Dancers formed a long line in front of the Philadelphia Museum of Art on Monday to recreate a signature of the long-running television program in which dancers form two lines with a space in the middle for each dancer to strut down.
Philadelphia resident Sheila Simmons, one of the organizers, said a total of 327 people took part, a mark that would eclipse the official Guinness record of 211 set last year by a group of Berkeley High School students, staff and alumni.
"We can't say we've broken the record because Guinness has to examine all the evidence, but that's our count," Simmons said Monday night.
The event was to honor Don Cornelius, the silken-voiced "Soul Train" host who died earlier this month. Not every member of the large crowd joined the line, but that doesn't mean they didn't participate, Simmons said.
"Some people just came to party, be supportive," she said. "A lot of them danced on the side."
