City Spectacular
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The Laya Healthcare City Spectacular (formerly Street Performance World Championship) is an annual street performance competition, jointly hosted by Cork and Dublin in Ireland.
History
The City Spectacular opened in 2006, and takes place over a short period of three days in mid-June.[1] It is run entirely by native volunteers.
On June 18th and 19th of 2011, a new world record[citation needed] was set up for the largest gathering of real-life Where's Wally's at an event outside Merrion Square in Dublin.[2] This event was arranged by the organizers of the City Spectacular as a fundraising effort, after their sponsor had terminated their contract[citation needed].
Since 2012, Laya Healthcare has sponsored the City Spectacular[citation needed].
Winners
- 2006: Space Cowboy (Australian Circus and Freak show performer)
- 2007: Space Cowboy (Australian Circus and Freak show performer)
- 2008: English Gents
- 2009: USA Breakdancers
- 2010: Jack Wise
- 2011: Space Cowboy (Australian Circus and Freak show performer)
References
- ^ Conroy, Matthew R.; Donovan, Molly; Dalton, Kyle (2007). Let's Go: Ireland (13th ed.). Macmillan. p. 136. ISBN 978-0-312-37456-3.
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