The Beard & Moustache Club of North Carolina held a mini-gathering in front of Civic Threads on South Elm Street during First Friday last night. The above guys are two of forty some men who gather to talk facial hair, hold contests, and, above all, fundraise for charity. Officially, the Beard and Moustache Club of North Carolina, "is a community of men and women who promote and educate the accolades of beards and moustaches." The Greensboro Chapter meets at the Local House Bar near Grasshopper Stadium. Additionally, they meet, well, wherever kindred spirits are found- like in front of Civic Threads. They have festivals and competitions and are ever raising money for charity. At a recent event , $10,000 was raised and donated. In addition all of their charitable contributions, they just seem like nice guys.
In the above photo, we see two members of BMC of NC. They gave us a great briefing on the organization and made it quite clear that meetings are a lot of fun and open to not only men who are facial-hair-challenged, but also women. We'd love to go just to see how many famous historical figures we could imagine at one of their gatherings. For example, the guy on the left looks a little bit like Grigori Rasputin and the man on the right, a tad bit like Vladimir Lenin. Wonder if they'd consider doing living history lessons. Hmmmmh. Maybe we could recreate the entire cast of the Bolshevik Revolution. A new fundraiser for charity.
Today is Weekend Reflections and the reflection in the Civic Threads window is worthy of sharing!
Finally.
Posted by: Jane T. Mitchell | Saturday, June 07, 2014 at 08:34 AM
Yes, Jane. We know you've been after us to feature them for a very long time. You were right, they are a great group. Wanna go to a meeting?
Posted by: Janis & David | Saturday, June 07, 2014 at 09:19 AM
I started to write that some people need to get a life but then I noted the charitable work they're doing, so that's a good thing. I've worn a beard on and off for a # of years - not at the moment, though. I think you're right about the characters they resemble. An assembly of resembles for an historical chat would be a charitable thing to do.
Posted by: Lowell | Saturday, June 07, 2014 at 09:38 AM
You have some quite incredible guys! Love the idea of the club, and your portrait of these triumphs of facial hair is very nice!
Posted by: VP | Saturday, June 07, 2014 at 09:51 AM
@Jane @Lowell @VP
They really are fun, incredible guys. It really does seem like a step back in time being around them.
Posted by: Janis & David | Saturday, June 07, 2014 at 10:00 AM
Oh my this is simply wonderful!
Posted by: cieldequimper | Saturday, June 07, 2014 at 02:05 PM
interesting guys...You were right...left looks a little bit like Grigori Rasputin and the right man, a bit like Vladimir Lenin...
Posted by: Viera | Saturday, June 07, 2014 at 02:44 PM
That takes commitment. Great character portrait of both of them.
I prefer to keep my beard trimmed.
Posted by: William Kendall | Saturday, June 07, 2014 at 08:02 PM
O_o Beautiful bears ! Specially the dude on the left : the plait make him look like a dwarf, in some magical fantasy world where dwarves are big/huge axe fighters... ^^
Posted by: 'Tsuki | Sunday, June 08, 2014 at 02:13 AM
That's definitely a different sort of photo and club!
Posted by: bettyl - NZ | Sunday, June 08, 2014 at 07:44 PM