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King of bubbles to perform in HCM City
  • | VietnamNet | March 25, 2011 02:04 PM

Fang Yang, who has made 16 Guinness records for bubble performance, will perform his 17th record at the Hoa Binh Theatre in Ho Chi Minh City in late April.

The first show is scheduled on April 29. The eight other shows will continue until May 28.

Speaking to the media on March 23, the Vietnamese Canadian record maker said that on April 4 he would perform his 17th record in the US, with a “bubble containing 150 people”. This record will be shown in Vietnam.

Fang Yang said that he would perform other records in Vietnam, especially for Vietnamese children, including making “bubble rain”, making bubbles by hands, bubble wall, rainbow bubble and super bubble containing an elephant, etc.

Proceeds from the first show and the show of the 17th record of Fan Yang will be donated to a charity fund.

Fang Yang’s entertainment corporation is based in New York. He has performed bubble art in many countries around the world for the past 30 years.

Fan\'s first 11 world records:

Berlin, Germany, 1992: The largest spherical soap bubble. (2.3 m circumference)

Pacific Science Center Seattle, Washington, August 11, 1997: The world’s largest bubble wall. (47.4 m lengthwise)

Hollywood, California, May 5, 1999: The most bubbles inside 9 concentric bubbles, inside each other.

Paris, France, March 29, 2000: The most bubbles inside 11 concentric bubbles inside each other.

Wavrin, France, April 1, 2000: Passage into a bubble hemisphere. His daughter slid into a bubble hemisphere going through the bubble film without bursting it.

Helsinki, Finland, October 20, 2001: Record for the most concentric bubbles. (12 domes)

Stockholm, Sweden, November 27, 2001: Record for the most bubble attached on each other in mid air (9).

Santa Ana, California, April 7, 2004: World record for The Most People Inside A Soap Bubble (8 people)

New York, U.S., March 18, 2005: Guinness World Record for the most people inside a soap bubble at Toys \'R\' Us

Santa Ana, California, April 12, 2006: Encapsulating 15 pairs of people in their own bubble cubicles for 5 seconds and linking them together to create a "Mega Bubble Cage"

Madrid, Spain, May 25, 2006: Encapsulating 22 people inside a single soap bubble.

Chicago, United States, January 30, 2008: Encapsulating 100 people inside a single soap bubble on the Oprah Winfrey Show.

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