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In Feb. 2006 Benny was awarded as one of the ten stalwarts of the 25 years of
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26 Dec 2004 – Benny performed at the
Christmas Celebrations at the 100 ft Christmas Tree in the heart of Singapore on Orchard Road. In fact Benny recalls that this was a last minute invitation which Benny accepted. Due to this event he postponed his flight to Sri Lanka/ Bangalore. Because he was
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which is the world's first bongo guitar. He also holds the world record for being the fastest man ever to visit all the 245 nations (194 Sovereign, 51 Dependent nations including
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