Jarom Watts, '11, an organizational management major who calls himself a "bubbillusionist," recently broke two Guinness world records - one for the longest chain of soap bubbles and one for the largest free-floating soap bubble by volume. Watts attempted the records in February before a live audience at Spokane's Lincoln Center. His bubble chain, which beat the former world record of six, included 15 soap bubbles. One of Watts' two witnesses was Whitworth math instructor Frank Cheyney, who calculated the size of the gargantuan bubble at 483 cubic feet (large enough, if it were made of a stronger material, to hold more than 3,600 gallons of water).
"I got started with bubbles when I was 16 and worked a part-time summer job as a bubble performer for a family friend," Watts says. "I was struck by the ‘bubble-bug' and never looked back. About three years ago I went and watched a world-renowned bubble artist who holds multiple Guinness world records, and I thought it would be cool to attempt a record myself ‘one day.' I didn't realize that day would come so soon for me!"
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