Fan Yang
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Fan Yang is the world's premiere bubble scientist, artist, and performer. He has earned international acclaim as a result of his complex and fantastic displays of bubble theater. In addition to performing he has developed his own bubble solution formulas and equipment to create bubbles. He currently holds 11 records in the Guiness Book of World Records for the field of bubbles. He currently resides in Toronto, Canada.
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[edit] World Records
Fan's 11 world records are all unique in the field of bubbles.
- Berlin, Germany, 1992: The largest spherical soap bubble. (2.3M circumference)
- Pacific Science Center Seattle, Washington, August 11, 1997: The world’s largest bubble wall. (47.4M 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, USA, 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.
[edit] Toys
Funrise Toys, Inc. has created a line of bubble toys based on his designs. In addition they also sell a premium bubble soap based on his formulas.
[edit] Trivia
It is widely rumored that Fan Yang is a close personal friend of Lee Scott.[citation needed]
