At the T in the Park festival, the Impact drum troupe took to the main stage with Dawn Zhu, drummer from El Presidente. Billy Boyd, from the Lord of the Rings films, introduced them.

He described how thousands of people had marched in Edinburgh one year ago; 'We need trade justice. It's wrong if we know we're not getting trade justice.' He urged the crowd to 'Cheer, beat, do whatever you want.' They responded with a minute of loud applause.

He reminded the crowd of 10,000 festival goers that the UK government need to deliver on the promises they made at the G8 summit last July. The beat goes on video was shown and the crowd sent a text message to join our petition to Gordon Brown. 

Watch the proceedings at T in the Park

More than 20 events were held in Wales. In Blaencoed, near Carmathen, it was a very special day for Heledd and Matthew. Not only was it their wedding day but they invited their guests and members of the public to take part in the world record drumming attempt.

As they left the church, 125 people greeted them with the beat of drums, buckets and bins. It was definitely a day to remember!

Another highlight was the Small Nations Festival in Cilycwm near Llandovery, where a circle of drummers led by the rhythmbridge drumming group got the festival talking about trade justice. 

Watch the drummers at the Small Nations Festival

From Trafalgar Square to Manor Park, Richmond to East Dulwich, Londoners got moving to the beat at more than 20 events. At Manor Park, pupils from Kensington Primary School joined Stephen Timms MP, Bishop of Barking, David Hawkins and Revd Ian Parker in solidarity with poor people affected by unjust trade. The drummers held a moving two minute silence before beating out the rhythm on drums, paintpots and bongos. Other highlights in London included the Lewisham People's Day where Drake Music Project and friends led the drumming.

Campaigners from Christian Aid, Oxfam, Amnesty and other organisations joined together for the world record attempt. The five minutes of drumming grabbed the attention of passers-by in the town centre. The Bishop of Swindon, Lee Rayfield and North Swindon MP Michael Wills both spoke briefly about trade justice.

The Bishop of Swindon spoke about the need to keep the momentum going. He said, 'I want to encourage you not to give up, to keep the beat going on.' Michael Wills MP urged campaigners to keep the pressure up on politicians, 'Please keep the pressure up on me and all my colleagues in Westminster, everyone in Washington, everyone in Brussels, everyone throughout Europe. It is simply unacceptable for the situation to stay as it is.'

At Castle Park in Bristol, local MPs Doug Naysmith, Kerry McCarthy, Roger Berry and Dawn Primarolo plus local drumming group Humdrumstrum led an enthusiastic group of 145 drummers.

Watch the Bristol drummers

The events last Saturday are part of our call for the UK government to cut funding to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and World Bank. On Thursday 14 September, we'll be keeping the beat going at a march in London to the Treasury, days before Gordon Brown and Hilary Benn head off to the annual IMF and World Bank meetings in Washington. 

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