WEAR 2007

Escape Artists Plan Worldwide Event for October 2007
Escape artists around the world are planning the second Worldwide Escape Artist Relay (WEAR) for Saturday, October 27, 2007. WEAR 2007 will circle the globe as participants escape from handcuffs, chains, straitjackets, and other restraints while facing drowning, impalement, explosives or the humiliation of public failure. The participating escape artists hope that the event will restore the art of escape to its rightful place in the public imagination. This is the largest coordinated performance by escape artists in history. This second event attracted over one hundred performers, and earned a mention in Ripley's believe it or not "Expect...The Unexpected" as well as extensive media coverage.
WEAR 2007 began as a idea among escape artists on the internet, and has attracted a large number of well-known performers. These include holders of world records (Thomas Blacke, Cindini, Matt The Knife, and David Straitjacket), headline acts from Cannon's Escape Artist Convention (Thomas Blacke, Kristen Johnson, Kevin Ridgeway, and Thomas Solomon), performers with extensive television credits (Steve Baker, Andrew Basso, Michael Berends), and the resident escape artist of the Houdini Museum in Scranton, PA (Dorothy Dietrich).
I.B.M. Ring 362 in Bangor, Maine, is hosting the registration page on its web site. Over one hundred escape artists from fourteen different countries have already registered. To register for WEAR 2007, see the website for Ring 362 (http://www.ibmring362.org/WEAR2007.html) or call Paul Szauter at (207)-288-0388.