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British Woman Adopts 161-Word Name For Charity

Posted 5/05/2012 5:30 am by

Just call her "Red Dreams" for short.

When her son died young, 41-year-old Dawn McManus founded a charity known as Red Dreams to help young people live out their artistic dreams.  The woman, from Hartlepool, England, has been a big cheerleader for the charity since its foundation, and the organization has helped out many people during its time.  That’s why Ms. McManus is becoming the form Ms. McManus.  Dawn McManus’s new official first and last names are Red Dreams, but it is her new middle names that are drawing attention.  Dawn McManus has changed her name to 161 words.

Dawn McManus has changed her name to the following:  Red Wacky League Antlez Broke the Stereo Neon Tide Bring Back Honesty Coalition Feedback Hand of Aces Keep Going Captain Let’s Pretend Lost State of Dance Paper Taxis Lunar Road Up Down Strange All and I Neon Sheep Eve Hornby Faye Bradley AJ Wilde Michael Rice Dion Watts Matthew Appleyard John Ashurst Lauren Swales Zoe Angus Jaspreet Singh Emma Matthews Nicola Brown Leanne Pickering Victoria Davies Rachel Burnside Gil Parker Freya Watson Alisha Watts James Pearson Jacob Sotheran Darley Beth Lowery Jasmine Hewitt Chloe Gibson Molly Farquhar Lewis Murphy Abbie Coulson Nick Davies Harvey Parker Kyran Williamson Michael Anderson Bethany Murray Sophie Hamilton Amy Wilkins Emma Simpson Liam Wales Jacob Bartram Alex Hooks Rebecca Miller Caitlin Miller Sean McCloskey Dominic Parker Abbey Sharpe Elena Larkin Rebecca Simpson Nick Dixon Abbie Farrelly Liam Grieves Casey Smith Liam Downing Ben Wignall Elizabeth Hann Danielle Walker Lauren Glen James Johnson Ben Ervine Kate Burton James Hudson Daniel Mayes Matthew Kitching Josh Bennett Evolution Dreams.

Said Dawn of her new name, “Officially I should be called Red, but I appreciate some people will find it hard to embrace the change.”  She added that sometimes her husband will slip up and still call her Dawn.

I guess that tops the woman who changed her name to an A-Z list of the alphabet and the woman who changed her name to badmouth her travel agents.  At least this name will honor her charity and hopefully raise awareness and help more budding artists.

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