BEARD SEASON

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From the desk of "Beard Season" founder Brant "Brantsquatch" McCrea...

Recently, a number of Metro employees embarked on what I, long time employee Brant McCrea, call "Beard Season." Beard Season starts annually on November 1st, when participants shave for one last time and embark on a bearded journey toward a hairy faced winter (hopefully through the holidays) and for a select few, a spring flanked with a beard -- much like your everyday mountain man or convict.

One by one though, they will fall. As these men put down their razors, some of them are happily giving their faces a break from the close to daily shaving routine they follow the rest of the year, and some of them are letting their faces go for the first time. Some have never seen what their face would look like with their naturally growing beard, because what seemed like natural to them was shaving it off at least every couple of days.

'Tis the season and it is now officially "Beard Season." The beards are growing and this year's nine participants agreed to let their progress be watched by the public on the Metro blog. They are all employees of Metro who hold various positions including the bar, production and security. They are faces seen every day on the floor and the stage of the Metro except that now they will slowly be swallowed by facial hair.

Tune into the "Beard Season" blog posts to watch the progress and root for your favorite beard grower. "THERE CAN BE ONLY ONE," and as they fall, a lone beard grower will remain. Who will it be? Who will grow the thickest? Who will grow the scraggliest? Who will be out first? Place your bets now. It will give you something new to talk about with your fellow co-workers at the water cooler. Get to know your Metro employees by watching a few grow ridiculous beards, competing to be this year's "Beard Season" champion!