Sunday, November 22, 2009


Success! Both Danielle and I passed our Waldorf School of Barbering Examinations. We had a short then a long haircut. We were timed at 45 minutes per cut. The atmosphere was very professional and we were very focused. SinĂ©ad M. the external examiner was extremely efficient and made exhaustive notes on her clipboard throughout the process. We got no assistance from Linda our instructor, who was patiently waiting for us in the office and monitoring the performance remotely.




When we received our verbal results, we got a score out of 100. The pass rate rate was set very high (much higher than a university pass rate!) There were 10 categories and we were individually marked in each category for each haircut (we each had a short and a long haircut). Items marked ranged from razor work to familiarity with tools to overall appearance.

I would like to sincerely thank Linda Finnegan of the Waldorf Barbershop. Linda has been a fantastic coach and tutor. She has been patient and has a gift for teaching. I am honored to have trained with her as she has been a World Championship competitor and winner in male barbering and is really a master at her craft.

For people looking to follow the Waldorf Barbershop and Linda please visit the shop's facebook page.

7 comments:

Danielle said...

HUGE thanks to Linda and a congratulations to you Brian!
I look so nervous in that first video... but I felt even more nervous!
Your cuts look great. The video doesn't do your second cut justice - it was really nice.

Steve said...

You didn't do as well as you had hoped, did you? Either way, you hold yourself to a high standard, one of the best qualities in a barber ;)

Dewitt Albright said...

Thanks Danielle - well done to you too. The whole exam went very well. It ran really smoothly!

Dewitt Albright said...

Hi Steve - no, we did better that we expected. Both haircuts for each of us turned out really well. The video at the top of this post is from BEFORE we got our results... LOL!

A VIntage Crafting Fashion Fairy said...

Well done Brian!! Looks like you will have lots to celebrate at the christmas party

Dewitt Albright said...

Thank you so much for the kind words, AVCFF. In a way I am sad the course is over.

Steve said...

Ah, that explains it. I'm glad it went so well for you man ;)