Jones Jones Jones was an event held at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff, Wales on the 3 November 2006, which broke the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people with the same surname—Jones.[1]
Gala Concert
edit1,224 Joneses attended a Gala Concert in Cardiff featuring performances by Grace Jones,[2] Dame Gwyneth Jones, John Owen-Jones and Tammy Jones, alongside a host of Welsh-speaking singers, actors and celebrities. During the evening, messages of support were shown from Aled Jones, Bryn Terfel, Stephen Jones, Ruth Jones, Rhys Meirion Jones and well wishes from Tom Jones and Catherine Zeta-Jones. The evening was co-presented by Gethin Jones, Gwenllian Jones and Aled Haydn Jones.
Past record holders
editAlso present on the evening were representatives of the past record holders, the Norbergs from Norberg, Sweden beating their record of 583.
Televised
editThe event was organised by the independent television production company Cwmni Da, events company Mr Producer of Cardiff and S4C. It was also televised on S4C on 26 November 2006.
Gallaghers take over record
editAs of 9 September 2007 the Gallaghers are holders of a Guinness World Record for "the largest same name gathering—last name". There were 1,488 Gallaghers who gathered in the LYIT Campus in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland at the time of the count.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Meet the Joneses for world record". BBC. 19 July 2006. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ "Grace Jones joins record attempt". BBC. 20 October 2006. Retrieved 17 October 2024.
- ^ "Gallagher clan sets new Guinness world record". rte.ie. 9 September 2007. Retrieved 17 October 2024.