going to get the show on the road ok let's have a big round of applause for this first  award needless to say this is so warm one on the stage if your children are in swarm two they should be lining up in the hallway to my right and your left so let's introduce these kids the way there's one gentleman who deserves special recognition richard preston right here everything always works and it's because of him so you want to kick it off and go ahead you want to give him the there they know what to do and actually your kids i'm going to give you some instructions can you all up front hear me if you can raise your hand up on the stage you can hear me ok so what we're going to do is we're going to start with the word lori and i are going to be pronouncing the word and we're going to be using it in a sentence for you we want one of you to write the word down on the board th three of you or four of you will help that person and then it's going to be timed over here we have a timer she's going to ring a bell when you have just a little bit of time left and then she's going to say time and you lift your boards at that time and you hold your board up so we can all see your word ok then we're going to go through him again tell you if the words spelled right or wrong do not put your boards down until we tell you to and please keep your words out of your words big because laurie her glasses aren't working so well these days so write your words really big so she can read it ok got it hand up you heard everything i just said clearly understand that i am an amazing person team one we need to see it over here there you go team two can you guys hold your board up for can you guys hold up your board so we can see it you spiderman thank you and team for ok we can see yours are a liz take it away team member five that is not corrupt team member six that is corrupt team member seven that is correct ok you can put your boards down and start racing guys we're going to go on to the next word all right ok guys are we ready the next word is fine then coming to the spelling bee is about having fine fun and seconds ten seconds guys and good job team number one team number two can you tell your board so i can see it that is not corrupts team number three about is correct it's team number four ok are you guys ready for the next word the next word is cat my cat has whiskers cat ten seconds guys jump jump and more second is everybody a race you're born it's all right you ready for the next word are i hate the word is good it is so good to see how you kids have studied your words good ten more second the word is good belmont kids are so good all right guys put your boards down star rates are going on old last word last word guys this is it this one's for the money and the pizza in the cafeteria the next word is eat one word jon with this competition we're going to go eat some of the wonderfully donated pizza to the belmont foundation eat the word is eats  ok we have room to coming on the stage swarm to is coming on the stage if your kids are in swarms three they should be lining up in the hallway over here to my parents are welcome to come up and take pictures of their kids when they come onstage if they want  come on guys come on that to if your kids are in swarm through they should be lining up in the hallway to my right just want to introduce the dream team here and man has been with us for a year she's one of the pronouncer real estate agent in town lori graham on the school committee former chair of the school committee a newcomer this year liz fraser who is the town librarian and another newcomer susan burgess cox who is also on the school committee and related to me but there's no nepotism because  nobody changes hands so let's go all right swarm to i'm going to give you some instructions just in case you don't know exactly what's going to happen here and i are going to take turns giving you a word we're going to use the word in a sentence and will repeat the word when you are ready you're going to start writing the word down try and write as big as you can so that we can see it all of us back here don't put up your board until the time keeper down here rings the bell she's going to give you a ten second warning your time's up to try and write as neatly as you can and as big as you can so we can read it and then what we'll do is ask you to hold up your boards and hold them up until our judge here is our empire will see whether your words correct or not so hold them up as high as you can and as long as you can right now when wait when it's over then you're going to put down your board you're going to race it but you already everybody here the instructions are right here we go with the first word and the first word is fox the fox got yes ma'am did you have a question five now ok i'm going to do the word again or right you guys ready it's fox the fox ran across the field away from the dogs fox ten seconds left all right time is up hold up your boards team put your parts down a race and we're going to start the next work ladies and gentlemen just wanted to remind you that we are on live television right now on channel eight so people here be careful what you say and this will be rebroadcast on channel ninety six on comcast and channel thirty on verizon and i'd like to introduce our wonderful t v crew adam dusenberry is in the back he's been here many times we are we ready the next word is play a laya after the spelling bee lori graham and i have a play date play cafeteria next to gave us a deal on the pizza there and we thank them for their support also the kids can have their pictures taken in the cafeteria with the b mascot and the be a mascot is not jamie all right swarm to you guys ready to make sure your boards all are raised and remember don't hold up your board until we tell you to all right and don't know race anything until we tell you to all right cause we want to make sure that we see your words after all your hard work you guys ready for the next word all right the next word is book when my children were little i would read them a book every night before they went to bed book ten seconds left all right time is up hold up your board seems all right guys next word is find it's hard to find a word that you don't know how to spell find time is up hold up your word to my right and your left go through this doorway right here right guys raise your boards we got another word the next word is see i want your parents to see what a beautiful job you've done here today the spelling bee see you and they can see you over and over again on cable cas repeat saturday and sundays at noon on channel ninety six comcast and a rise in thirty ladies and gentlemen let's remember these young people are in kindergarten they're great spellers all right swarm to this is their last word guys are doing really well and well all right here is the next word say i am going to say the word in a sentence and you're going to write it down s ok swarm to his leaving the stage swarms three will be coming on the stage if your kids are in some room for they should be lining up out here to my right swarm for will be lining up in the hallway for should be lining up outside to my right let's just give a minute for the proper razzi to clear here ok ladies and gentlemen welcome swarms three ok guys here i need you to listen real quick what you're going to do is you've got those boards in front of you got those markers laurie and i are going to read words to you tonight we're going to use that word in a sentence we're going to have you write that word down we've got a timer over here she's going to ring a bell when you've got ten seconds left and then she's going to say lift your boards when the bell rings you're going to hold that board up it's going to be high over your head it's going to be the biggest word you can write so we can read it and then we're going to go ahead and tell you how great you are and we do it over and over again so the first word of the day is book i have a favorite book on my nightstand that i read before i go to bed a lot bigger than that next time seems three figure rating what scene for you ninja spellers you guys we love your costume but you need to write a little bit bigger so that we can read it over here who are old or i ok are you guys ready for the next word ok here comes everybody ready the word is have i have three sisters and one brother all right time's up lift up your ports please team four lift your board honey good girl and team seven can we see your word the word was h next word is must you must come next year when your first grader said do this all over again mu ok you can put your boards down kids in a race those letters nice job everybody for the next word ok excellent that's not the word i promise the next word is red i used to have red hair red  you don't need to put your boards up yet ok got a little more time ten more seconds but ok sure boards the next word is did you did a terrific job last round everybody got a right did start writing it down team all right time is up but we see everyone's bored teams fo right you guys ready for the next word and the next word is she she went to her teacher to say thank you for being such a good how a big help she let's have a hand for swarm three as they leave the s coming up swarm for is coming up could i get to those three or four adults volunteers to come up and help push the tables back please i need some volunteers to help push the tables back oh ok we're going to give the proper azzi a minute to take pictures here this is so warm for on stage so warm five should be lining up back there and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen quiet please quiet please everybody i'm introducing jamie shea again quiet please everybody quiet the schools burbank in soon chancery later on i am very very proud of you i would like everybody on stage to clap for themselves because you're doing so good give yoursel hand i would like to thank you and susan and laurie and liz for helping out in quite meeting the event and greg as always for emceeing this event and i'd like to think about what media filming in televising this event they do a great job big round of applause you superintended it's very exciting on a weekend event to see students engaged in what we're calling great social emotional learning opportunities today our students are sharing  they are collaborating with their teammates they are sharing in success they're doing all those good things that children need to learn and know how to do so we thank the f b e for providing this event in underwriting our social emotional learning curriculum and work and i'd like to thank all the parents in all the students of being here today and thank you for having me and have a great afternoon thank you dr carolyn this this is sworn for if your children are in swarm five they should be lining up outside the door to my right here and to your left ok let's give a warm belmont welcome to swarm for come on ok kids on stage this is it it's about to start what you're going to do is we're going to be reading a word laurie and i are going to take turns reading you reach a word or you all a word you're going to write it down with that white board that's in front of you in the marker that you've got you going to get time you're going to get a bell when you have ten seconds left and then you're going to raise it up hold it up high it's going to be a really big word don't write small in the corner write large enough for us to read it and you're going to hold it up until we have a chance to review the word and tell you how beautiful you are ok so that's how this goes and we're going to start with our first word any questions guys right ok here it is because you are all on stage because you have studied hard to learn these words be cause team to could you guys lift up your board so we can see it please thank you all right over bowing smoke good job looks like everybody got a right nice job belmont and you guys make sure you will race the boards and make sure you write nice big letters so that the seniors who overhear me we can read it all right you guys ready for the next word ok now look those boards in the air are it the word was feet f e e t everybody spelled it correctly the next word you all those men the next word is schools belmont has the best schools on the planet schools ok you guys you already for the next word ok make sure it's all raised make sure you write nice and large and you don't need to hold up the board until susan rings then says time's up ok so here you go the ten seconds favorite elephant all right swarm three race you're boards get ready for your last word of this round ok you ready ok and that word is teach your you all have each of you has a great teacher who has helped you learn these spelling words teach saif coming on the stage swarm five will be coming on if your children are in swarm six they should be waiting in the hallway outside to my right oh ok ladies and gentlemen quiet please quiet please ladies and gentlemen ok we are bringing swarm five on to the stage we're bringing swarm five on to the stage  the pizza that i have incorrectly announced is not here till four o'clock s there are two unidentified kids one said i don't know the other said nothing so ok this is a test for the audience what's the number of the swarm on the stage and where should swarm six kids be lining up very good ok just want to introduce our team here i'm greg stone hosting and marion real estate agent in town lori graham on the school committee former chair of the school committee these two have been doing it with me for years and years and they're probably to stay the whole night liz fraser newcomer the librarian in belmont and susan burgess cox who's also on the school committee so without further ado let's kick off shore five all right guys you've probably heard the instructions before but i'm going to tell you again you know now that you have your board there and you have your pen we're going at laurie and i are going to take turns reading words you want to use that word in a sentence you're going to write that word down on that board and you're going to be times you have twenty seconds ten seconds you're going to get a warning to and twenty seconds you get the bell left that board up over your head right really big so we can see that word and hold it up until we tell you to put it down oh ok and it questions here we go  first word is bank don't forget to thank me on your way out for being such an amazing person  folks may not hear it from back there but there's always been tremendous amount of chatter and energy on stage kids are jumping up and down and exhorting each other it's really terrific so you guys when you write when we ask you to hold the board up when the timer goes off keep it up ok until until we tell you to put him down because we want to make sure that we can see everybody is all right we're not that fast readers all right you guys ready for the second word okey dokey the second word is a bowl i have a large a bowl of oranges on my counter bowl all right time is up please lift up your boards and leave them up in the air for the word was bowl b w l team right one right three right four right five six right seven right  right nine right turn right and eleven right are right ladies ladies and gentlemen we are on live television right now on channel eight just a reminder that this will be rebroadcast on saturdays and sundays at twelve noon on channels ninety six on comcast and thirty on for rise and then you can also watch online at belmont media dot org and then next word happy we are so happy that the foundation for belmont education does this every year happy your boards are you ready for the next word ok and that is before before i came here i had a cup of coffee before ladies and gentlemen this is t this is swarm five on stage if your children are in swarm six they should be lining up outside the door i just want to take a moment to introduce the t v crew from belmont media adam d come on guys give them a nice hand ok guys ready next word a spell we had to learn as spelled before we could get into this contest today bell you boards down until the bell goes off ok guys are your boards all racist are you ready for the next word ok that next word is fight i got into a fight with my little brother yet you don't need to hold your board up until just wait till she rings the bell fight is the word ten second right kids were doing the last word now the last word is laugh greg stone told me a funny joke and it made me laugh laugh ten seconds eight nine correct  ok swarm five leave your markers in your racers here and candy is waiting for you over that way so go that way please guys ladies and gentlemen  we're going to bring swarm six on in a few minutes we're a little bit ahead of schedule if your children are in swim seven they should be lining up in the hall way out there while you're waiting you can see if you can answer the questions correctly on the board here if you get them all correct then your kids have to share their candy with you ok this is swarm six which is taking the stage swarm six taking the stage if your kids are in swarm seven they should be lining up in the hallway to my right come on guys i said a warm wel ok we're going to give the children swarm sex a chance to identify themselves say your name is nice and loud you these guys weren't ties here very formally dress ok once again warm round of applause for swarm six or seven children swarm seven should be lining up to my right in the hallway out this door ok with swarm six you guys ready ari i'm going to give you some instructions what's going to happen is my companion here who isn't here at the moment but she'll be back shortly and i are going to take turns reading a word and  we'll use it in a sentence and then we will repeat the word you guys will use your boards you have and your markers to write the word down and write as large as you can so that we can read it back here we have susan down here is a time keeper she'll tell you when you have ten seconds left and when it's twenty seconds is gone shall ring the bell and at that time then you hold up the board and you're going to hold it up as high as you can and keep holding it up and liz who is the umpire will check and make sure that the word is spelled correctly all right when we're done she'll tell you to put your boards down and erase it so don't put the boards down until we tell you because we want to make sure that we can see it all right you guys time is up boards in the air please hold them up nice and have so we can see it the word was always a w a y s t one that's correct to correct ok guys just remember don't put your boys down until we tell you because we want to make sure after all of your hard work spelling we want to make sure that we can read it all right are you guys ready ok and going to do the next word next word is dinner i'm going over to lori's house tonight for chicken nugget dinner dinner ten seconds man who is a real estate agent in town ok and another hand first warm six first and second graders up are you guys ready for the third word all right your nod oh ok all right the next word is apple this time of year i like to go apple picking and make apple pie apple window it's starting to get cold so i close the window  all right time is up please lift your boards in me air see him three can we see your word the word is window w i and d o all right are you boards already faced so everybody ready ok the next word in class i am sure that when you were in class at school you studied these words class ten seconds one two three four that's correct six corrupt seven eight nine correct in ten eleven correct ladies and gentlemen if your children are in schwarm seven schwarm seven kids should be lining up in the hallway to my right to your left outside this door the next word ready guys because you have to listen to the sentence to understand how to spell it the next word is no this is that tricky word but i know you'll figure out how to spell it right no you note the word was no k and w one two three and four are corrupt six seven eight correct nine ten eleven correct you can put your boards on think you put them down you can erase them all right ok here comes the next word if you're already and the word is after after the spelling bee you can go and get some candy a ten seconds for a square has four side ok guys this is your last word really hardworking you are all doing here all right and the last word is monday monday is the next day you will go to school monday done ok ladies and gentlemen let's give a warm hand to swarm six children leave walk that way and get your can do that's your candy ok we're going to wait wait one minute before bringing swarm seven on please ok ladies and gentlemen we're bringing on sewer seven swarm seven ten take the stage is nobody here to help swarm seven can say to the stage if your kids are in swarm eights they should be lining up in the hallway outside all the way down to all the way down guys all the way down there you go this is team eleven seem ten ok good a couple things there is that the mascot is in the cafeteria the pee mascot is in the cafeteria if anybody wants pictures could we have a instructions and i are going to take turns saying a word we'll use in a sentence and then we'll repeat the word you guys each have in front of you you have a board and a marker you're going to write the word as big as you can so that we can read it susan down here at the end at ten seconds is going to tell you you have ten seconds remaining and then when twenty seconds is passed she's going to ring the bell at that time raise those boards up in the air as high as you can and hold them their lives who is the umpire is going to read the word and she'll tell you tell everybody who's gotten it correct and then she'll tell you to put the board down so don't put your board down until we're done all right until we tell you because we want to see all the hard work that you put into really into learning all these words are right ok everybody is clear on the concept and we're going to start with ms man here is going to give you your first word your first word is swimming we put two new polls in belmont so that everybody gets to go swimming ok you guys ready your boards all arrays you ready for the next word ok the next word is a dream i had a dream that i went to the spelling bee and everybody one dream a dream slate is a gentleman a couple of if your children are in swarm and they should be lining up in the hallway to my right go through the door where the channel mina standing and i also want to introduce our dream team here starting from closest to me susan cox who's on the school committee who is our time keeper our empire is liz fraser who is the town librarian laurie graham former chair of the school committee still a member of the school committee dedicated public servant and man a real estate agent in town and by the way when we're speaking of sponsors and marian and century twenty one are supporting this as our light wire common real estate news cambridge savings bank dental restorative group city side supergroup bennett family care belmont smiles belmont savings bank and belmont orthodontics we thank everybody for the support and then next word is everybody listening the next word is grabs when laurie's away at her cookie with me i was so excited that i grabbed it grab ten second maybe the word is maybe all right time is up towards me air lift them up really hoss we can see them over here the word was a maybe m a y b e c one can you turn your board so i can ok ladies and gentlemen let's hold it down a little bit people in the crowd people in the crowd hold it down so the scholars can hear ok right guys next word is levy's please ask your parents to bring you to this event again next year leaves which is a really right if you study really hard you'll be able to get the answers right that's not very good magically correct but right seven crafts eight nine ten and eleven kharab oh ok i have a i have a favor i have a favor to ask could i get three volunteers from the audience at the end of this swarm help me push i needed dulce sorry dice to help me push the tables back because the kids push them in i'm afraid that they're going to go off the stage so i did three volunteers to come forward three adults at the end of the swarm thank you squawk off the stage that way and get your candy at your can do let's wait for a minute until we bring swarm made up could i have the volunteers come through would you come forward please ok we are bringing swarm eights onto the stage swarm aid is coming on if your children are in swarm naing swarm nine children should be lining up in the hallway to my right outside here this is swarm eight ok let's give the kids a chance to identify themselves say your names nice and l ok let's have another hand and then after the hand is done that's how quiet ok guys here's how we're going to do it in front of you on the table you have the board and you have a marker laurie and i are going to take turns reading a word to you we're going to read that word in a sentence you're going to have twenty seconds to write that word down you're going to be timed over here by my friend the timer she's going to give you ten second warning bells going to go off you're going to hold that sign with that word written really big on that board you're going to hold it up until we've gone and looked at all of a minute and she tells you to put it down ok that's how this works it's really easy it's real fun i hope you all studied and laurie's going to give you your first word of the night ok the first word in mother my mother went i drew up like their mother is the word share boards i'm giving you the next word the next word is goat i want you to come to belmont center for the old tree lighting ceremony so that you can pet the goat at the petting zoo the word is goat headed ten and eleven correct ok you guys ready and remember don't put your board down until we tell you ok because we want to make sure we see all the hard work that's gone into you learning all these spelling words all right you ready for the next word ok all right the next word in once on a once went to the museum once then next word is father my father was a chef and he taught me how to cook father ladies and gentlemen if your children if your children are in shoreham non or the kids can decide this on their own at this age they should be well lining up where the gentleman is raising his hand to my right in the hallway outside the nine should be lining up in the hallways thank you ok are you already ok the next word is katie age i kept my chickens in a cage overnight to protect them from other animals  my greatest public education on the planet all right next word is i need or i just found a piece of gum under this table under ten seconds  really really great job you're ready for the last one and that word is follow when you're swarm is over if you follow the people out there you can get some treats follow eleven kids and swarm a great job let's give me a hand you guys go that way and get your candy go that way and get your can do everybody off the stage thank you good job guys good job right ladies and gentlemen let's give sue are non a big round of applause big round of applause for swarm nari that's what i would call a small old round of applause let's sirup big round of applause are i were moving in the right direction moving in the right direction ok kids tell us your names nice  cayle want to ask for quiet please for one second quiet for one second in the auditorium please sure sure ok swarm nineteen are you guys ready ok swarm nine i want to hear you guys applaud for your moms and your dad send your brothers and your sisters and your guardians come on give him a round of applause you guys cla in law so figure that out ok liz fraser is the librarian in town and she is the umpire and susan is the time keeper laurie graham former chair of the school committee still on the school committee a pronouncer and last but certainly not least the very soft spoken and man who is a real estate agent in town ok so swarm non commital is on swarm ten lined up outside there there's a pizza for sale in the cafeteria by the way all right nine you guys ready ok i'm going to give you some instructions this is our going to roll this evening first of all ann and i are going to take turns saying a word we'll use it in a sentence and then we'll repeat the word you guys each have a white board in front of you and a marker you're going to write the word down as large as you can so that we can read it susan over here is going to give you a ten second warning and then a twenty second she's going to bring her little bell and that means stop writing and hold those boards up as high as you can liz then we'll sit and she's our empire she's going to go through and check to make sure that the word spelled correctly so when we ask you to raise the boards raise them up high and keep them up until we're done until we tell you to put them down because you all have worked so hard at learning these words we want to make sure that we give you all credit ok an questions you're ready and going to give her right and we're going to give you the first word the first word is bread peanut butter and jelly sandwiches are ten second those boards up in the air and keep piling up so we can say all right all right the word was bread b r e a d u t was one and two correct for correct five six have television now on channel eight if anybody's interested it will be rebroadcast on saturdays and sundays at noon on channel ninety six on comcast and on channel thirty on varieties and and you can also watch this online at belmont media dot org i'd like to take a moment to thank the t v crew who was here adam dusenberry ehrenfeld cone your engine hey dennis keenan and robert all right you ready for your next word ok the word is start i like to start my day by having a poached egg for breakfast start ten seconds ten and eleven corr all right the next word is next i want you all to come next year to the spelling bee again the ne ok race you boards get ready for your next word and that boat sometimes when clay pit pond gets very flooded people will take out a boat too wide on those pond  oh can i can i ask some of the adults would you guys come over we need to just push the tables back for a moment excuse me in case you're wondering the kids have a tendency to lean on the tables and they keep getting pushed forward it's like a big board and they get a little bit too close to the front of the stage so we have to do that about twelve times during the be we don't want anybody falling off that's not good for business and on that note the next word is jelly appeared about enjoy sandwiches and good without shelley either ten seconds ok are you all ready for the next word ok the next word is chicken my neighbor has a chicken and sometimes she lets me have some of her eggs chicken ten second five six seven correct eight nine ten and eleven five six right seven eight nine right hand eleven right ok you guys ready all right the next word is learn now you all worked really hard to learn these spelling words learn swarm let's give a warm sendoff to swarm non kids walk this way and get your candy leave your racers leave your markers leave your markers and go get your candy guys go ahead walk off the stage this way and team seven we really appreciate your illustrations yeah absolutely ok so swarm naing is leaving this stage and swarm ten will be coming on shortly and see if you're in swarm eleven you should be lining up in the hallway outside swarm eleven should be lining up in the hallway to my right and swarm ten will be taking the stage now thank you we bring swarm ten onto the stage please let's bring swarm ten on swarm ten is taking the stage and if your kids are in swarming eleven zero they should be lining up in the hallway to my right in the hallway to my right and your l c'mon there's only one word for that round of applause i would say pathetic come on guys let's a little stronger all right that's more like it ok swarm ten your names please nice maggie simons my neighbor sorry private greeting there ok ladies and gentlemen swarm ten i want to introduce the team here the dream team the two anchor people are here who've been here forever and they stay from the beginning to the end along with me and man real estate agent in laurie graham member of the school committee former chair of the school committee was fraser a newcomer to this panel who is the town librarian susan burgess cox on the school committee i'm greg stone this is the spelling bee and this is swarm ten or eleven should be waiting out there ok let's rock all right guys here's how we're going to play you've got these boards in funny and look down you see i'm got that marker with you we're going to be laurie and i are going to be reading words to you we're going to put that word in a sentence you're going to have twenty seconds to put that word on the board with that marker there's a timer here she's going to give you it's ok it's going to give you a ten second  warning bells going to go off after that you're going to lift your board up high over your head that we're going to be written nice and big so we can read it remember guys this is for fun right we're really happy that you're here we're glad that you're trying and that's what this is about ok guys in the audience in the audience let's practice our inside voices please moms and dads are inside w you my buddy lori here she's going to read your first word for you ok the first word is clouded if you see a cloud in the sky it sometimes means it's going to ten seconds a race you're bored because i'm giving you the next word everybody ready the next word is year i want you all to ask your parents if you can do this again next year you good job everybody ok the next word all right if everybody's ready there the next word is dark since daylight savings time is past it gets dark really early at night dark ten seconds lose a game and my husband turns into a baby baby all right guys if you race your boards ok so i just want to remind everybody you really need to write nice simple it was nice big letters especially for those of us down at this end of the table who are a little bit older just a reminder ladies and gentlemen if your children are in shoreham eleven then be lying on that hallway to my right will be coming on soon all right time's up boards up in the air nice in hand the word is city c t y teams one two three correct four five six correct seven eight nine  barn far ten second getting intense up here the kids are dropping a race serves the tops of their markers it's just there's a lot of energy ok are you guys ready for your next word ok the next word is done now when your swarm is done you can leave the stage and go get some candy and maybe some pizza done first sale in the cafeteria ladies and gentlemen pizza for sale in the cafeteria and second or seven eight nine correct eleven correct all right and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen we do have we have a change in personnel here liz fraser who is the town librarian has served us well and she is going to be departing and she's going to be replaced by a steven burt who is an english professor at harvard who is joining us as the young buyer now let's give our b swarm ten is leaving swarm eleven will be taking the stage we are bringing on swarm eleven swarm to the well should be lining up children on swarm twelve lined up in the hallway where the lady is going to raise her hand over there there she is walk out into that hallway swarm to well please is is this is a technical term this is the proper razzi pause if you want to take photos this is a great time to do it swore oh i'm sorry this is swarm eleven my bad swarm twelve should be lining up outside let's introduce the spellers gentleman i just want to reintroduce our team here we've got a slight change in personnel a susan burgess cox has been here from the beginning she's on the school committee we have stephen burke who is an english professor at harvard and is our umpire i met stephen in political circles and i told him i said i read your book of poetry he said which one has written several there's one called belmont i think you could guess what it's about laurie graham is the former chair of the school committee still on the school committee one of our pronouncers and men and a woman who was born to pronounce is a real estate agent in town and let's have a hand first warm right guys here's the rolls in front of you on a table you got a white board next to that white board is a marker lori and i are going to take turns we're going to be reading you words i'm going to follow that word with a sentence in which we use the word pay attention to the sentence because that can affect how the word is spelled we're going to have you time you have twenty seconds to write that word down as big as you can on the board you get a ten second warning and then you get a ding when you hear that thing you're going to lift up that white board high over your head and you're going to turn it towards us and again you got it right big because laurie's eyes are getting foggy then we're going to be looking at the words and we're going to be telling you whether or not you got the word right so hold the board up until we tell you to drop it and when we tell you to drop you a race again ready for the next word my friend laurie is now going to read you your first word ok after listening to anne's instructions you'll know what to do right don't have any questions question all right if the first word is right and asked you to write the words in a large handwriting so that i can read them ten seconds ok now hold those up nice and high and keep holding them up until we tell you to put him down all right stephen's going to check them so to say one one two three  nard group we appreciate your illustration very nice the next word is school we use when i saw laurie show up today i gave her a big we used to hugger school we can second lift those boards high in the air let's see ok one see you three four five six seven eight nine and got a right excellent spelled excellent ok kids on the stage ok you guys are old enough i'm going to ask you to do me a favor everybody grab the near end of the table and just pull the tables back just a little bit easy does it  does it that's good that's good maybe a little bit more on that side ok perfect thank you didn't want anybody falling off the stage thank you very much i would never want to catch a burglar in my home burglar doing well for fourth graders ok how many adults how many adults in the room would have had trouble with the word burglar come on be honest now yeah exactly let's have a hand for the kids  are you guys ready for your next word ok that word in giraffe i like to go to the zoo and visit the giraffe because he's so tall giraffe  boys and girls and swarm twelve should be lining up and lining up in the hallway to my right and to your left please swarm twelve will be on next boards next words coming i'm giving you a hard one the next word is to hong i put the sour candy on my tongue and it made my eyes water to excellent job guy already guys ready ok the next word is borrow i had to borrow my friend's umbrella when it began to rain borrow ten seconds gone now ok borrow d o r r o w so we got correct answers from one  eleven lee put your racers and your markers down to walk that way you can get your candy let's have a big wound of applause for swarm eleven big round of applause for swarm eleven ok walk this way guys please and we're going to bring on swarm twelve as we do so oh ok well i'll give you a few minutes to take some pictures here ladies and gentleman this is so warm twelve swarm thirteen should be lining up in the hallway to my right school committee for how many years for eight years knows a little bit about education and the inimitable and man who is a real estate agent in town lauren and are the two pronouncers just want to take a moment also to talk about our sponsors and i just want to clarify the investors in education are those who continuously support the foundation for a bel education there you can see it i'm on the banners across the frontier belmont orthodontics belmont savings bank belmont smiles bennett family i care city side subaru dental restorative group ease cambridge savings bank how many residential and light wire we have partners in education who are cambridge trust and watertown savings bank and beekeeper sponsors who have sponsored this b r century twenty one introduce warm twelve let's have a big round of applause first warmth well they don't sound very enthusiastic do they come on round of applause all right so tell us your names please ok let's test the parents what swarm should be in the hallway to the right to my right the next one somebody said can we be a little more specific thirteen very good i to check myself ok let's rock already you guys ready ok i'm going to give you some instructions and i are going to take turns saying a word using in a sentence and then or pete the word down here at the end we've got our time keeper she's going to give you twenty seconds to write the word down she will give you a ten second warning and then a twenty second she's going to ring her bell your job is once you hear the word and you have used it in a sentence to write it on your board and write it as large as you can so that we can read it especially me i'm old then we have when we you we ring the ten second or the twenty second bell you're going to raise your boards up and hold them up as high as you can and leave them up until stephen has been able to go through and see checked all of your work then will tell you to put the board down so don't put it down till we tell you because we want to make sure we can give you all credit for all the work that you've been doing leading up to this spelling bee ok the question was all right we're ready to go on and man's going to kick it off with the first word first word a is remember if you can't remember how much fun you had today you can always watch it through belmont media on cable cast saturday and sunday at noon for november twenty first to december sixth remember ten seconds ok ok guys just a quick reminder write as large as you can and try and might meet ok so that we can read it all right you ready for the next word ok the next word  everybody ready ok the next word is tomorrow tomorrow you all remember the great time you had today tomorrow three four five six seven eight nine and ten x oh man i just want to enter i want to introduce our t v crew ladies and ok swarm twelve just real quick what i want to tell you is that this is hard you've all studied it's ok if you get a word wrong it's not about getting it wrong or right it's just that you're trying and more people should be trying just like you you're good role models to your friends next word is dictionary who many of your parents would need a dictionary to spell the words you're spelling today dictionary ok are you guys ready for your next word it is choc'late there is a lot of chocolate that my friend and man wants to eat chocolate six five four three two and one good job a good word to know how to spell next word is mention don't mention the word chocolate around me unless you got some mention i can't read that guys too can i read it to you that's correct and one across the board ok can we point out that the last two words every single team ok are you ready for your next word ok the next word in noah my dog likes to gnaw on a bone n schwarm thirteen is lining up on this side of the room swarm thirteen should be lining up on this side of the room x seven eight nine and ten and six got it right now ok right guys last word last word the word is pro fessor my friend steve who is reading your words is a professor at a relatively ok university and massachusetts professor ok come out this way guys that's it ok all right wait one second hold on one second for swarm thirteen we're just going to push the tables back  arm fourteen should be lining up in the hallway to my right ok ladies and gentlemen let's give a warm welcome to swarm thirteen your best welcome come on give it up ok ladies and gentlemen we've been here all day since about two o'clock we need some energy so when i say warm welcome let's have a warm enthusiastic welcome ok ladies and gentlemen just want to introduce our team here joanna chu bullish is the time keeper joanna is the editor of the belmont citizen herald stephen burke is the umpire who's an english professor at harvard laurie graham has been on the school committee for eight years and has done this spelling bee for eight years too i think and and man is a real estate agent in town and has done the spelling bee for a hundred years ok so let's go let's out let's rock with the first word are i swarm thirteen you guys already ok this is how it's going to roll out today and my man and i are going to take turns saying a word we'll use it in a sentence and then we'll repeat the word you guys each have in front of you a white board in a marker you're going to write down the word and write it as large and as neatly as you can if you have to race or make a change change the whole words that we can really read it when is down here is going to give you a ten second warning and then a twenty second she's going to ring her beau could you give a sample let us aers that ring and at that moment you're going to put your boards up and you're going to hold them up stephen is going to go down the line and check and make sure that the words are spelled correctly you need to keep those boards up the whole time though so that we can read them and then when what he's done will tell you to put them down and you can erase them so don't put your down till we're done because we want to make sure that you guys all get credit for all those hard work that you put in all right you ready and going to give you your first word the first word is journey a spelling bee is an exciting journey into learning the english language  pizza is for sale in the cafeteria next to gave us a special deal on that i understand and you can also have pictures taken with the spelling bee mascot ok here's your next word folks and that is daughter i am the oldest daughter in my family of three girls toss her sure boards next word that chocolat bar i left on the words identify that chocolate bar i left on the dash board melted so badly i couldn't identify what kind it was identi already already for your next word ok the next word is camera there are a lot of people here with a camera to take pictures of you camera seven six five four three two one thank you whine you have to write a label that beggars see who's right now over there raise your hand tell me you're going to a bigger right big you're ok next word is pumpkin pumpkin on my porch is starting to grow a little further these days pumpkin swarm thirteen is rock it speaking of swarms thirteen swarm fourteen should be lining up in the hallway to my right and your left kids on swarm fourteen should be out there in the hallway thank you ok are you guys ready ok the next word in is announce at the end of this event we will announce the winner an last word guys ready language english is that tricky language to learn but yet it's funded master language the language but those the language on your boards all the way up al and a n g u a ged is a language and we've got ten nine eight seven six five four three is one and one is correct ok thank you swarm thirteen oh ok a lot of kids on swarm thirteen point down you're racers in your markers please and go that way and get your candy please let's have a big ok ladies and gentlemen swarm thirteen is leaving the stage swarm fourteen will be coming on presently go ahead guys ok let's bring swarm fourteen on please they should go down to number ten ok we're going to give you guys a chance to take some pictures this is sore i'm fourteen onstage swarms fifteen should be lining up outside to my right and your l ok we've given the proper razzi an opportunity to satisfy yes ok kids ok spellers in sworn fourteen listen up for a second please would everybody grab the end of the tables nearest  and just pull them back a little bit all at once one two three and ok that's good well that's good ok thank you i mean you're perfect thank you actually come back come back toward me a little bit ok that's good that's a little more ok perfect san louis ok ladies and gentlemen i want to introduce the dream team not only are they awesome people but they're the world's most telegenic spelling bee team right here joanna chillis who's the editor of the belmont citizen herald is the time keeper steven burt is the umpire he's an english professor at harvard also author of a book of poems called belmont which i read which is very good you can guess what it's about laurie graham an eight year veteran of the school committee and also this spelling bee and men who is a real estate agent in town also a longtime veteran of the spelling bee these two ladies are pronouncers so again let's welcome swarm for and kids let's see how smart your parents are where should swarm fifteen be lining up all who's point in this way raul and it's this way shore fifteen should be lining up in the hallway outside to my right thank you all right kids i'm going to give you the instructions i'm going to get into a quick sitting in front of you you've got a whiteboard in a marker laura and i are going to take turns telling you a word we're going to use that word in a sentence you're going to write that word on your clipboard my friend you and i who's the editor for the citizen herald is going to be timing you know you have twenty seconds she's going to give you a ten second warning and then my buddy steven over here he's going to be looking when the bell goes off and you hold that sign up it has that that word written nice and big so we can read it and you guys listen sherri are so he's going to have the words spelled right or wrong do not put your board down until he tells you you are a loud t start with my dear friend laurie graham she's going to give you the first word of the night ok the first word is kennel i keep my dog in the kennel at night where he sleeps kennel cafeteria with some of that next pizza celebrate which nick's pizzas for sale in the cafeteria and you can have your picture taken with the spelling bee mascot if you like ok you already thousand there are a thousand different reasons why we think belmont has the best school system and mostly it's our kids and our teachers thousand all right i'm going to try to trip you up because you guys are too smart next word is wednesday also known as the hardest day of the week to spell wednesday three two and one ok you guys ready for the next word to the next word is apology when i do something wrong i make sure i say my apology to the other person apology ten second eight seven font and one all got it right excellent next word is wait a minute and let's give these kids a little bit of a you know what that's right you're all here you're all beautiful you're all tryin and that's what matters that's what matters we're glad you're here next word is slumber when laurie wakes up from a slumber her hair looks like the einsteins down here on the  ok slumberous s l u m b e r and can i see that board number one over there you got it right so did number two three four five six seven eight nine and ten everybody can we have a spare marker for team one here please are there any spare markers over there oh excellent thank you very much ok already team won are you sure are you sure your markers work and ok all right the next word is bridges there is a strong breathes this afternoon that's blowing through belmont it makes my hair fly up bre ten second it's right number one two three four five six seven eight nine and ten you all got it right it was a three guys this is your last word this is another tricky word the word is need sometimes when i do a home inspection i have to kneel to look into the crawl ten second it you all got it great great job as well and you all got it right guys all round up was ok swarm forty inputs leave your markers and your racers here please and go that way and get your candy thank you very much let's give them a hand  thank you so warm fourteen head off that way guys go that way guys scuse me head to your left there you go all right ladies and gentlemen please join me in welcoming swarm fifteen let's the first team stop at number ten here stop oh ok ladies and gentlemen a couple housekeeping things can we have quiet quiet in the auditorium please quiet in the auditorium she should quiet in the auditorium this is swarm fifteen swarms sixteen should be lining up to my right in the hallway outside the auditorium you've ever notice that we have some entertaining quizzes on the board here to keep you occupied i would like to introduce our team let's start at this end this time introduce our two pronouncers and man who's a real estate agent in town laurie graham an eight year veteran of the school committee very selfless public servant stephen burt is an english professor at harvard and joanna chewable this is the editor of the belmont citizen herald brings the paper with i'm greg stone this is my fourteenth time hosting the spelling bee and it unfortunately will be my last i think it's time for me to hand off the microphone to somebody not sure who it's going to be but anyway  this is sworn fifteen swarm sixteen should be in the hallway to my right and to your left all right let's give a warm warm warm welcome to swarm fifteen englanders stamp your feet welcome these guys come on all right ok excellent let's introduce these guys say your names please guys all right guys here's how it works each of you has a white board each table is a white board in front of it with a marker lori and i are going to take turns we're going to be reading words that you have practiced to learn how to spell you are going to write those words down after we say that word and put in a sentence for you my friend joanna here at the end who writes for this great newspaper she's going to be timing you she's going to time you for twenty seconds and give you a ten second warning a twenty second she's going to put th and it's going to make you lift your board up hold it over your head that word's going to be written nice and big so that crazy a lorry can read it stephen over here he's going to go through a look at each of your panel boards and let's you know if you have spell that word correctly does anybody have any questions we're going to hold those are coming forward a little bit so from team over to the right you guys you guys can stay still just grab the edge of the table closest to you from teammate all the way over to this side gentle the count of three pull it are you already all right the first word is guessed i had a guest spend the night at my house guest ten seconds ok everybody of your race your boards you already ok the next word is sweet i had to sweep the floor after i dropped some cereal write those letters a little bigger so we can read them especially you cutie pies on the end they're nice big letters so we can read and teammate i had none of you have gotten a word wrong at so it's time to make it challenging  word is a necessary i think it's necessary to give you some harder words so that you are challenge do not spell out loud to not listen to your neighbors and spell out loud because they might have the word wrong ten seconds it was a hard one and i'm thrilled you all tried oh ok can we give swarm fifteen some appreciation here hey kids was not enough appreciation already want more it's enough no more ok there non committal continue all they want more  ok are you ready for the next word that is february february is the second month of the year and the one with the shortest days and the one that's the hardest to spell ok february not to far away and it's spelled correctly after capital f e b r u a r a y and we got one too i can't see that number three four five six seven eight nine ten second ok guys this is the last word you have for your round are you ready ok and that word is open year in in my opinion belmont public schools the best system in massachusetts if not the nation opinion not the planet not the ladies and gentlemen a swarm sixteen kids and swarm sixteen should be lining up in the hallway to my right through that door there to my right your l hold him up straight and high ass t r a i g h t and we got correct answers from non eight seven six five four three two and one children swarm fifteen put everything down on the table and walk that way get your candy let's have a nice they want to end all of the feed for swarm fifteen walk this way guys thank you well done well done well spelled well spelled keep going thank you by all k we are now bringing swarm sixteen to the stage the first group goes down to number nine the first group goes down to number nine ok we're going to give moms and dads and grandparents and guardians a chance to take pictures so papa razzi may come forward now reminder ladies and gentlemen pizza is for sale in the cafeteria next to gave us a break on the cost of the pizza we appreciate that and gentlemen i think the national enquirer could find a lot of suitable photographers here in belmont ok let's give a warm belmont welcome to swarm sixteen please c'mon show these kids the love let make them feel the love come on let's do that again early merrill's my neighbor sorry ok you guys read a ok wait one second here you know what can everybody grab the edge of the table closest to you grab the i know the edge of the table closest know what to do because you guys are in third fourth grade and probably have experienced this before but just as a refresher each one of you have in front of you a white board and a marker and man when she gets back and i are going to read a word say a word that we're going to say it misuse it in a sentence and then we're going to repeat the word you're going to write it down down at the end here joanna is going to time you going to have twenty seconds to write down the word she's going to give you a ten second warning and then a twenty second she's going to ding her bell just like that you're going to hold up your board and keep holding it up stephen's going to go through and check to make sure that your words are spelled correctly when you're writing it's really important to write as large as you can so that we can all read it and try and write it neatly so that we can also read it all right you guys already oh yes laurie laurie excuse me one second somebody lost a walkie talkie it's a job com walkie talkie tried to press the talk button thinking the person might to an end but if anybody knows whom it belongs to it'll be appear thank you all right your first word is nephew my brother's son is my nephew nephew number three is correct number four is correct number five is tiny but correct can you get the arithmetic time but you're right six do is to read a book at night favorite ten second day in the united states that word is spelled f a z e o r i t e do we have any british spellers we do not have we got them all we got them all you all spelled the correct way in the united states brilliant thank you nice ok guys racer boards next words cannot i cannot believe how difficult it is to try to get you to misspell a word cannot thank you ok already ok the next word is way when i go to the doctor i need to get on a scale and have them weigh me and it's always depressing way reminder about seconds the walkie talkie is up here someone lost a walkie talkie this one in particular it's here eight seven in four three two and thank you that is a hard one that is a hard one so listen to the senses because i saw another word up there that was spelled right it just wouldn't made sense with the sentence i said but it's ok if you spell the other word right ok are you guys ready here's your last word and that is certain i am certain that you all studied very hard before you came to the spelling bee  ten second way get your candy guys walk that way for your candy thank you very much let's give them a nice send off nice send off for swarm sixteen go ahead guys head that way head that way please thank you good job and let's bring on swarms seventeen swarm seventeen  please listen up ladies and gentlemen can i have quiet please if your children are unsure arm eighteen swarm eighteen is part of the competitive portion of the big we will stand down before we get there they will not come on until six thirty ok parents can come forward and take pictures now and grandparents and guardians whoever wants to come forward please do so and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen a couple of norths if i may can we have quiet please she quiet please quiet please ok a couple of notes we are broadcasting live bellman media center is here this is we're live on channel eight this program will be repeated on channel ninety six on comcast channel thirty on veri and once again i would like to welcome our team or to introduce our team in the frontier joanna to the lists is the time keeper she's the editor of the belmont citizen herald stephen burke is an english professor at harvard author of a book of poetry called the belmont he is our empire laurie graham eight year veteran of the school committee former chair of the school committee and may in also multi year veteran of the spelling bee real estate agent in town and i'm greg stone and this is the fourteenth annual bee and this is swarm seventeen give it up for swarm seven ok swarm seventeen let's have a round of applause for the your parents or grandparents or guardians come on guys come on you can do better th time for your names what's your name sir no you know it may look simple to get names from kids but it's actually harder than it looks because some of them lean forward like this for us the microphone i'm always afraid i'm going to give somebody a black eye but well done let's go let's rock you guys sitting on a table in front of you you have a white board and a black marker laurie and i are going to take turns we're going to be reading words to you we're going to tell you the word we're going to read the word in a sentence and then we're going to say the word again you're going to then write that word down on that white board joanna is going to give you twenty seconds and she's going to give you a ten second warning with that twenty seconds twenty seconds a bell rings you hold that whiteboard with that word written big enough for us to read it over your head if you do not put that word down until my friend stephen has gone through said the number on your table in front of you and let you know if that word is right as everybody understand the  instructions now my buddy laurie's going to give you your first word ok your first word is adventurer tom sawyer went on a great adventure down the mississippi adventure next word boards are race here comes the word is all although you got that word right let's see if you can get all right  ok are you already all right your next word is dessert my favorite dessert is chocolate cheesecake with strawberries dessert ten second explain explain to your friends and family how this is going to be repeated over and over again saturdays and sundays through belmont media center on channel ninety six comcast and channel thirty  explain guys that you're here and that you're trying that's what's important it does not matter if you get a word wrong you are brave enough to get up here and get on stage and we're all really proud of you for that so don't anybody feel bad if you make a mistake everybody behind me has made a mistake don't worry about it ok just a logistical note swarm eighteen that's the first competitive swarm we are going to take a break after this swarm is done of about fifteen minutes or so so we'll be starting with swarm eighteen at six thirty if you're here don't go away ok are you all ready for the next word ok and that is for ever i'm sure you felt like you had to wait for ever until you got up on stage for ever ten second term all right let me give you i'm trying to make it hard for you but you guys are too bright let's try i'm going to take one that i already used earlier tonight that was fun necessary i think it's necessary to challenge this group of kids because they're pretty special eight seven six three three two and one all got a right yeah nice yob or already for your next word ok the next word is tongue it's on the tip of my tongue to tell you how to spell this word to all back to do this again next year parents take note check out the foundation from up on education website and also inviting you to the holiday auction invite ten seconds well done well done ok we're taking a fifteen minute break before we start with a swarm seen in the competitive portion of the b