Largest Gathering of Centenarians-world record
set at Monroe fair
MONROE, WA, USA -- To celebrate the 100th anniversary
of the Evergreen
State Fair in Monroe, organizers invited 24 people
over 100 years old from local retirement centers, setting the world record for the Largest
Gathering of Centenarians
.
Organizers originally had 32 people
from local retirement centers scheduled to arrive at the fairgrounds,
but two centenarians passed away before just days before.
Another took a fall and others were just busy. Photo: Martin
Borve (enlarge
photo)
About an hour into the gathering, only 22 had
shown up. "We had lunch, stalled a little bit, did interviews
with everybody, and then stalled a little bit," said Grant.
Finally, "number 23 showed up to great applause
and then about two minutes later, number 24 showed up," said
Grant.
Guests were treated to lunch by the Senior
Services of Snohomish county; sponsored by AM 880 KIXI radio,
Merrill Gardens of Monroe. The Evergreen
State fair Advisory Board greeted the arriving people
and were honored to be in the presence of over 2,400 years
of combined history.
And after the World Record for the Largest
Gathering of Centenarians
was set, "the group kind of dispersed and went over to the
courtyard stage to watch Stan Boreson," said Grant.
"The last [record] was set in 2006 in England
at a tea party," said Elizabeth Grant spokesperson with the
Evergreen
State Fair. The old record was 23 people.
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Sunday, December 28, 2008
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