Forty dancers from Starbeck took part in a bid to break the world record yesterday for the largest number of people to perform the same tap routine at multiple venues simultaneously.
Children and adults from Summerbell Dance Academy took to the floor of the Victoria suite at the Crown Hotel in Harrogate as part of BBC Children in Need’s fundraising activities.
The youngest tapper was aged two and the oldest was 86.
They performed a routine they had been learning since September to Wham!’s Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go.
The figures are being collated today to see whether the tapathon world record of 7,596 was beaten.
Regardless of whether the target was achieved, the local dancers managed to raise £380 for Children in Need.
Performing their routine at the Crown Hotel.
Jennie Summerbell, the principal of Summerbell Dance Academy, said:
“It was a national initiative but it gave us a challenge and something to aim for.”
Summerbell Dance Academy, which is based at St Andrew’s church hall in Starbeck, has 200 students.
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