THE STRONGMEN TAKE OVER HANOVER, PENNSYLVANIA!

Sunday, October 12, 2014
Eichelberger Performing Arts Center

Olde Time feats of strength and vaudeville come to Hanover for one day only at the 2014 Olde Time Coney Island Strongman Spectacular!

The Olde Time Coney Island Strongman Spectacular has become a much anticipated and well attended event in the ‘World’s Playground’, Coney Island. Now it’s time the event takes over the nation’s snack food capital, Hanover, PA!

Modeling itself after an olde time vaudeville show, the Strongman Spectacular features six of the world’s best strongmen as well as a ‘Wild West’ performer and a real life sword swallower in a 90 minute extravaganza. Together, this assemblage of talent will be showcasing a variety of unusual acts and super-human feats the likes of which your eyes have never seen.

The Olde Time Coney Island Strongman Spectacular is truly the only event of it’s kind, as it features ordinary men, who through mind and body control have enabled themselves to be real life superheroes. Each of these strongmen and variety performers has several unique feats that they have mastered, as well as the classic strongman standards that no strongman cavalcade should be without.

This is a truly historic event as Hanover is one of the few destinations selected for this vaudevillian experience.

The Producers:
Chris ‘Hairculese’ Rider (PA). Home town hero, Chris of Thomasville, has been declared “one of the strongest men on this planet” by strength historians. He is a master of hair feats. You’ll be amazed as he bends steel using the hairs on his head!

Adam RealMan (NY) Adam is a true Coney Island character. He’s not only an accomplished sword swallower and sideshow performer, Adam runs Coney Island USA’s Sideshow School. Adam will serve as master of ceremonies bringing his own brand of loquacious zaniness to the event.

The Cast:
Mike Gillette (NV). has been an Army Paratrooper, SWAT Commander, Member of the Martial Arts Masters Hall of Fame and bodyguard to Bill Gates and Sylvester Stallone. Mike has been featured in Ripley’s Believe it or Not and has appeared on the hit television show Guiness World Records.

John ‘Ironman’ McGrath (Capetown, South Africa). At a towering 6’6” and 275 pounds, John is one of the greatest steel bar benders in the entire world. He’s making the trip from around the world just to perform at the Olde Time Strongman Spectacular.

Niko Hulslander (PA) Niko is a lifetime drug-free powerlifter who has been competing for over 22 years. He has graced the winner’s platform in both national and international powerlifting competitions, and holds multiple records in the sport. As Director of Lord’s Gym in Shrewsbury, PA he shares his passion of strength and health while leading by example.

Jonathan Fernandez (CO) began studying martial arts extensively in 2005, his journey included a 3 year seclusion period in the mountains of New Mexico to train in deprivation. In 2012 his path had led him to learning olde time feats of strength. This world record holder is raising the bar with his feats such as bending coins with his fingers in seconds.

Eric Moss (NJ) is a personal trainer and presenter specializing in topics such as health, fitness and peak performance. As a strongman he was trained by the late Greg Matonick in his specialty feat of bending steel bars over the bridge of the nose. Eric, of slight build, proves that the size of the body is not as important as the correct mindset and outlook.

Chris McDaniel (NY) World champion trick roper Chris McDaniel brings the charm of the Wild West everywhere he roams. This two-time world record holder uses his special skills, comedy and cowboy songs to wrangle up a good time for audiences worldwide.

If you don’t think it can be bent, twisted, smashed, broken, torn, shredded, demolished or swallowed by a human being…you’re in for a surprise, because it’s all real, it’s all alive, and it’s only at the Coney Island Strongman Spectacular in Hanover, PA.

Event Details:
Date: Sunday, October 12, 2014
Time: 2:00-3:30
Location: Eichelberger Performing Arts Center, 195 Stock St. Hanover, PA 17331
Cost: $20 Adults, $10 Children under 15