Beardsman March 2009 Contest In Review

Today is April 3rd, 2009 and this is the first installment of the Growers Gazette. This is where you can find all kinds of bearded news from the last month. The First ever Beardsman Beard & Moustache competition was on March 28 th and was a monumental success. Everyone had a killer time. 100 beards made it out to the extravaganza, and together we raised $1557 towards the Beardsman Foundation. The event was covered by some local media. You can read those articles here. TBT / Tampa Tribune / Tampabay.com


Sponsors, Donors, and Special Thanks
I would like to personally thank a handful of people/organizations that helped this event to happen, and be such a success.

Sponsors:
Dunedin Brewery - Venue/ Major Sponsor of the event
Website: http://dunedinbrewery.com
Natures Food Patch - Grocer providing healthy, alternative, vegan friendly food for event
Website: http://naturesfoodpatch.com
Daniel Mrgan - Artist responsible for all poster/flyer designs
Website: click here
Artisticuts Landscaping - Provided raw materials for trophies

Raffle Donors:
Dunedin Firehouse Subs- Providing gift cards
Website: http://firehousesubs.com
Clearwater Moniques Tattoos - Providing $100 in Gift Certificate
The World of Beers - Provided Gift Certificates
Brady Williams, Manager of the Rays Minor League Baseball Team - Phillies/Rays Official World Series Merchandise
Atomic Tattoos - Providing Merchandise/Gift Cards
Website: http://atomictattoos.com
Countryside Moes South West Grill - Providing gift cards
Website: http://moes.com
Sean Fitzgerald -
Ybor Art Studio - Free Potery Lesson

Special Thanks
The Dunedin Brewery - Hosted the Event
JP Marra - Assistant Event Director
Justin Becese - Head Judge
Adam WIlliams - Judge
Chris Denny - Judge/ Beardsman Representitve
Lex Carr - Beardsman Representitive
Big Mike - Beardsman Representitive
Jocelyn Nunez - Responsible for the trophies
Yvonne Rygiel - Responsible for the trophies

I have posted about 100 or more pictures from the contest on the Beardsman Myspace page. More will be coming soon as they pop-up.