Sat, Apr 08Syracuse Polish Home Banquet HallApr 08, 2023, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PMSyracuse Polish Home Banquet Hall, 915 Park Ave, Syracuse, NY 13204, USAApr 08, 2023, 7:00 PM – 8:00 PMSyracuse Polish Home Banquet Hall, 915 Park Ave, Syracuse, NY 13204, USAReserve a chair for the Whisker Awards. Watch the entire Honest Amish Beard and Moustache Competition trophy ceremonies and acceptance speeches live at the Syracuse Banquet Hall. Celebrate with the Winners of the Hank Wolek Memorial Cup afterwards with victory after party access.
Sat, Apr 08Syracuse Polish Home Banquet HallApr 08, 2023, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PMSyracuse Polish Home Banquet Hall, 915 Park Ave, Syracuse, NY 13204, USAApr 08, 2023, 5:00 PM – 10:00 PMSyracuse Polish Home Banquet Hall, 915 Park Ave, Syracuse, NY 13204, USAJoin us for banquet table seating at the Whisker Awards. Get dressed for an evening dinner served by the Syracuse Polish Home, table seating for the Honest Amish Beard & Mustache contest trophy ceremony, and access to the after-party winners celebration.
4 Ways for everyone to compete!
Three ways to attend the mustache party!
Honest Amish Beard & Mustache Contest
Compete as Natural, Groomed, or Styled categories for Full Beards, Partial Beards, and Mustaches.
Hank Wolek Memorial Mustache Growing Contest
Members shave February 11th and then compete to see who can grow the greatest mustache by April 8th, recreating the 1953 event. All competitors get afree buffet, just like in 1953.
Whiskerina Mustaches
Ladies show up with hair on their face and compete in realistic or create-a-mustache categories.
Whiskerina Beards
Ladies show up with hair on their face and compete in realistic and create-a-beard categories.
Beard & Mustache Contest Information
Modern day beard and mustache competition held by NABMCA standards for facial hair competitions and judged by a multi person panel using a 10-point system. All contestants will be required to attend a mandatory pre-judging registration at the Syracuse Polish Home prior to the event. Pre-judging is open from 12:00pm-6:00pm. Winners will be announced live on stage during the trophy ceremony at 7:00pm. Contestants who would like to also join the banquet dinner must pre-register online before April 5th. Day of walk-up entrants will be accepted from 12:00pm-5:00pm. All contestants who do not elect to buy the dinner will be allowed access to the hall and given spectator seating and may attend the after party with their contestant enterance.
Full Beard Category Rules & Regulations
A full beard consists of hair on the upper and lower lip, the chin, the cheeks, and the sideburns, without any natural or shaven gap. Lengths are measured from the bottom of the lower lip. Competitors will be organized into four categories for freestyle, natural, groomed, and styled beards with mustaches. The definition of a natural full beard is facial hair with no grooming aids or styling products that appears naturally howit grows on the face. The definition of groomed beards are facial hair that is styled with hair styling products such as beard oil, beard balm, or beard butter. Styling aides such as waxes, gels, or irons are forbidden. Styled beard and mustache categorie is defined as facial hair that is styled with hair gels, waxes, or using irons. The natural, groomed, and styled categories will be devided into groups detrmined by length. - under 2"beard - under 6" beard - under 12" beard - over 12" beards
Partial Beard Category Rules & Regulations
A partial beard is any facial hair that is neither a full beard nor a moustache. Partial beards will be judged in three categories, goatee, chopes, and whaler beards. Traditional Alaskan seafarer’s beard. Bushy hair grown on cheeks, chin, and lower lip. No hair grown on upper lip. No styling aids allowed. Goatee as it grows naturally, the more natural the better. Moustache not required. Goatee and moustache can be accentuated but without styling aids. No curled moustaches. There must be a clean shaven section at least 1.5" (4 cm, the width of a razor blade) between the onset of the head hair and the beard. No styling aids allowed. Chops and or Hulihee Whiskers must be a true sideburn. No natural or shaven gap by the ear. Chin is shaven at least 1.5" (4 cm, the width of a razor blade) and hair is optional on the upper lip. The moustache may or may not be connected, also known as the “friendly or unfriendly” chops. Small and bushy with the tips curving upward. Only hairs on the upper lip may be grown out. Styling aids allowed.
Mustache Category Rules & Regulations
A moustache is composed of facial hair above the upper lip. Moustache hairs can start growing from up to a maximum of 5/8" (1.5 cm) beyond the end of the upper lip. Styled Mustaches aka the Handle Bar are small or large and bushy with the tips curving upward. Only hairs on the upper lip may be grown out. Styling aids allowed. Groomed mustaches aka English style, Slender, the hairs are combed from the middle of upper lip to the sides. The tips can be raised slightly. Only hairs growing on the upper lip may be grown out. May als be curled up or down. Styling aids allowed. Natural Musatches, The moustache as it naturally grows, the more natural the better. No closed curls. Only those hairs growing from within 5/8" (1.5 cm) past the end of the upper lip may be grown out. The moustache may be shaped but without aids. No styling aids allowed.
Hank Wolek Memorial 70th Anniversary Mustache Growing Contest
In 1953 Hank Wolek founded the Hank Wolek Mustache Club. Members paid dues for 8 weeks and grew their best mustaches throughout lent and then shaved for Easter Sunday. The members were awarded with a clam bake the following Saturday. The 70th anniversary of the mustache club will open on February 11th, 2023. All members who participate will be awarded with a seat at the banquet dinner on April 8th, 2023 at the Syracuse Polish Home.
Mustache Growing Contest Rules and Regulations:
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Members must start clean shaven and send a picture of themselves upon entry to the contest to the contest administrator at beardchampionship@gmail.com.
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Online competitors are welcome for this category but will not receive a free buffet unless they can attend the event in person.
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Members must pay the 2023 equivalent to 50 cents a week in 1953 for 8 weeks upfront to enter, which is $40.00.
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The day of the event on April 8th 2023 members will be required to be photographed by the score keeper.
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Winners will be announced after the dinner banquet during the trophy ceremony on stage at the Syracuse Polish Home.
Whiskerina Categories
These categories are open to anyone who wants to participate. They are artificial and imaginative creations meant to resemble facial hair of any category, either literally or abstractly.
Realistic Whiskerina Mustache:
Create the most realistic looking moustache you can, inspired by any moustache style. The more lifelike and convincing, the better. The facial hair style should follow the traditional and realistic structure of the moustache style being recreated.
Realistic Whiskerina Full Beard:
Create the most realistic looking beard you can, inspired by any style of partial or full beard. The more lifelike and convincing, the better.
The facial hair style should follow the traditional and realistic structure of the beard style being recreated.
Create-a-Mustache:
This artistic category is wide-open! Create the most imaginative and fantastic design you can, inspired by any style of moustache. Creativity in material choice is encouraged.
Create-a-Beard:
This artistic category is wide-open! Create the most imaginative and fantastic design you can, inspired by any style of partial or full beard. Creativity in material choice is encouraged.
Event Date: April, 8th 2023
Location: 915 Park Avenue
Syracuse, New York 13204
Event Schedule:
12:00pm-6:00pm: Contestant Pre-Judging
5:00pm-7:00pm: Banquet Dinner
7:00pm-8:00pm: Awards Show
8:00pm-10:00pm: Victory Party