Just a few weeks away from our labor of love, Eric Zatchok, and I sit down to discuss a plethora of beard related things. One of which was the 5th Annual Great Lakes Regional Beard and Mustache Championship presented by Melt Bar and Grilled. There has been many miles driven, many meetings had, many emails sent, and many hours spent planning this event this year. We have a lot to be thankful for this year with the help of a lot of great people who have helped both Eric and I put this together. We talk about how Eric got became interested in growing his beard and then quickly changed gears into event planning and then all about our event coming up on July30th. Eric is a great guy who really cares about the bearding community and the community that we try and help out. This year we are working with a local charity, Youth Challenge, and are trying to help them by raising as much money as possible, donate here.

It is a great time to be alive and to live in Cleveland. There is a lot going on in our hometown right now. There will be many people, bearders and nonbearders, visiting our great city. There is so much to see and do in our great city. Our title sponsor, Melt Bar and Grilled are playing a large part in our main event, and also our Meet and Greet and Sunday Brunch events. Stay tuned for a future episode where I dive into the Melt enigma and learn about how they have become one of the greatest restaurants in the Cleveland area.

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One of my favorite "beard-o's" in the community, Anthony " The Stache" Fontes joins me for an afternoon of talking about the bearding community. Anthony and I began our journeys around the same time in the world of facial hair competitions. Setting lofty goals right off the bat, Anthony has got his personality all over his styles and has delivered in getting he face, and beard, out there. His approach of style is more of a creative branding of himself and a way to get in front of a completely new audience and share the world of creative facial hair design. Take a listen and find out how Anthony started off growing, competing, designing, and organizing events in the bearding world. This was one fun time with a good guy. He has a great view on the community and interesting thoughts on self promotion. There are many great stories in this podcast. Take a listen and take away some excellent insight from one of the communities well known faces and beards. Thanks to Anthony Fontes and the Wings of Destiny for a fun afternoon!!! Please check out these links below to things we discussed. Subscribe on ITunes, Stitcher, and now GooglePlay. Let your friends know about this podcast and help me try and grow something special!!!

The Lake Tavern

The Lake Tavern Beard and Mustache Contest

The World Beard and Mustache Championships

Beardalizer

Burgers and Beards Festival 2016

Anthony Facebook

Anthony Twitter

Anthony Instagram

Additional Burgers and Beards info-

ISLE's Purple Cat

Mad Viking Beard Company

The Midwest Burger Championship

Waffen Der Whiskerr Oil

Brutal Beards

Groomed Gorilla

Beards Of The Old Northwest

5th Annual Great Lakes Regional Beard and Mustache Championships

HOTEL INFO: Great News for out-of-towners!! Comfort Inn Austintown is now our official hotel and has a great group rate for you all. $69.99 plus tax will get your choice of: (2) Double beds; (1) King bed; (1) King + pull out couch. There is no upcharge for each guest and ALL King rooms have a micro frig!

Be sure to call them locally at 330-792-9740 and mention "Burgers and Beards Festival" for the rate. They are giving us this rate for an extended period, but don't wait to book as this is also graduation time and these room book up quickly.

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