Trinidadian pan man attempts to set Guinness world record

27-year-old Joshua Re­grel­lo, a Trinidadian pan player, has start­ed his jour­ney to break the Guin­ness World Record as the longest marathon play­ing steel pan play­er.

Re­grel­lo, who be­gan his jour­ney at 6:28 this morning with a prayer from Fa­ther Jayson Grell from Our La­dy of Per­pet­u­al Help Church, is seek­ing to break the 30-hour world record. He is en­ti­tled to a five-minute break for every con­tin­u­ous hour he plays.

Rep­re­sen­ta­tives from the T&T Po­lice Ser­vice, Fire Ser­vice and time­keep­ers from the T&T Foot­ball Fed­er­a­tion mon­i­tored him as he be­gan the marathon with his first song Josh Groban’s “You Raise Me Up”.

Sev­er­al cor­po­rate bod­ies have also attended in sup­port of his epic ven­ture.

He told Guardian Me­dia that he wants his marathon to be an in­spi­ra­tion to youths, and to show the world that it is pos­si­ble to make a suc­cess­ful ca­reer out of mu­sic.

Re­grel­lo has been tour­ing for the past year, with multiple visits to Chi­na, Guyana, Bar­ba­dos and the Unit­ed States.

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