This morning at 11:00 on the Tübingen Market Square 1701 recorder players (Blockflöte) from Tübingen and nearby towns gathered to perform two German Christmas songs (Mach hoch die Tür and Morgen kommt der Weihnachtsmann) directed by Christina Schütz-Bock from the music school. That breaks the previous record of 556 players set in Hong Kong in July of 2003.



The event was sponsored by the local newspaper Schwäbisches Tagblatt and the Tübingen music school and attended by mayor Boris Palmer. The newspaper encouraged participation by agreeing to donate 1 Euro to a local charity (Youth-Life-Line) for each participant. Each recorder player who showed up and participated was also given a certificate. More players came than expected, however, so they ran out of certificates at 1200 and several hundred people had to go without!

	Gottfried warming up.
	Lots of music clubs brought their signs.
	Tagblatt editor Janßen introduces the mayor.
	Tuebingen showing off and getting ready.
	The crowd filled the market square from front to back.
	Noemi and Katharina playing along.

Lots more pictures and video (in German) available at http://tagblatt.de/35659352