Holy City Beard&Moustache Contest

HCBMS Folks,

Lots in the works here for 2010 (Year of the Beard)!

The big event is February 13th at Tin Roof, the Southeastern Beard & Moustache Championships. Make sure you get your registration form in (on the event page). A PayPal will be set up soon as well. We have beards coming in as far away as Michigan, Pennsylvania, Maryland, & New York. I am working on the Round Holiday Inn as the event hotel.

Sponsors are shaping up as well. Volunteers will be need for Friday nights opening social at Southend Brewery & for the night of the competion at Tin Roof. Let me know if you can help & it is much appreciated! I already have a few & AmeriCorps might lend a hand.

Is anyone interested in HCBMS having a Twitter page? Would you be interested in running it, mainly to annouce monthly pub nights? Let me know.

Other news:
Jan 16th - at Flying Saucer in Columbia 8pm, 2nd Annual South Carolina Beard & Moustache Association Pub Night (after World Beer Festival)

Jan 23rd - Blind Tiger January Pub Night at 8pm

March pub night will be at Tommy Condon's in downtown Charleston.

Our 3rd Anniversary party looks to be a more "formal' affair at FIG (Food is Good). More to come.

Send in any suggestions or comments,

Paul
Commander, Holy City Beard & Moustache Society

Moustache T-Shirt; Lip Lawn

Beardsman.com is super excited to announce we have unveiled the newest addition to the alliteration line. Designed by Daniel Mrgan, the "Lip Lawn" design the first pro-moustache t-shirt. To order. I'd like to thank my good friend Ben Sharpe modeled the shirt. He looks like a champion to me! To all you moustacheman out there, I hope you enjoy this. We worked very hard to make it something special.

Till next time,
Austin

Beard Team USA Nationals Update

Beard Team USA National Beard and Moustache Championships

To all members, fans, and friends of Beard Team USA:

The first ever Beard Team USA National Beard and Moustache Championships will take place on Saturday, May 36, 2010, in Bend, Oregon [I got the state right :0) -ed].

Bend was selected from over 25 communities, resorts, and hotels -- ranging from Las Vegas to Peoria -- submitting bids to host the championships. Bend has pledged full community support for this extraordinary event.

Located on the Deschutes River in Central Oregon, Bend offers fly-fishing, rafting, golf, canoeing, mountain biking, hiking, and possibly even late season skiing and snowboarding at nearby Mount Bachelor. Did I mention beer? Bend is the home of seven microbreweries including the famous Deschutes Brewery practically next door to the Les Schwab Amphitheater where the competiton will take place.

There will be competition in four separate categories designed to include everyone. The winner in each category will walk away with a cool $1000. So that everyone gets a shot at the cash, the fifth $1000 prize will go to a contestant selected at random.

Here are the categories:

1. Best moustache. Beards are allowed in this category but the contestants will be judged on their moustaches only;
2. Best partial beard. Includes goatees, van dykes, sideburns, musketeers, etc.;
3. Best full beard. Styling aids are permitted;
4. Freestyle. Anything goes. Anything. Be creative.

The date?? It's May 36. Purists will insist that it is actually June 5, but since I have been promising for months that the Nats will be in May, I am sticking with May 36 for now.

The championships will take place in conjunction with the 8th Annual Balloons over Bend hot air balloon festival.

Stay tuned for information on registration, lodging options, transportation from the airport in Portland, and everything else you will need to know.

For now all members of Beard Team USA are asked to:

1. Make plans to be in Bend on May 36;
2. Tell everyone they know about the BTUSA Nationals;
3. Keep growing their beards and moustaches for America.

Cheers,
Phil Olsen
Founder and self-appointed captain
Beard Team USA

Merch Updates

Beardsman

It has been a while since I have introduced a new set of merchandise, but I have some good news. This afternoon I picked up the 2 new t-shirts and 1 new hoodie, and I am pleased to say that the art is coming along nicely. Moustaches world wide will be excited to hear that Beardsman will have a pro-moustache shirt to add to our growing line. Of course I didn't leave out the beards though. A new design is in your future as well. Thanks for reading. More updates will be there as they come in.

-Austin

Website updates

Pages that I've updated:

- Beard Styles

- Online store; Dropped the price on the "original" t-shirts. Your welcome.

- Links

Thanks,

Austin

Merchandise and Contest News

Afternoon beards everywhere. We haven't spoken in a while so I figured it was time to update the site. As you may notice, I have made a blog for the Growers Gazette so you can follow Beardsman news easier.

There are some new developments at Beardsman HQ. We are getting ready for the holiday season. We are going to be releasing the "Face Forest" t-shirt with a new color! Also, we will be printing a hoodie this year. Here in FL it doesn't get very cold, but everywhere else in the world might appreciate them. Our good friend Daniel Mrgan is going to be designing a brand new shirt/hoodie. We're very excited to see what his ridiculous mind comes up with.

In other news, the November contest has been cancelled. I've fully explained this back a couple entries ago. I've been looking for a good venue for the next contest. This will be good...I promise.

More soon,
Austin

CONTEST CANCELLED!!! Please read

Hello everyone. I hope that all of you had a fabulous summer, and have been growing well. I have some very bad news about the upcoming Beardsman contest in November. We have had to re-schedule the contest for early next year. There were a handful of reasons why we came to this decision. We obviously feel terrible for everyone who was looking forward to November. Just know that you weren’t alone.

First and most important reason is that the Beardsman Bay of Beards Contest is a fundraiser event. In March of 2009 we raised $1500 with 100 bearded and non-bearded patrons that attended. We couldn’t reach an agreement between Beardsman and the venue allowing a door charge for that day. This was a major blow to the fundraising aspect of the event.

Second, we are working toward registering the Beardsman Foundation as a Not-For-Profit Charity. This takes time. Even if we started months ago (which we did), we wouldn’t have enough time to fully be ready, but with that status we will be able to get larger donations from outside sources that will help the fundraising effort. In turn, that will drop the door cost, and possibly make the next contest even bigger, better, and more successful as a whole.

Third, the promotional items that are essential for this contests success we’re not prepared in time. The last contest we did had flyers and posters 2 months prior to the event even being announced. This was my fault, and I apologize for being unprepared. This means that the event would be suffering severely from promotion. I would rather have no contest, then a half-assed one. I think that everyone can agree about that.

So, we are arranging a new, more suitable venue that will be able to hold a lot more people, with a smaller entry fee, and bigger raffle items that make your beard hard. We will keep you up to date about everything, and as soon as we have the venue and more importantly the date we will let you all know. Thanks for your patience, and I appreciate your ongoing support.

Austin