{"id":244,"date":"2015-02-11T00:28:50","date_gmt":"2015-02-11T06:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/?p=244"},"modified":"2015-02-11T09:59:34","modified_gmt":"2015-02-11T15:59:34","slug":"the-great-nordic-beard-fest-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/?p=244","title":{"rendered":"The Great Nordic Beard Fest 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Did you make it out to the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.boathousebrewpub.com\" target=\"_blank\">BoatHouse Brew Pub<\/a>\u00a0Saturday night?! The first annual <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatnordicbeardfest.com\" target=\"_blank\">Great Nordic Beard Fest<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatnordicbeardfest.com\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0<\/a>took place right there in Ely, Minnesota. Contestants came from neighboring states, including the great state of Colorado, which awarded contender, Tom Roller the trophy for Beard From Afar!<\/p>\n<p>The trophies were true works of art, created by\u00a0Nathaniel Strayve of \u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/highstreetcreations?fref=photo\" target=\"_blank\">High Street Creations<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/BF15_IMG_9783-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-245\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/BF15_IMG_9783-copy.jpg\" alt=\"BF15_IMG_9783-copy\" width=\"480\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/BF15_IMG_9783-copy.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/BF15_IMG_9783-copy-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A list of all the winners can be found\u00a0on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pages\/The-Great-Nordic-Beard-Fest\/299615210229819\" target=\"_blank\">facebook fan page<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>If you want to smile, you need to check out all of the photos taken that night! Click on the images <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/blog\/great-nordic-beardfest-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a> to see a larger version!<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/BF_IMG_1611-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-246\" src=\"http:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/BF_IMG_1611-copy.jpg\" alt=\"BF_IMG_1611-copy\" width=\"720\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/BF_IMG_1611-copy.jpg 720w, https:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/BF_IMG_1611-copy-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Interested in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rootriverphotography.com\/blog\/great-nordic-beardfest-2015\/\" target=\"_blank\">purchasing a print<\/a>? A portion of the proceeds will go directly to The Great Nordic Beard Fest, to make next year even more of a success!<\/p>\n<p>A special thanks to Shaun Chosa of <a href=\"http:\/\/wickedsondesigns.com\" target=\"_blank\">Super Mega Beast Productions &amp; Wicked Son Designs<\/a>\u00a0for his vision and follow through\u00a0which has brought a great new event to Ely!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p class=\"excerpt\">Did you make it out to the\u00a0BoatHouse Brew Pub\u00a0Saturday night?! The first annual Great Nordic Beard Fest\u00a0took place right there in Ely, Minnesota. Contestants came from neighboring states, including the great state of Colorado, which awarded contender, Tom Roller the trophy for Beard From Afar! The trophies were true works of art, created by\u00a0Nathaniel Strayve of \u00a0High Street Creations. 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