Thursday, September 18, 2014

  Largest Disco Ball: Bestival breaks Guinness World Records' record (VIDEO)

Isle of Wight, UK -- A giant disco ball at this year's music festival Bestival has been verified as being the world's largest by Guinness World Records; the ball, which is 10.33m in diameter, was raised and spun at the festival on the Isle of Wight at the start of Chic's finale set; the World's Largest Disco Ball ball, by creative firm Newsubstance, led by Mungo Denison, took three months to build and sets the new world record for the Largest Disco Ball, according to the World Record Academy: www.worldrecordacademy.com/ .

  Photo: Topping the tape at 10.33 metres, the dazzling disco beauty is as high as a three storey building, is covered in 2,500 mirrored tiles that would stretch out for a kilometre if you laid them end to end, and is filled with 350 cubic metres of air; equivalent to one thousand beach balls! Photo: Bestival ( enlarge photo )

The Guinness World Records' record for the largest mirrored disco ball measures 9.98 m (32 ft 9 in) in diameter, and was made by BSG Luxury Group for Bacardi Russia. The ball was displayed at the 'Casa Bacardi, Larger Than Life' party in Moscow, Russia, on 26 April 2012.

  Guinness World Records also recognized the world record for the largest rubber band ball; it weighs 4,097 kg (9,032 lb), was made by Joel Waul (USA) and was measured in Lauderhill, Florida, USA.

  The ball, which is 10.33m in diameter, was raised and spun at the festival on the Isle of Wight at the start of Chic's finale set.

  The record was verified by Guinness World Records adjudicator Mark McKinley after the ball was measured by surveyor Ollie Salter.

  The previous Guinness World Records' record was 9.98 metres.
   The ball, by creative firm Newsubstance, led by Mungo Denison, took three months to build.

   The giant ball celebrates the "Desert Island Disco" theme of this year's Bestival, which has attracted more than 50,000 festival-goers.

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