a spirited manner that you couldn't help but be swept up in the goodwill of it all.

Better still, all proceeds from the event, which was sponsored by Roma Downey and supported by the likes of Derry actor Andrew Simpson, went to the Foyle Hospice.

Watch the routine, as performed by the Ebrington Square crowd, below. The soloist is Meabdh Parr.

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