CHILDREN from south Essex are waiting to hear if they have smashed the Guinness World Record for the largest simultaneous singalong. Pictured here are pupils from Great Wakering Primary School and Canvey Junior School who sang along with award-winning singer Des’ree as she performed her worldwide hit You Gotta Be in a live broadcast from the O2 Arena in London.
They joined an estimated 560,000 children across the UK and Ireland who were aiming to beat the previous record set in 2005 when 293,978 children sang along to the classic song Lean on Me, by Bill Withers.
At Canvey Junior School a choir of 300 pupils took part.
Eight classes from Great Wakering Primary School took part. Their performance was verified by Rochford and Southend East MP James Duddridge.
As well as aiming to smash the world record, the event was also raising money for three charities, Marie Curie Cancer Care, CLIC Sargent and Youth Music.
Belfairs High School also took part. Jan Andrews, community project co-ordinator, said: “We had a direct link to the O2 Arena so the children could really get into the swing of things. They sang their hearts out and it was quite moving.”
The result is waiting to be ratified.
