A report of the event every few hours will be here: CoryWR

Video 1: Cory Pesaturo Highlights – Revolutionizing the Accordion – “CPEZ”

Cory Pesaturo has won many world accordion championships. Now he is on to his next world champion quest: a World Record. Cory, sponsored by RedBull will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for Longest Accordion Playing on August 4, 2017.

The longest marathon playing accordion lasted 31 hours 25 minutes and was achieved by Anssi Laitinen (Finland) at Koljonvirta Camping Area, Iisalmi, Finland from 31 July 31 to August 1,2010. Anssi played 536 different songs throughout the attempt.

But, this record will not stand for long. Cory will attempt to play for 33-36 hours! And we do not doubt that he can do this! RedBull is video taping the entire event in Graz, Austria and must have a new witness present with Cory every four hours, but never the same witnesses.

They will be writing down each song that Cory plays so that Guinness can clarify this with the simultaneous video. He is allowed a 30 second break between songs and a 5 minute break every hour. Surely, he will have endless supply of Red Bull! Cory will start the clock on Friday morning, August 4th and will perform on an accordion sent to him by Scandalli who will also be a sponsor. Additionally, Dallara, arguably the most important chassis builder in motorsports history, will be sending Cory some attire to wear at times as the 2 have a relationship through Cory’s Racing hobby.

Excerpts from the Guiness website: Guinness World Records documents and holds records for record-breaking WORLD achievements. World records are a serious business and to ensure we maintain the high standards we have strict policies governing what makes a world record.

What is a ‘world’ record? All Guinness World Records must also fulfill some key criteria including:
Measurable – Is it the fastest / longest / heaviest / most?
Breakable – Can the record be broken or repeated by someone else? All our record titles must be open to being challenged.
Standardizable – Can the record title be done universally? For example, it cannot be related to something restricted to a region.
Verifiable – Can the claim be proven? For example, a claim such as ‘the man who never drank water’, can never be verified unless the man spent his whole life from birth under surveillance by a witness.
One Variable – We can verify the Largest painting but would not consider the largest painting by the most people.
Universal – The proposal must be something, or about something that is known to the world’s majority. It cannot be too specific / regional.

Additional August Upcoming Events:
Mashpee, MA Italian Festival
August 11th, 2017/ 5:30pm
Mashpee, MA US
Cory’s 6th time playing the Mashpee Italian Night of La Tavola. Again, with Italian Tenor Aaron Caruso.

Boggies with Leah Zeger
August 15th, 2017/ 7:30
Westlake (LA) , CA US
Cory and violinist Leah Zeger will perform a show at Boggies in Westlake, CA (LA).

2017 Cotati Accordion Festival
August 19th, 2017 to August 20th, 2017
Cotati, CA US
Cory will perform at the Cotati Festival for the 6th Time!

RedBull ® Music Festival in Spielberg
August 24th, 2017 to August 28th, 2022
Spielberg , AT
Cory will create a Special Trio for this Major Event at the Formula 1 Race Track in Austria.

Sergio Franchi Memorial Concert
August 26th, 2017/ 12pm
Stonington , CT US
Cory will perform at the Sergio Franchi Memorial Concert for about the 15th Time. More than any event in his career. 4000 people attend.

A report of the event every few hours will be here: CoryWR