Friday, July 23, 2010

  Longest Chicken Dance - Mandan Parade sets world record
  MANDAN, ND, USA -- The Chicken Dance organized during the Mandan Independence Day Parade and Street Festival
covered 24 city blocks and was 1.627 miles long  - setting the new world record for the Longest Chicken Dance .

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   The idea was born at the 2009 Mandan Independence Day Parade and Street festival . The event, which has roots back to 1881, features a variety of entertainment on stages before the parade begins.

   One of the stages in 2009 featured WKRP, a local DJ service. When they played the Chicken Dance, people lined up for over 2 blocks. Ron Kruckenberg of WKRP brought this up parade organizors and the idea was born.

   Implementation proved to be a challenge as music had to be heard along the entire length as well as informing the public.     Traffic control was also a challange as the busiest street in Mandan had to be closed to host the event.

    By 11:15 a.m., people lined the entire route. In some areas, multiple lines were formed to accomodate the overflow crowd. Radios along the route tuned to Cool 98.7 to listen to Dean Mastel and Bob Beck countdown.

    At 11:30 a.m., Lawrence Welk's version of the Chicken Dance played and many thousands of people could be seen standing in a line dancing and clapping.

   Nick Ressler of Mandan, one of the event organizers, stated that the line was 1.627 miles long as measured on Google maps.

    There were over 130 groups participating in the Mandan parade, and with so many people there to watch, a world record have been set for the world's longest chicken dance, which stretched for the length of the parade route.

   The Longest Chicken Dance in The World was an overwhelming success, stated Marlo Anderson, Mandan Parade co-chairperson.
    " Everyone was amazed at the turnout. We had people who traveled from Washington, Missourri, Kansas, Utah, Colorado and other states just to be involved in the event."

  " A core group of people worked an making the event possible. Dennis Friesz, Lisa Smestad, Del Wetch, Tara Wangler, Don Taghan, Ann Jenks, Alice Anderson and many other volunteers were involved. Particiapnts donated non-parishable items or cash to Ruth Meiers Hospitaility House."

    Link: Mandan's Independence Day Parade

   The World's Longest Chicken Dance was sponsored by:
Awesome 2 Products  , Leingang Home Center , Cloverdale Foods , Cool 98.7 .


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