Have you ever thought that it would be kind of cool to have your name in the Guinness Book of World Records? Well now is your chance.
Dance into the record books while helping to feed the hungry in Wichita Falls! The Kitchen/Meals on Wheels, Downtown Development, Midwestern State University, and volunteers from the Sheppard Mentoring Board are coordinating a Street Dance to break the Guinness Book of World Record for Largest Dance by Couples.
This can’t happen without you. Mark the date on your calendar, bring a partner, spouse, friend, grandparent, and child. Join in the fun event to have you name marked down in history, and support a great cause. All proceeds will go to Meals on Wheels, which feeds hundreds of local elderly and disabled citizens every and every week.
This event will take place on Saturday, April 21st from 5:30pm – 10:00pm on Ohio St in front of Brian’s Plumbing. The record will be broken between 7:00pm and 7:30pm, so get there early. The record will require six thousand people to dance for 7 minutes to the Texas Two-Step, which will be demonstrated before and during the record breaking activity. Following the dance, After that, the night is a street party!
The event will include vendors, beverages, music by DJ Marcus, and two original songs played by Rick Wylie and Luke Robinson. Tickets are only $5, while children under 10 enter free. All MSU, Vernon College, and Cameron University students enter free with ID as well as all active duty military. Tickets tickets can be purchased at thekitchenwf.org under the EVENTS tab, or at 8th Street Coffee House, United Market Street, United Supermarkets on Jacksboro Highway, and the ITT on SAFB. Free transportation will be available for SAFB, as well as MSU students. There will be buses to transport people from the MPEC parking lot in order to keep the downtown area clear.
There are several ways that you can participate. You can volunteer; they are needing 300 volunteers. Volunteers will participate in breaking the record and will receive a free shirt (shirts will also be available to purchase for $12). Your business can sponsor the event or rent vendor space. Share the event with your friends and on social media. Finally, you can simply participate by dancing. It will be a fun event for the entire family that supports a good local cause. For more information call Pam Hughes at (940)733-1108 or email to
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