Holiday on Ice breaks a world record on ice from Ice-World
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A breathtaking finale: with unimaginable speed, the last skater, number 65, races by at the end of a long, rotating row of figure skaters. Applause from the spectators and the team - Holiday on Ice has done it! Sixty-five figure skaters have formed the world's largest human pinwheel. The world record was recognised by Guinness World RecordsTM. Olympic medallist Robin Cousins MBE initiated the world record attempt as part of Holiday on Ice's 65th anniversary.
So why was the number 65 chosen? Hendrik Jan de Mari, Managing Director of Holiday on Ice, proudly explains: "Holiday on Ice is celebrating this season because of its 65th anniversary, and naturally, because of the record of ‘Most watched ice show of all time'. With 320 million viewers, we are the most loved live entertainment production in the world, which means we must always keep the standard set high. As indeed we succeeded in doing!"
Ice-World built an enormous ice rink of more than 1,500 m² on the Lerchenberg in Mainz specially for this event. That is twice as large as one of Holiday on Ice's regular rinks. Holiday on Ice decided to use ice made by Ice-World because Ice-World was able to install an ice rink within just a few days that complied with the strict requirements set by the world's leader in the ice entertainment industry: Holiday on Ice.
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