debut: 12/22/15
7,975 runs
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidadian Joshua Regrello on Saturday afternoon set the Guinness World Record for the longest steelpan-playing marathon after an entertaining 31 hours on the country's national instrument.
The 27-year-old the set 30-hour mark around 12:30 p.m., but continued for another hour as thousands of viewers tuned in and encouraged him on YouTube and Facebook.
“This is not just a victory for myself, it's a victory for everybody who was a part of this – from planning to being here,” Regrello said in a brief comment to friends, family, ministers and other officials gathered in the studio of WACK 90.1FM in San Fernando where he created history.
The 27-year-old the set 30-hour mark around 12:30 p.m., but continued for another hour as thousands of viewers tuned in and encouraged him on YouTube and Facebook.
“This is not just a victory for myself, it's a victory for everybody who was a part of this – from planning to being here,” Regrello said in a brief comment to friends, family, ministers and other officials gathered in the studio of WACK 90.1FM in San Fernando where he created history.
