Keighley people had songs in their hearts this week -- 1,200 of them to be precise.

The ditties were belted out by participants in the town's attempt to set a world record for karaoke singing.

Hundreds of Keighley people -- including schoolchildren -- took turns behind the microphone at Hardy's Bar, in Russell Street.

Participants included young members of the Hi-Energy Dance and Fitness Studio, which houses the bar.

Keighley Festival organisers hope their 80-hour marathon will win a place in the Guinness Book of Records.

Festival chairman Peter Halliwell will this week send off evidence of the event, including photographs, Calendar TV footage and signed statements.

He said: "There's no guarantee they'll put us in the Guinness book, but we've created a record and if that's verified there should be no reason why not."

The karaoke was supposed to last 100 hours but the attempt had to be shortened due to a shortage of adjudicators.

Volunteers had to stand in for a small number of singers and adjudicators who failed to turn up for their allotted time.

Mr Halliwell has paid tribute to both helpers and singers. "It just goes to show that some people in Keighley can pull together," he said.

"People came to sing, and enjoyed it is so much that they came back to ask if they could sing again."

Mr Halliwell was disappointed with the response from schools and pubs, who he approached by letter with a request to take part.

But he was pleased to welcome participants from Braithwaite and Bradshaw special schools, Laycock Primary School, and the Park High School in Colne.

Also taking part were youth theatre groups HYT and H-Club, Lund Park Community Group, Keighley Albion Cats, Bacca Pipes Folk Club and the Airedale Church.

The main organiser was local man Mark Pearson, a long-distance lorry driver and keen karaoke singer.

Eclipse Entertainments, a Keighley DJ partnership, hosted the event with other local DJs taking smaller stints.