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Breaking Records
Local Guinness World Record Attempts Third World Record
Kitchener – Former Kitchener resident and current Guinness World Record holder for memory, Dave Farrow will attempt to set a third Guinness World Record for world’s largest history class. This event will bring awareness to Alzheimer’s Society of Kitchener-Waterloo and will take place at Eastwood Collegiate Institute, Kitchener on October 25, 2009 at 3pm.
Farrow has teamed up with the Kitchener Rangers and Waterloo Region Record to celebrate Canadian history and our favourite sport – hockey! Farrow, will teach everyone in attendance some of Canada’s most interesting historical facts and his coveted memory techniques.
“This event demonstrates exercising your brain in ways in which you can help delay onset of dementia. This is just one way that the Alzheimer Society of Kitchener Waterloo is celebrating their 25th anniversary of service to their clients and partners in our community,” said Debra McGonegal, manager of events and donor relations for the Alzheimer’s Society of Kitchener Waterloo
The Guinness World Record attempt will take approximately 40 minutes and is open to everyone in the community. Registration for the event is at 3 pm and the world record attempt will begin at 4 pm sharp. A minimum of 250 participants are needed to set the record for the largest history class.
This event takes place just a few hours before the Kitchener Rangers home game at the Aud. Farrow will take the ice at intermission to entertain the crowd and share some memory techniques. Farrow is a two-time Guinness World Record holder - most recently setting a record for memorizing 59 randomly shuffled decks of playing cards.
Dave Farrow is the world's foremost memory expert. Diagnosed with ADHD and Dyslexia as a young child, Dave faced many challenges including proving he could learn and remember. Failure was not an option. Dave developed a series of memory techniques to help him through his school years. After finding personal success, he started a mission to improve the memory of every North American! Dave is a two-time Guinness World Record holder - most recently setting a record for memorizing 59 randomly shuffled decks of playing cards.
Dave’s feature accolades are The Today Show (NBC); The Early Show (CBS), 700 Club (CBN), Esquire Magazine, Fox News, CNN & Tele Italia and over 1000 other interviews. He has recently spent 30 days in the Sony storefront window speed-reading. This event raised reading awareness during National Book Month and Sony provided a set of 100 eBook classics to a school or education institution for each page Dave Farrow read. Dave’s clients include Bombardier, Sony, US Army and Academy award winning actor Forest Whitaker.
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