High school class sets record for longest drum roll.

Neil Peart does this every day. With his MIND. From the Charlotte Observer:

They didn't just break the record, they shattered it.

Percussionists from Rock Hill High School set a new Guinness world record Saturday for the longest, single drum roll, as 28 students combined to sustain the roll on one snare drum for 27 hours, 23 seconds. Quantcast

That easily broke the previous record of 24 hours, 23 seconds held by a high school in Michigan. Rock Hill High's effort began at 5 p.m. Friday at the Rock Hill Galleria and ended at 8 p.m. Saturday to cheers from dozens of people who had gathered to watch the final minutes.

The event raised around $3,600 for Rock Hill High's Band of Distinction to buy new equipment.

[...] To set the new record, Skellett and his students stayed overnight at the Galleria, with students taking turns on the roll. Proper hand-offs were crucial, because one slip-up would have ruined it.

Some students played longer than others, but no one played longer than junior Jason Piers.

Piers set what is believed to be the longest drum roll by a single person at 4 hours, 10 minutes, besting the previous mark by two minutes. Not only did he have to sustain the roll for that long, he did it in the wee hours of Saturday morning as other drummers took advantage of the downtime to get some sleep.