Nancy Ponce of Donna gets her hair done in the tag team creativity cut during the 2nd Annual El Grito Barber Derby competition at club Famoso Fuego Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
McALLEN — El Grito Barber Derby, a (potentially) annual event, is one part passion, one part pride and several parts pachanga.
The competition, held at Famoso Fuego on North 23rd Sunday, is essentially a seven-hour gladiatorial cage match between barbers, who try to out-cut one another in a variety of categories, snipping and shaving away on the heads’ of volunteer models, who are lined up sitting in barber chairs on the dance floor of a nightclub.
Jair Jimenez, 15, a model for Magdiel Amaro with Mike’s Barber shop in the tag team creativity cut during the 2nd Annual El Grito Barber Derby competition at club Famoso Fuego on Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Barbers from across the Valley and Mexico compete during the 2nd Annual El Grito Barber Derby competition at club Famoso Fuego Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022 in McAllen. The competition included different types of barber cuts including best comb over, El Gallito cut, exotic cut and fade cut. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Colorful sprays were used on models during the 2nd Annual El Grito Barber Derby competition at club Famoso Fuego Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])A judge checks the Exotic Cut on Sebastian Sandoval from Sharyland during the 2nd Annual El Grito Barber Derby competition at club Famoso Fuego Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Nancy Ponce of Donna gets her hair done in the tag team creativity cut during the 2nd Annual El Grito Barber Derby competition at club Famoso Fuego Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Barbers compete during the 2nd Annual El Grito Barber Derby competition at club Famoso Fuego Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022 in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez/The Monitor | [email protected])Barbers from across the Valley and Mexico compete during the 2nd Annual El Grito Barber Derby competition at club Famoso Fuego Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022 in McAllen. The competition included different types of barber cuts including best comb over, El Gallito cut, exotic cut and fade cut. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Kevin Vargas, 10, has his hair worked on during the 2nd Annual El Grito Barber Derby competition at club Famoso Fuego Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Nancy Ponce of Donna gets her hair done in the tag team creativity cut category during the 2nd Annual El Grito Barber Derby competition at club Famoso Fuego Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022, in McAllen. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])Spectators watch barbers from across the Valley and Mexico compete during the 2nd Annual El Grito Barber Derby competition at club Famoso Fuego Sunday, Sept. 18, 2022 in McAllen. The competition included different types of barber cuts including best comb over, El Gallito cut, exotic cut and fade cut. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])
