Jones Jones Jones
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Jones Jones Jones was an event held at the Wales Millennium Centre
in Cardiff
, Wales
on the November 3, 2006, which broke the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people with the same surname - Jones
.
featuring performances by Grace Jones
, 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
.
, Sweden
beating their record of 583.
and S4C
. It was also televised on S4C on November 26, 2006.
. It is that of "the largest same name Gathering – last name". There were 1,488 Gallagher’s who gathered in the LYIT
Campus in Letterkenny
, County Donegal
, Ireland at the time of the count.
Wales Millennium Centre
Wales Millennium Centre is an arts centre located in the Cardiff Bay area of Cardiff, Wales. The site covers a total area of . Phase 1 of the building was opened during the weekend of the 26–28 November 2004 and phase 2 opened on 22 January 2009 with an inaugural concert...
in Cardiff
Cardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
, Wales
Wales
Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...
on the November 3, 2006, which broke the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people with the same surname - Jones
Jones
Jones may refer to:* Jones , a common Anglo-Welsh surname* Jones , English cricketer in the 1740s* Jones calculus, a description of polarization in optics...
.
Gala Concert
1,224 Joneses attended a Gala Concert in CardiffCardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
featuring performances by Grace Jones
Grace Jones
Grace Jones is a Jamaican-American singer, model and actress.Jones secured a record deal with Island Records in 1977, which resulted in a string of dance-club hits. In the late 1970s, she adapted the emerging electronic music style and adopted a severe, androgynous look with square-cut hair and...
, Dame Gwyneth Jones
Gwyneth Jones
Gwyneth Jones may refer to:* Gwyneth Jones , Welsh soprano* Gwyneth Jones , British science fiction novelist...
, John Owen-Jones
John Owen-Jones
John Owen-Jones is a British musical theatre actor, best known for his portrayals of Jean Valjean in Alain Boublil & Claude-Michel Schönberg's Les Misérables and of The Phantom in Andrew Lloyd-Webber's The Phantom of the Opera. He most recently appeared as Valjean on the 25th Anniversary Tour of...
and Tammy Jones
Tammy Jones
Tammy Jones , is a singer from Bangor, Gwynedd, North Wales.-Musical career:Jones began singing at an early age, and was soon established as a regular on both radio and television in her native Wales....
, alongside a host of Welsh
Welsh language
Welsh is a member of the Brythonic branch of the Celtic languages spoken natively in Wales, by some along the Welsh border in England, and in Y Wladfa...
-speaking singers, actors and celebrities. During the evening, messages of support were shown from Aled Jones
Aled Jones
Aled Jones is a Welsh singer and television/radio personality, broadcaster and television presenter who first came to fame as a treble...
, Bryn Terfel
Bryn Terfel
Bryn Terfel Jones CBE is a Welsh bass-baritone opera and concert singer. Terfel was initially associated with the roles of Mozart, particularly Figaro and Leporello, but has subsequently shifted his attention to heavier roles, especially those by Wagner....
, Stephen Jones
Stephen Jones (rugby player)
Stephen Michael Jones is a Welsh international rugby union player who plays primarily at fly-half for Wales, the British and Irish Lions and Scarlets....
, Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones
Ruth Jones is a Welsh TV actress and writer. She starred in and co-wrote the multi-award winning TV comedy Gavin & Stacey and has appeared in many other successful comedies over recent years...
, Rhys Meirion Jones and well wishes from Tom Jones
Tom Jones (singer)
Sir Thomas John Woodward, OBE , known by his stage name Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer.Since the mid 1960s, Jones has sung many styles of popular music – pop, rock, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, techno, soul and gospel – and sold over 100 million records...
and Catherine Zeta Jones. The evening was co-presented by Gethin Jones
Gethin Jones
Gethin Clifford Jones is a Welsh television presenter who has co-presented the BBC children's programme Blue Peter....
, Gwenllian Jones and Aled Haydn Jones
Aled Haydn Jones
Aled Haydn Jones is a Welsh radio producer and radio presenter. Since 2004 he has worked on The Chris Moyles Show.-Personal history:...
.
Past record holders
Also present on the evening were representatives of the past record holders, the Norbergs from NorbergNorberg
Norberg is a locality and the seat of Norberg Municipality in Västmanland County, Sweden with 4,634 inhabitants in 2005. Most known is the Norbergfestival which is Scandinavias biggest electronic music festival, organized in an old iron mine.- References :...
, Sweden
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
beating their record of 583.
Televised
The event was organised by the independent television production company Cwmni Da, events company Mr Producer of CardiffCardiff
Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...
and S4C
S4C
S4C , currently branded as S4/C, is a Welsh television channel broadcast from the capital, Cardiff. The first television channel to be aimed specifically at a Welsh-speaking audience, it is the fifth oldest British television channel .The channel - initially broadcast on...
. It was also televised on S4C on November 26, 2006.
Gallagher take over record
As of Sunday the 9th September 2007 the Gallagher's are holders of a Guinness World RecordsGuinness World Records
Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...
. It is that of "the largest same name Gathering – last name". There were 1,488 Gallagher’s who gathered in the LYIT
Letterkenny Institute of Technology
Letterkenny Institute of Technology , formerly Regional Technical College, Letterkenny, is located in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. It is a third level institution serving County Donegal and the North West of Ireland. The institute is usually known locally as the Regional. Today, it is one...
Campus in Letterkenny
Letterkenny
Letterkenny , with a population of 17,568, is the largest town in County Donegal, part of the Province of Ulster in Ireland. The town is located on the River Swilly...
, County Donegal
County Donegal
County Donegal is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Donegal. Donegal County Council is the local authority for the county...
, Ireland at the time of the count.