I’m featured in the latest edition of Ukulele Society of Great Britain’s magazine “The Syncopator”. As you can see from the picture above, the article is entitled “Plinky Plonky Pete Claims World Record”.
Last year when I was planning my fundraising event for the Cancer Centre at Royal Stoke University Hospital, I contacted the USGB to ask if anyone had attempted to set a record of the most songs played in a medley on the ukulele. Their editor replied to say that they hadn’t heard of anyone doing it before and asked if I’d send them a piece when I’d completed my challenge. So after I’d successfully performed my 75 song medley in October 2023 I sent them a report on how it had gone.
I thought no more about it until a few weeks ago when they asked me if I’d got any photos of the event as they wanted to feature it in the Spring 2024 edition of their magazine. If anyone is a member of the USGB then please look out for my article in the latest edition. You’ll find it on pages 12 and 13, I think it’s a double page spread together with a number of photos of the event.
By the way, I’ve contacted the Guinness Book of Records a couple of times about my event and they replied to say that they’re not interested. They have no plans to include it as a new category. However, I can still claim to set an unofficial world record for the most songs performed live in a musical medley.