ANCHORAGE (AP) — Gentlemen, start your beards.
Anchorage has been awarded the 2009 World Beard and Moustache Championships following a bid process and vote of its members, according to association president Bruce Roe of Bremerton, Wash.
The biannual contest has been held in the United States only once before, two years ago in Carson City, Nev.
"It's a big honor," says David Traver, vice president of the Southcentral Alaska Beard & Moustache Club. "We've had a beard competition going on in Anchorage for about 54 years now, and we feel Anchorage is the perfect venue for this event."
Competitors can choose from several different categories, including handlebar mustaches to those sporting the "Fu Manchu" style. There also are categories for those preferring to grow goatees and other partial beards.
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Anchorage has been awarded the 2009 World Beard and Moustache Championships following a bid process and vote of its members, according to association president Bruce Roe of Bremerton, Wash.
The biannual contest has been held in the United States only once before, two years ago in Carson City, Nev.
"It's a big honor," says David Traver, vice president of the Southcentral Alaska Beard & Moustache Club. "We've had a beard competition going on in Anchorage for about 54 years now, and we feel Anchorage is the perfect venue for this event."
Competitors can choose from several different categories, including handlebar mustaches to those sporting the "Fu Manchu" style. There also are categories for those preferring to grow goatees and other partial beards.
I have a friend in the Real Estate Business in Anchorage if you need accomodations.