University Singers try for tour with No-Shave contest

No-Shave-Novemberers will always quarrel with each other about whose “Novembeard” is the best. This time around, the University Singers of Maine are putting on a fundraiser aiming to stop the quarrels.
The “No-Shave November Black Bear Beard Contest” is an effort by the University Singers to fund their trip to Europe, which is currently scheduled for May 2012.
“The purpose of this contest is to help the University Singers fundraise for our trip to Europe in the spring in a new and more creative way,” said Sarah Tourigny, publicity manager for the University Singers.
The group typically tours locally, but would like to take their act overseas.
“The opportunity to tour and promote the university in Europe, we find, is a great one. Despite that, we have to bear the financial burden of it entirely as students. We are looking forward to working hard to accomplish this goal and appreciate all the help we receive in the process,” Tourigny said.
Fundraising is key to achieving their financial goal, so members thought up ideas until they came up with the No-Shave November contest.
“One of our very prominent members of University Singers, Ryan Pottle, brainstormed this idea for fundraising and pitched it to the group,” Tourigny said.
Presumably, the idea was well-received.
Participants in the contest must “like” the contest page, “University Singers – No Shave November Black Bear Beard Contest,” on Facebook and upload a photo of their clean-shaven face, no later than midnight on Tuesday, Nov. 1.
“Each contestant pays five dollars and gives us their name [and we] have them ‘like’ the No Shave November contest page on Facebook,” Tourigny said.
Students without a Facebook account can contact Ryan Pottle on FirstClass to participate in the contest. Photos of the final beard must be submitted by midnight Wednesday, Nov. 30. Members of the University Singers will then vote on the submissions to decide the winners.
The beards will be judged on criteria including style, length and burliness. Beards that boast high marks in only one or two categories should have a fighting chance in the contest.
A winner will be chosen for each category and will receive a gift certificate to Erv’s Barber Shop in Orono.
One overall winner who exemplifies the best of all three qualities will be awarded the grand prize, which will be half of all donations contributed to the University Singers.
Photos of winning contestants will be published in a future issue of The Maine Campus.
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