We had a light turnout this week AND the musical guest bailed on us!
But it was ok, as Alexis, who is 7 years old and utterly adorable, sang us a song (I gave her a CHAMPION t-shirt, don't tell anyone) and Jacob, who was also a speller, gave an impromptu poetry reading.
We had some fun with it, and in the end were down to three great spellers, Peter Marie (who is a regular speller and also plans to perform for us in a few weeks), Temple (who was the runner-up), and Amanda Emerson, who earned a repeat win.
The winning word was THEREMIN. After Temple missed ZEBU - which is pronounced zee-byoo and is some sort of Asian humped cow - Amanda nailed theremin.
Friday, April 20, 2007
Friday, April 13, 2007
Portland International Spelling Bee
Won this week by Ann Tudor, a Canadian visiting from Toronto!
Her sister Sara, in town from Denver, participated as well. She's excited to get a Bee going in her hometown, so I hope we'll be kept in the loop on that.
Thankfully, they kept some notes for me, so I can report that the winning word was (fittingly enough) BIBLIOTHERAPY.
After a nail-biting championship round characterized by excellent spelling back and forth, Ann emerged the winner.
They both missed PARAGOGE, and then our erstwhile runner-up (I will put his name in if I remember it!) missed TOILE.
Since it's French, it's pronounced TWALL (with hardly any acknowledgment of the L sound) and he just simply didn't know the word. He asked the audience, "How many of you are familiar with TWALL?" and since it's not an uncommon word (a fabric or upholstery pattern depicting bucolic scenery). TWALL is how he spelled it, and Ann got it right.
Our musical interlude was provided by Emma Hill, who sang us some really sweet songs.
Her sister Sara, in town from Denver, participated as well. She's excited to get a Bee going in her hometown, so I hope we'll be kept in the loop on that.
Thankfully, they kept some notes for me, so I can report that the winning word was (fittingly enough) BIBLIOTHERAPY.
After a nail-biting championship round characterized by excellent spelling back and forth, Ann emerged the winner.
They both missed PARAGOGE, and then our erstwhile runner-up (I will put his name in if I remember it!) missed TOILE.
Since it's French, it's pronounced TWALL (with hardly any acknowledgment of the L sound) and he just simply didn't know the word. He asked the audience, "How many of you are familiar with TWALL?" and since it's not an uncommon word (a fabric or upholstery pattern depicting bucolic scenery). TWALL is how he spelled it, and Ann got it right.
Our musical interlude was provided by Emma Hill, who sang us some really sweet songs.
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Quarterly Finals
So many talented spellers!
We had a great turnout of past champions and some brave challengers taking the Wild Card spots, too.
We had to resort to some rounds of backward spelling, which challenged all of us. In the end, Bill Long was the winner (of the $100 cash prize and a lot of glory!) and three others qualified for the year-end Finals.
Ross Beach entertained us with, among other ditties, a medley of spelling-related songs, including one by The Rutles in which we learned how to spell CHEESE and ONIONS, and a plaintive take on M-I-C-K-E-Y-M-O-U-S-E which definitely touched my heart.
We had a great turnout of past champions and some brave challengers taking the Wild Card spots, too.
We had to resort to some rounds of backward spelling, which challenged all of us. In the end, Bill Long was the winner (of the $100 cash prize and a lot of glory!) and three others qualified for the year-end Finals.
Ross Beach entertained us with, among other ditties, a medley of spelling-related songs, including one by The Rutles in which we learned how to spell CHEESE and ONIONS, and a plaintive take on M-I-C-K-E-Y-M-O-U-S-E which definitely touched my heart.
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