Although the 256 people who took part were enough to qualify, their attempt still has to be verified by the Guinness world records experts.

Whatever the official total eventually stands at, Horsham Rural City Cr Mark Radford said he was proud of the diverse range of people who turned out to put Horsham in the record books.

“If we don’t get the record I am still really proud of everyone,” he said.

“We had a variety of ages, a variety of men and women, of boys and girls, which is great to see.

“On the oval when the attempt was done, there were 256 participants, a further 50 people helping organise it, and maybe 50 people in the grandstand.”

Now the potential record breakers must wait and see if they will be accepted into the record books.

Cr Radford said it was not the first time the record has been attempted, with a team from Bendigo previously giving it a go.

The Horsham attempt was started as a fundraising effort to help with the Town Hall development.

The logistics of breaking the record were complex, with organisers needing to ensure every single person was accredited as a trained Nutbush dancer.

For each group of 20 dancers there was a steward to keep count and make sure everyone was dancing correctly.

Cr Radford said the attempt would have been impossible without the support of council staff who marked out city oval and provided a cherry picker so a bird’s eye view of the dance could be filmed.

“There were all these things in place to monitor what we were doing and we will submit all that as evidence to the Guinness Book of Records and they will decide if we have reached it or not,” he said.

“We are really appreciative of the help we got from the outdoor staff at council and the dance instructors who did a great job as well.

“Yesterday’s event will stand on its own, regardless of what happens now.”