00:00So I'm the CEO of Rancic, Ruckel & Co Ltd, which is a family-owned business.
00:07We're celebrating our 80th anniversary this year.
00:10The business was founded by my grandfather in 1946, straight after the Second World War.
00:16The reason this event has come about, I thought it was a brilliant idea about a year or so ago,
00:23was that the family does have a connection with Nokelo.
00:27During the First World War, Nokelo was the world's largest internment camp.
00:33And my great-grandfather, Ramsey's father, won the catering contract.
00:38He had the responsibility to feed all of the internees that were stationed there.
00:43So he ended up supplying 26,000 meals three times a day over three, four years,
00:52which was an extraordinary logistical feat.
00:57Pilates, Joseph Pilates, was one of those internees.
01:00Now, he was a boxer, very interested in keeping fit,
01:05and wanted his fellow interns to also keep fit and healthy.
01:09So that's why he, in a confined space, started developing a range of exercises
01:16to keep the body toned and to keep fitness.
01:20And not a lot of the world knows that.
01:22And I thought it's about time that the world did know that,
01:27particularly considering the popularity of Pilates.
01:31And I just thought the link between the world knowing about the development here on the Isle of Man
01:38and the interest it could create could be phenomenal.
01:42But then I suddenly thought, is there a world record that we could possibly beat?
01:45We looked it up.
01:47It was set in 2013 in Turkey, 3,486 people.
01:53And I thought, the Isle of Man can beat that.
01:55So let's go for it.
01:58And I'm so delighted that with the engagement from the community,
02:02from media outlets, you know, wanting to get behind this,
02:06and hopefully the whole community in support of charity,
02:09and I hope it'll be a fantastic celebration,
02:12not only for the Isle of Man, but for the whole community that are here.
02:16Mm-hmm.
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