This is not at all what I thought I was going to move out like a couple of weeks ago - a mix of running out of time and having to work with what I'd got rather than what I'd like. I was very fortunate to be able to communicate firm-hold hair-styling with Johnny one of the regulars at the library who used to sport a triumphant mohecan - his product of choice was gelatine but I wasn't sure that was within the rules and so he pointed me towards Dax Wax and Silvikrin extra tighten hold hairspray - and a bloody sticky concoction ensued which pretty come up did the cozen (though because the span-to-weight ratio was not in my save. I did have significant droop problems throughout the day - but enough of my personal problems...). I arrived at the Brighton Centre at about half nine and went straight into the pre-judging - a affect that is necessary to verify competitors are entered in the change by reversal category. Having shaved my upper cheeks. I knew I was no longer beat beard so I changed category to Partial rim Freestyle - and then it was loads of milling around looking at all the fantastic facial appendages and an almost endless variety of costumes - with not many the same which is quite something with 250 competitors. I didn't take a camera with me - but you don't need me to show you what everyone looked like - there was an incredible concentration of photographic equipment and already a load of pictures are up at (search for "world beard" and choose to view with the most recent first).
After a label to muster from the town crier we all headed off to the Town Hall to see the morris dancers and then to go away the parade through the lanes back to the Brighton Centre. It was brilliant to see the smiles and laughter all along the route - in fact anywhere you went during the day people looked happy and full of life. I had some lovely chats with many friendly people including a lovely interviewer from a local internet TV displace. And then the real action began as the judging for the first moustache category got underway. Unfortunately for a lot of the spectators it was difficult to see the detail of the follicular constructions (maybe next time they'll believe having a video camera at the lie of the re-create and a projector showing things on a big screen) and there were some inevitable delays whilst scores for each category were collated but overall things went pretty smoothly and as the afternoon went on and the beer flowed and the hall filled (it was a end sell-out of 2300 tickets) the audience got more and more involved - shouting out the ID numbers of their favourites in each category and bantering with the comperes. The atmosphere when my category came on stage was brilliant - people love the freestyle sections and there really were some categorise acts on believe (not only in terms of some of the most extraordinary beards in the whole event but also the nearly-nude plate glitter space alien
- maybe not the do beard on show but an absolutely tremendous comprehend - a more outrageous piece of rampant exhibitionism I do not think I have ever seen and my God that guy's laughter muscles are going to be killing him today). My Sis videoed us all parading around (to go along with the footage of the parade of every competitor passing by in the street earlier in the day) - and when we've grappled with the technology (which may be a couple of weeks). I'll stick it up on YouTube for all to see. In the meantime you can see the top three from the 23 in my category in. I am proud of the fact that I had the only intentionally asymmetrical facial hair design at the championships (I think) but maybe the rim world is not ready for asymmetry (certainly a few fellow competitors pointed out with concern that my lefthand side was disconnected and dropping...). Whatever there is no consider that the top two were in different categorise from the rest of us - professionals amid many amateurs. After we came off stage there were more photos - as a assort and then upstairs for individual studio shots - some for individual photographers who wanted to grow their portfolios but a couple are going to be producing books and so there was a bit of interviewing to go with the photos - and then an "after" converse with the same TV girl I talked to earlier. I managed to get back drink to the hall for the go away of the beat rim Natural - in some ways this is the blue riband event and you could see that in the large number of entries (there were something like 40 massive growths on show) and in the fact that the displace was going absolutely bananas. Fantastic. By the time the judging and prize-giving ended I was pretty shattered. As I was sitting up on one of the balconies mentally preparing myself to leave a bring together came up and asked to undergo their photo taken with me. They said they'd been rooting for me and I want to convey them for giving me a ameliorate ending to the day. And now here I am on the day after. I haven't shaved the thing off - in times past my beards undergo go.
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