40hrs Record

It’s our privilege and pleasure to share the glorious moment in the history of JJ SANGAMAM. Indeed! Its non-other than our Guinness Attempt and Record in the year 2002

It was then the Golden Jubilee Year for the Arch Diocese –Madras Mylapore. As we, John and Jerome the organizers of JJ Sangamam Bandare the active members of Catholic Youth Movement during that time, had an immense opportunity to celebrate the glorious 50 Years with 50 Hrs. of NON-STOP cultural. The 40 Hrs. Guinness Attempt was an outcome of such proposal

We had our attempt started on 21st September 2002 and successfully completed on 23rd September 2002 with a complete 40 Hrs. performance of music and songs taken from various category. Our successful completion and was felt by the congregation as an added glory to the Jubilee time

The 40 Hrs. attempt was also aimed to raise a considerable fund for the welfare of deprived children, especially to attend their educational needs. We are even happy today to know about the contribution we could gather out of our event for the children. We are always thankful to the Arch Diocese-Madras Mylapore and to the convenors of the event for considering us to such noble act

Event Highlights - 40 Hrs. Guinness Title

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Innaguration

• Most.Rev.Fr.Arul Das James
• Achbishop Madras - Mylapore

Rev. Fr.Ignacius Thomas

• The Youth Director, Archdiocesan Madras-Mylapore
• (Year 1996)

Guest of Honour

• Mr. M.S. Viswanathan, Music Director
• MJF. Lion R. Mohan, Director Governor, Lions Clubs International, District 324-A
• MJF.Lion. P.Ramesh Babu, The Cabinet Secretary, LIONS CLUB INTERNATIONAL, Dist:324-A1

Chief Guest

• Mr. Rajaram, I.A.S., Commissioner Of Labour

Special Invitees

• Mr. Jeppiaar, Chancellor, Sathyabama Deemed University
• Mr. M.G. Muthu, Chairman - MGM Group Of Companies
• Mr. Appachan, Film Producer
• Mr. V.G. Santhosam, Chairman - VGP Group Of Companies
• Mr. XavireBritto, Chairman - INDEV Shipping Corporation
• Mr. Peter Alphonse, Former MP
• Mr. Jesu Raj, Principal - Santhome Higher Secondary School
• Mr. P.M. Antony, Industrialist
• Mr. Tony Adam, Managing Director - SICAL
• Mr. S. Bhootra, S.Kumars / Kunal
• Mr. G.R. Poobalarayan
• Mr. Peter, Chairman - Matha Engineering College

JJ SANGAMAM-Team Members - Guinness Record Attempted By

• John- Miruthangam
• Jerome-Percussion
• Sangeetha- Singer
• Bindhu- Singer
• Thilaga- Singer
• Vanitha- Singer
• Edwin Rajkumar- Key Board
• Navin- Key Board
• Francis- Key Board
• Lloyd- Base Guittar
• Kumar- Lead Guittar
• Kannan- Singer
• Mukesh- Singer
• Anup Shankar - Singer
• Disilva- Singer
• Vijay- Singer
• Sai Suresh- Drums
• Anto- Drums
• Seetha Raman- Tabla
• Joseph- Tabla

Slots and Happenings - Slot I - The 1st 8 Hrs. of 40 Hrs

Devotional Hits: Music and Songs from albums pertaining to various religions were taken and presented well during Slot 1. It was ideed a mystical start for the participants.

Slot II - The 2nd 8 Hrs. of 40 Hrs

Prime collections of songs from the leading Music Directors and Producers were performed to its original. We were able to cover about 110 songs from this segment. It was indeed a nostalgic moment for the audience.

Slot III - The 3rd 8 Hrs. of 40 Hrs

In this slot we had a mixture of hits from Playback Singers of various time, Tamil Folk songs and Comedy songs. We were able to present about 100 songs from this segment. Although the slot was on a nightfall, we had encouraging audience who kept us strong to the dawn.

Slot IV - The 4th 8 Hrs.of 40 Hrs

Ofcourse, its obvious that no songs could bloom out on its own, if the minds of the Directors and Lyricists don’t come together. It was a pleasant experience to have songs from selected collections of great Writers and Directors of the time as we prospered to the hot day.

Slot V - The 5th Hrs. of 40 Hrs

Heros and Heroines special has taken our attempt to its glory. We had about 120 songs in the final slot, which were sentimental, thirilling and outbursting. We almost had all major media personnel to manifest our attempt. Non-stop claps and wishes enthralled the stadium; we turned out the attempt with National Anthem

Approval & Certificates

Upon complision of the event all the relevant documents and evidence were sent to The World Book of Guinness Records- London. Upon careful scruitiny of the documents and evidence, the Guinness committee approved our attempt and issued a Certificate which mentions as " The Group John Jerome Sangamam played for 4o Hrs. from 21-23 September 2002, at St.Mountford Indoor Statdium, Mylapore, Chennai, India. The 20 strong band performed over 500 different numbers, all in Tamil".

Followed by the Guinness approval and issue of the Certificate, Lion's Club International hosted an event to appreciate all the members of the team. All the members of the team were well honored and issued a copy of the Guinness Certificate by the President of the Lion's Club.

Reference

The details of the attempt and the Guinness Record can be referred in page No: 168 - 2004 edition of The World Book of Guinness Records