San Jose Dream Team Sets New Guinness Record

A CEREMONY TO HONOR THE GUINNESS READERS WAS HELD IN OCTOBER 2004.

A NEW PERMANENT LIBRARY DISPLAY OF THE EVENT WAS UNVEILED. SEE IT ON THE 2ND FLOOR IN THE GALLERY AREA.

The San Jose State University/City of San Jose Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Public Library "DREAM TEAM" holds the Guinness World's Record for Non-Stop Reading Aloud.

We set the record of 74 hours, 49 minutes and 37 seconds on Saturday August 16, 2003 at 12:50 pm.

Meet the 6 Dream Team Record-Setting Readers. This how we looked at Hour 74 during our final reading:

Sandy Seronick	AnnaLisa Wilson	Mike Adams	Bridget Kowalczyk	Paul Kauppila	Ramon Navarro Johnson

See Jeff Paul's Photos from the First Annual MLK Birthday, January 2004

A New Guinness World's Record for "Non-Stop Reading Aloud" was set
in San Jose, California on Saturday August 16th, 2003 at 12:50 pm PDT

On Friday, August 15th at 11:20 pm PDT the existing record was broken. This happened during
the gala open party for the new Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library at San Jose State University.

Above, members of our reading and support team. Below, the scene moments after the old record was set live on NBC 11. Also below, photos of the gala, featuring campus and community dignitaries.