Not About The
Buildings
Spelling
Bee
On June 22nd,
thirty-seven smartypantses convened
at AS220 to compete in the third annual Not About The Buildings
Spelling Bee. After thirteen rounds, two hundred and
twenty-one
words, and two and a half hours, a new champion was crowned:
Daniel Cohen of Hyde Park, Massachusetts. Kathleen
Knight
of Providence placed second.
Click here
to see the word list.
Fabulous prizes
were donated by the Providence
Athenaeum, Tiny Showcase, What Cheer Antiques, if'n books, and Ada
Books.
Special thanks go
out to JP Reader, judge; Maureen
Reddy (bee champion '08), dictionary consultant; Jason Tranchida,
bookie; and Rachel Smith, registrar.