Dancing queen to lead world record attempt at Trundle

Ooh, see that record? Watch it break!

Lovers of Swedish pop supergroup ABBA will have the chance to make history at this year's Trundle ABBA Festival on May 2.

Zumba instructor Danielle Waters, from Cowra, will be leading this year's attempt to have the most people dancing to ABBA's "Dancing Queen" simultaneously.

"It's an honour to take on the challenge," she said.

"I was talking with the organiser and we were just talking about how everyone loves to dance so, me being one of those people, you just can't help but dance, it just makes you want to dance.

"It's very overwhelming, let's see how many people we can get to do it."

Along with the record attempt, Danielle will also be leading open Zumba classes during the festival.

"I've been there, you just want to dance, we thought with the Zumba, just something else for them to dance," she said.

Danielle said she's attended the popular festival for the past three years in a row.

"Everyone is dressed up, I really recommend dressing up to enjoy the whole experience. You just get in the theme of it and go with it," she said.

"I've been in the audience, I've been there for Bjorn Again, that band is amazing.

"It's such a friendly, fun environment for all ages, and it's a really good, safe crowd."

This year's festival will also feature another musical genre alongside ABBA music.

"This year in particular, it's not just ABBA, they are running with an 80s theme as well," Danielle said.

"The only ABBA song I'll be going with is when we break the record, which is Dancing Queen, then I'll just be using a mixture of Latin songs and 80s for the open classes.

"You meet lovely people, it's just fun, even if you weren't an ABBA fan, you can't help but get into it."

While novelty world record attempts have been made in the past at the festival, the Guinness World Record for "Largest remote dance class", which was also performed to "Dancing Queen", was set in 2011 in the UK and stands at 882 people.

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