Update: Salvation Army Bell Ringer Drops Out of World Record Contest
By: Karl Wehmhoener
Updated: December 13, 2012
UPDATE 12/13/12 -- Michael Tunstall dropped out sometime overnight.
UPDATE 12/12/12 -- Michael Tunstall is still going strong.
UPDATE 12/12/12 -- Michael Tunstall is still going strong.
He started continuously ringing his bell at the Walmart on Coulter yesterday at noon and hasn't stopped since.
Tunstall says he's tired but that it comes in waves.
Tunstall says he wants to give back to the organization that helped him so much.
AMARILLO 12/11/12 -- Eight Salvation Army volunteer bell-ringers, including Amarillo's Michael Tunstall, will begin a simultaneous attempt against one another to set a new world record for the longest continuous hand bell-ringing by an individual beginning today at noon.
AMARILLO 12/11/12 -- Eight Salvation Army volunteer bell-ringers, including Amarillo's Michael Tunstall, will begin a simultaneous attempt against one another to set a new world record for the longest continuous hand bell-ringing by an individual beginning today at noon.
Tunstall will be at Walmart at 4610 S Coulter St.
"Due to the overwhelming support and success of the inaugural World Record Bell-Ringing Contest, we knew there had to be another to help raise awareness for the Red Kettle Campaign," said Major George Hood, National Community Relations Secretary for The Salvation Army. The world record attempt will help unify the Red Kettle Campaign across the country and inspire donors to support their neighbors in need.
All bell-ringers, which include Salvation Army officers, staff and community members, volunteer their time to ring a bell. The bell-ringers participating in the world record contest will ring in various cities nationwide, at red kettles located at a destination of their choosing. Each participant must follow several rules that could push them mentally and physically during their attempt.
Rules include:
Rules include:
1. Contestants must ring a bell continuously while at the kettle stand.
2. Participants must stand the entire time.
3. No self-playing instruments or other aids may be used at any time during the attempt.
4. Contestants accrue 5 minutes of rest after each 60 minutes of ringing.
5. Breaks are the only time contestants are permitted to stop ringing, eat, sit or lie down, or leave the kettle stand, use the restroom or sleep.
6. Contestants may drink non-alcoholic beverages during the attempt, but that may not disrupt the ringing activity.
Darrell Tureskis of Springfield, IL, rang a bell for 60 hours last year, will return to defend his record.
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