Strindens Promenade Orchester
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Strindens Promenade Orchester is a student wind band in Trondheim
, Norway
. It holds the world record in "speed playing" of John Philip Sousa
's famous marching song Stars and Stripes Forever. The band calls their speedy rendering of the march Stars and Stribes, and performs the march at meetings at the Trondheim Student Society
. Set during the fall term of 1999, the record time is 50.9 seconds (nominal time is 3 minutes 50 seconds). For this, the band is noted in the Norwegian edition of the Guinness Book of Records.
The orchestra was founded at Havstein cemetery at 5:04 p.m., April 28th, 1963. This site was chosen because the founders thought that "it was the only place where nobody would be disturbed". The orchestra celebrates this event twice a year.
Trondheim
Trondheim , historically, Nidaros and Trondhjem, is a city and municipality in Sør-Trøndelag county, Norway. With a population of 173,486, it is the third most populous municipality and city in the country, although the fourth largest metropolitan area. It is the administrative centre of...
, Norway
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
. It holds the world record in "speed playing" of John Philip Sousa
John Philip Sousa
John Philip Sousa was an American composer and conductor of the late Romantic era, known particularly for American military and patriotic marches. Because of his mastery of march composition, he is known as "The March King" or the "American March King" due to his British counterpart Kenneth J....
's famous marching song Stars and Stripes Forever. The band calls their speedy rendering of the march Stars and Stribes, and performs the march at meetings at the Trondheim Student Society
Studentersamfundet i Trondhjem
The Student Society in Trondheim is Norway's largest student society.Besides housing two cafés and frequently hosting concerts and other activities , it is an independent organization for all students and teachers in Trondheim, owned fully by its members...
. Set during the fall term of 1999, the record time is 50.9 seconds (nominal time is 3 minutes 50 seconds). For this, the band is noted in the Norwegian edition of the Guinness Book of Records.
The orchestra was founded at Havstein cemetery at 5:04 p.m., April 28th, 1963. This site was chosen because the founders thought that "it was the only place where nobody would be disturbed". The orchestra celebrates this event twice a year.
External links
- Strindens Promenade Orchester
- Wav recording of the record-setting performance(LINK IS OBSOLETE 404 NOT FOUND 7/4/2011)