seven hundred forty spellers which is over one hundred more than we had last year public schools the foundation for belmont education is a nonprofit all volunteer organization that raises money for all six of the belmont public schools we give about two hundred fifty thousand dollars back to the schools to fund programs of professional development for our amazing teachers and students are inception in one thousand nine hundred three we've given over two point six million dollars back to the belmont public schools so your family is participation today as a valuable contribution to helping us realize our mission to promote enrichment and innovation in the belmont public schools in addition to the unbelievable support we get from individual community members we are also so fortunate to have the support of a number of corporate sponsors among our corporate sponsors we have nine investors in education whose banners are displayed behind me today and these are businesses who donate over five thousand dollars to the f d a annually in addition we have longer reality returning for its fourteenth year as are the people  ok let's have a swarm one take the stage please move up kids somebody there to guide them let's move on to the stage go ahead guys if your child is in swarm too if your child is swarm to the shit you the children should be lining up in the hallway outside where this exit sign is to my right and to your left and that corner of the auditorium so swarm one come on kids let's go that's it that's it ok quiet please while the children are taking the stage i would like to introduce four individuals who are part of the dream team the two pronouncers we have and made in who is a premier real estate person in town who is also sponsoring the event we have lori graham who's been on the school committee former of the school committee still a member of the school committee we have joanna chewable lists who is the editor of the belmont citizen herald here for the first time today and kevin cunningham former school committee member still on the school committee soon to be former school committee member excuse me so thank you very much ok we're going to introduce the kids let's start at this end these are all kindergartners i believe so kids i want you to say your name is nice and loud ok tell me your name  ok parents and grandparents here yes they be i'll try to say to the side in case people are taking pictures the pronouncers are going to say the words and you guys have to spell it with somebody explain the rules please from the  pretty exciting are you ready ok what am i man and i are going to use we're going to take turns saying the word then we'll use it in a sentence and then we'll say it again and as soon as we're done with that the time people will start you have twenty seconds twenty six twenty seconds timekeeper is right down here kevin cunningham is the time keeper he will tell you when you've got ten seconds and tell you when you're done while you this time is going you guys need to write the word the spelling the word on your chart write it as that's right as big as you can so that we can read it ok and when he takes seven calls time you hold up your car just like a man is doing here is here is going to look at your cards and make sure they're spelled correctly so don't put it down and don't race it and tell she's checked everybody out right ok if you have any questions at all during this just raise your hand and shout out ok and we will just like that and we will try and put a stop and ask you what the question is all right do you have a question right now well how do you spell it so fast is the question well you got twenty seconds and believe it or not that's probably enough time ok so you listen really carefully to us say the word we'll try and pronounce it as clearly as we can and then you've got twenty seconds all right everybody all right and man you go first the first word dog i'm going to take the dog for a walk outside dog ten seconds left i'm ok ladies and gentlemen or your this is swarm one on the stage if your children are in swarm two they should be over here on this side of the auditorium swarm to coming up swarm one on ok the next word is food when we're done with this word we're going to get some food from that cafeteria food ten seconds left everybody you're doing great i've been doing this for a while and i have to say that this group of parents is the most polite and deferential however feel free to come forward and be papa razzi up here which people have done in the past you can come up here if you want to take pictures just don't trample any of us ok ok the next word is jamma i like to put strawberry jam on my peanut butter sandwich jam ten seconds left time is up hold up your charts lift up your boards everybody high up there we can see i'm team five lift your board up we want to be your word ok a team five days warmed one two three zoom is your next word right the word zoom down on your board walk that way go ahead ok guys everybody block out walk this way walk this way please come on guys ok ok ladies and gentlemen  swarm to do is leaving the stage excuse me swarm one is leaving the stage swarm two is coming on if your children are in swarm three they should be in the hallway outside in this ladies and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen let's hope the noise down please hold the noise down so the kids can  ladies and gentlemen can you see me if you can see me please listen shoo shoo shoo so the kids can hear thank you ok let's go swarm to nice and loud kids and you keep holding it up don't take it out and don't raise it and tell our judge here's a look at all the words and she'll tell you who's on it correctly and say yeah you guys have all done a great job i know you've all been studying really hard so make sure that you leave the board out but don't put it down till we tell you to ok so we can make sure that we can there any questions everybody ready ladies and gentlemen this is swarmed to on the stage if your children are in swarm three they should be lining up in the hallway and seconds left on this end of the auditorium where i'm pointing  it's all been raised you know ready ok here's your next word the next word is mom my mom made a delicious chocolate cake for time's up hold up your board ten seconds left i need to see everyone's bored time's up hold up your board ladies and gentlemen just want to draw your attention to one thing that the spelling bee is being recorded on camera and will be show on saturdays and sundays at twelve pm on channel ninety six on comcast sent shanel thirty on horizon this month and you can also watch it online at belmont media dot org ok how many people in the auditorium can see me raise your hand if you can see me if you can see me then please listen to what i'm about to tell you hold the noise down because the kids can he good you have done a good job studying these words ten seconds left that you all came out here to try and try ten seconds left time's up hold up your boards ok swarm two kids on swarm to walk off the stage this way candy awaits you you know what you just leave it it's ok go ahead guys go ahead guys got to go this way that's ok don't worry about it don't worry about straightening up it's ok leave your leave your magic marker was ok's let's walk off the stage guys please c'mon guys got to go got to go thank you thank you let's have a big hand for sauron too are in swarm for they should be lining up in the hallway outside the auditorium over here to my right to your left or right over here a ladies and gentlemen please join me in welcoming swarm three ok let's have another hand first swarms three if your children are in storm for they should be lining up in the hallway at this side of the auditorium to my right and your left thank you ok storm three are you guys ready ok so this is what we're going to do and here and i are going to take turns we're going to read a word then we're going to use it in a sentence and then we'll repeat the word need to listen and when you we finish saying the word you guys start writing it on your board and write it as large as you can so that the old folks down here all of us can read it kevin is going to keep time he'll tell you when ten seconds is up and then heels tell you when the twenty board down or a separate don't erase it and joel put your board down until everybody's put the board up all right you already  ten seconds left years lori graham former chair of the school committee still a member of the school committee done a lot for the town these guys are the pronouncers as you know joanna chu bilis who edits the belmont citizen harold be nice to or everybody if you want good press she is the umpire and kevin cunningham a member of the school committee and these guys are all friends of mine so let's have a hand for what they're doing ten seconds left hall ari you guys are smart so i'm going to give you a tough line girl i know if this girl laurie sitting next to me and sees really nice girl time is up hold up your boards let's see those girls any dream team this is an unprecedented situation we are already way ahead of schedule and if we don't slow down a bit kids might miss their time let's slow it down ok question are the parents and brothers and sisters out there behind these kids what is everybody applauding for broccoli come on are you behind these  kids are you behind these kids yet ok more like it more like that we got a lot of words here greg that we can keep them here all day long what's it like midnight let's go for you all had a good time trick or treating you is i was asleep at the wheel there ok let's have a big hand for swarm three as they head off the stage kids children go this way you get your free candy go ahead halloween continues our ride go for it gotta go this way guys walk this way walk this way please walk this way take it easy walk this way ok swarms three is leaving the stage and swarm four is going to be taking the stage so let's bring swarm for on stage please and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen this is so warm for taking this stay if your children are in swarm five this should be in the hall way out there days and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen could we have quiet please ladies and gentlemen quiet please quiet please  i'm going to turn it over to jamie  good afternoon everybody i would like to thank the foundation for belmont education for putting on this wonderful event today i've been very very lucky to be able to go out and watch a lot of our student athletes at the high school level and it's great to see our elementary students let's get them settled f before we start i'm going to ask these groups these kids to spell a word and we write a spell a word word first word i have a special treat i'm going to share in a minute i'm going to come up to each team and share it before i share that special treat i want to say thank you to some folks first of all thank you to jamie shea in the foundation they do a great job with this please give all of their volunteers a big round of applause the school committee and the piano lot a great round of applause they do a great job and our embassy for the day mr stone this is a hard job he has this is amazing that he can get this moving and on time so thank you to all the parents but i think i'm going to get the children to have a little treat here i think we can do something of this flight all the teams have combined all their incredible intellectual and thankful and grateful intelligence is and they would like to say something to their parents to school committee the foundation and all the folks who sponsor this so if we could ask you to put up your boards now that would be very very cool put up your white boards now what do we have says thank you very much so are the students thank you very much to the foundation have a great afternoon and thank you very much for being here i appreciate it let's have a hand for our new superintendent of schools john failing and we've seen one thing here today he definitely knows how to talk to kids which is a good thing and speaking of kids let's ok kids give us your names nice and loud say your names nice and loud ok matthew caught u ok belmont kids are very smart they know their names all ride a couple of things this is so warm for her if your children are in swarm five they should be lining up in the hallway outside the auditorium on this side to my right and to your left ok let's do it too warm for let's go  and man and i here are going to take turns we're going to say a word in these these words are off of the list that you had to study we're going to say a word we'll use it in a sentence and we'll say it again kevin cunningham all the way down  there is going to start and give you twenty seconds to write the word he'll give you a ten second warning but it twenty seconds you stop writing hold up your board try and write as large as you can so that we can read it because we're all older and we have a hard time reading a long distance so write it nice and clearly nice and large as you can as soon as kevin does the time or you hold up your board and you keep  helding it up until we've seen all of your boards all right don't put it down john or a set until we tell you joe ok got any questions all right you ready for your first word the first word is i gad that i can't wait to do the spelling bee again next year ga do not spell your word out loud as you're writing because it takes the fun away ten seconds left ok you all ready for your next word and i'm all right the next word is feeling i wasn't feeling too well after a zero on that candy last night feeling ten seconds left ladies and gentlemen just want to point out that we are being recorded by belmont media is this live at the moment by the way yes we are on live television right now so those of you near the microphones be very careful  those of you not near the microphones be careful it'll also be rebroadcast channel ninety six on comcast and channel thirty on verizon saturdays and sundays at twelve pm you can also watch it on one for you ready i just want to remind you to write as large as you can are i so we can see you don't worry about using up being we've got more markers ten seconds left my house for a play date house ladies and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen three things the first thing is this is swarmed or on stage if your children are in swarm five they should be over here right now seconds and the third thing is horrid it down please the kids can hear the pronouncers hold it down please time is up hold up those board en seconds left for schools it's were down to the last were the last word mother there's no better human being on the world in the world than my mother mother ten seconds left oh ok this would his mother ok how many think how many people here think mom's are the best ahead guys walk this way walk this way please walk this way yeah we're going to her we're go ok we're going to push the tables back and have a couple volunteers a couple parents come up and help us out here please ok could you give us a hand with the tables ok ladies and gentlemen let's give swarm five a hand as swarm five takes the stand takes takes the stage if your children are in swim six so i'm six kids lined up outside in the hallway on this end of the auditorium couple things and put together this slideshow to keep you entertained i have a bonus question for you as the parents come forward to take pictures we'll call them papa razzi who can tell me where that term came from what movie originated that term ok join me in greeting swarm five let's have a big hand are right you have twenty seconds to write down your words and i are going to take turns we're going to say a word we'll use it in a sentence and then we'll repeat the words you can be writing as soon as you think you know what it is but try and write as large as you can so that the elders among us that hear him back there can read it kevin cunningham down here is going to time you  have twenty seconds he'll give you a ten second warning but when he rings that twenty second bell you need to put down your markers you need to hold up your board and keep holding them up until we've been able to look at ariba he's bored don't put it down can do it right ok we're going to start with the first word here you know the first word is swimming when belmont builds its new ten seconds left time's up hold up those board and gentlemen you have seen referees in the n b a you've seen on pliers in major league baseball but you have never seen a team like this starting with and may in a real estate broker in town she's one of our pronouncers laurie graham former chair of the school committee still a member of the school committee joanna jubilees who is the editor of the belmont citizen herald her first time here kevan cunningham also a member of the school committee jamie shea over here is the president of the foundation for obama on education and mr john failon who is our new superintendent so thanks every allright morn here comes the next word the next word is pink i think i'm going to see you all at next year's spelling bee think ten seconds for those of you who just arrived here from cape cod this is the spelling bee swarm five onstage swarm six should be lining up over here anything else ten second all right guys i'm going to give you a tough one it's not fanatic you're ready to laugh i love it when laurie tells a joke because i ten seconds left let's see some laughs hold him up high ladies and gentlemen if you're hungry or thirsty food and drink is for sale in the cafeteria across the hall the pizza was donated to i sat downs by belmont pizza was there anything else the was donated by anyone if so let me know time's up hold your boards up let's see father the year no ten seconds time's up hold up the boards what do you know ok i have a special request a special request as swarm fly believes there will be no applause however i ask you to stamp your feet so let's show some appreciation and stamp our feet first one five swarm five you guys can go now go this way you guys get candy swore five go this way ok ladies and gentlemen swarm five is leaving the stage and we're going to bring a swarm six on to the stage i should let me wait one second wait one second a swarm six is coming on the stage swarm six is coming on the stage ladies and gentlemen if your child is in swarm seven swarms seven should be lining up in the hallway outside to my right and to your l i'm points of ok quiet please quiet please everybody sure sure sure ladies and gentlemen boys and girls please couple things food and drink is for sale in the cafeteria belmont pizza donated the pizza to the cause but you folks have to buy it and the money goes to the foundation for belmont that's not a cheer that's a whisper come on let's have a  ok here we go let's find out who they are tell us your names nice and loud boys all right ladies and gentlemen i have a question for you as you can tell i spend a lot of time on my knees when i do this do you think next time it'll be ok if i wore jeans early i don't know i want to be respectful how many say i can wear turns saying a word the words were using are the ones off the list that you had to study so there are no surprises we're going to say the word once we'll say it in a sentence and then we'll say it again kevin cunningham down here at the end is going to time you have twenty seconds to write down your word on your path there write it as large as you can so that the rest of us back here can read it try to print it so that we can also read to give you a ten second warning and then he'll tell you when the twenty seconds is over at that time you put down your marker hold the board up until we can all see it and then after  board she'll tell you ok now you can put down your boards and then you can erase it and get ready for the next one all right so the main things are right nice and large and don't put down your poor or raise the word until we've been able to see everybody's words ok ten seconds left a question i pose this question to the audience a while ago i don't think i got an answer where the word pop arad so came from what film the word copyright so papa razzi came from meaning celebrity photographer anybody know your kids get three extra snow days if you come forward have a nose put the cheats ten seconds left and gentlemen a couple of things this is swarm six on stage swarm six if your children are in swarms seven they should be lining up over here the other thing is i want to call your attention to all the wonderful sponsors of the event let's all try to patronize them to pay them back for their generosity and and lori graham who is on the school committee that means we have to listen to her is requesting quiet ok ok if you can see me raise your hand ok if you can see me then please listen shashi should quiet down quiet down so the kids can hear the judges and the ten seconds ten seconds ok when next word is grabbed grabbed i saw it was raining outside so i grabbed my um ok you all ready for the next word all right the next word is right the sun is very bright at six o'clock in the morning bright ten seconds ok last word last word the last word is city boston is the greatest city on the planet was ok ladies and gentlemen i have a special request i'm going to sit down for this as we say goodbye to swarm six i'm going to ask everybody to take your shoes off to my work with me take your shoes off and smack em together for swarm six a lot of people are shy ok kids in swarm six go up the stage that way for your free candy go ahead guys swarm seven will be coming on shor ok let's bring swarms seven onto the stage please if your children are in swarm eight kids in swarm eight should be lined up in the hallway outside the auditorium to my right and to your left so i made outside swarms seven coming on stage c'mon guys let's have a big cheer first warm seven ok guys i want you to say your names nice and loud ok are right ladies and gentlemen i just want to introduce once again our wonderful team of empires and referees and time keepers starting from my laughter and man premier real estate agent in town also a sponsor laurie graham former chair of the school committee still on the school committee joanna to the listeners the editor of the belmont citizen errol here for the first time doing a great job kevin cunningham also on the school committee i'm greg stone and i also want to draw your attention please to all of our sponsors they're very generous let's pay them back with our business ok so the kids can hear what the judges have to say go ahead swarm seven here the rules for this swarm we're going to take turns reading a word and all the words we're going to use are the ones on the list that you had to study says no surprises well read the word use it in a sentence say the word again kevin cunningham all the way down here is going to be timing you have twenty seconds to write the word down on your chart there on your as large as you can so that we can read it we'll give you a ten second warning and then a twenty seconds he'll bring his little bell just like that and then at that time you have to make sure you're holding your charged up just keep holding it up until we can see any everybody's word all right then we'll tell you can put it down and you can erase it but don't put it down and don't know race until we tell you and try and write raise your bar ten seconds left thirteen you're going to have the right beggar next word same thirteen you guys have to write bigger we don't have binoculars up here i simply the next word is camp i love to go to camp in the summer camp ten seconds left ten seconds ladies and gentlemen i have some announcements if i may first of all i want to introduce the crew the t v crew this is being broadcast live through belmont media center the that the b m c has broadcast this event live so let's have a hand with a b m c it will also be rebroadcast on saturdays and sundays at twelve noon all through new november on the p m c on channel ninety six on comcast and channel thirty on varieties and and i want to take this opportunity also if i may to just mention our sponsors by name investors in education bellman orthodontics and belmont pediatric dentistry belmont savings bank belmont smiles in pediatric dental arts city side subaru dental restored of group at belmont east cambridge savings bank hammon residential light wire inc and and main who is on our panel partners in education cambridge trust orthodontics of cambridge watertown savings bank and lawndale realty has sponsored this event since the beginning we also have cambridge savings bank lynn thin play individual realtor at caldwell banker belmont pizza johnson photography belmont media center belmont printing company the book rack david french music company well moon restaurant ten seconds eight seconds left time's up hold your boards up eight take t one can i see your board team why to the ring four five six last word of the swarming path where laurie and i were having dinner the other night the kids on swarm seven leave the stage please began they can rates swarm seven head off the stage this way please got to go guys good job good job excellent job ok this swarm seven is leaving the stage swarming eight kids on swarm eight should be lined up over here and before don't bring swarm eight yawn yet hold off hold off  have four or five adults on stage please help with the table ah let's bring swore made on please this is swarming eight taking the stage if your children are in swarm nanine children and swarm nine should line up in the hallway outside the auditorium to my right and to your left go out this door right here all right ladies and gentlemen has anybody told the weather would pop or rock so popper azzi came from from what movie nobody knows ok the correct answer is  that's where the term was coined why give me give me a hand in welcoming swarm  that was a welcome in our lower case letters let's have a welcome in capital letters come on do all right here we go tell us your names aloud in clear ok your names guy ok i've been asked to announce that there's a lear jet parked over on the field the lights are still on if you have your lear jet go out and turn the lights off please la man and i are going to take turns reading off the words there were on the list that you had to study so there are no surprise words here will read off a word or use it in a sentence and will say the word again you can have twenty seconds to write the word down on your board kevin cunningham down here is going to start timing you as soon as i'm done saying the word you he'll give you a ten second warning and when he rings the bell at twenty seconds you need your board up until we tell you to put it down ok so don't raise the word don't put your board down we want to be able to see all your hard work and effort all right there any questions what's your question no no questions ok we're ready and going to start off the first word is many when i went trick or treating last ten seconds left ok you can put your boards down and i raise them and get ready ok ready the next i got trapped in the elevator and was kind of scared tra time's up hold your boards up high so we can see ok then you see everyone ten seconds is up please put your best foot forward and gentlemen a couple of things the names of the sponsors are on this slide show here including some trivia questions one of which is speaking of feet when neil armstrong when neil armstrong first set foot on the moon did he put his left foot or is right foot down first anybody know you'll find the answer be keep watching i'm here because it's the annual spelling bee and it's fine because word the next word is one once you see yourselves on t v next week you're going to be don't want to be in a spelling bee every year on time's up boards up and gentlemen this is swarm on stage swarm if your kids are in swarms of seconds they should be lined up over against this wall swarm naan coming on next time's up boards up let's see some began listen guys if you misspell a word i don't want you to worry about it the fact that all of you are up here trying and that you're working as a team is very important and everybody hears so proud of it's a good thing laura has a sense of humor she is cracking up up here ten seconds  ok ladies and gentlemen swarm eights swarm eight is leaving the stage swarm naing hold on one second to hold off one second you know the kids push the tables forward in their enthusiasm and we don't want anybody to get hurt ok let's bring swarm nine on please bring swarm nine to the stage if your children are in swarm ten kids inside ten should be lined up in the hallway on that side of the auditorium to my right and your left ladies and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen if you can see me can you see me raise your hand if you can see me raise your hand if you can see me ok please hold it down thank you thank you ok i'd like to introduce the team of pronouncers and judges on the table down here we have an man who is also a sponsor a realtor in town i think it's a pretty good likeness what do you think ok laurie graham ormer chair of the school committee still on the school committee joanna chu of illicit was the editor of the belmont citizen harrell and kevin cunningham who was also on the school committee all right please join me in welcoming swarm nine let's have a big  come on guys if i have energy to do this for six or seven hours you can do better on a cheer come on aides say your name is nice and loud guys not i i'm going to let you know what the instructions are ok and man here and i are going to take turns we're going to read a word then we'll use it in a sentence and then we'll repeat the word all the words that we're using are ones that were on the list that you stud so there aren't going to be any surprises you're going to have twenty seconds to write down your words kevin cunningham down here at the end of the tables going to time you at ten seconds to let you know that you're halfway through at twenty second until we tell you all right that is already ok and man's going to start with your first word your first word is star i looked in the ten seconds left time's up hold up your stars all of you are stars because you all got it right star s t a have a hand for all the spellers we expect time he called your boards up we expect to raise twenty thousand dollars for the foundation for belmont education are right your word is grass we're going to have to wait until after winter to see the grass again grass ten seconds ok you ready for your next word the next word is boxes the mailman brought a log of boxes full of presents to my house boxes by the way i want to compliment all the moms and dads you may not realize it but at the end when the kids are about to leave the stage they really take their time because they want to make sure to erase the board to put the caps back on the magic markers to line everything up properly is so very good manners in is on the hill i can't wait until you all see what the belmont media center has done when you see yourselves on t v until are you all ready for your next word ok the next word is about you are about to be finished with your swarm about jelly you were going to tell that ten seconds is a gentleman piece of information time not boyd's up jamie shea who is the president of the foundation for belmont education just told me that last year there were six hundred forty kids in the b this week ok thank you ladies and gentlemen let's have a hand first warm nanine as they leave the state so i'm not saying there's more there's more how when candy more hollowing candy at the they keep going there guys gentlemen let's let's bring swarm ten on please let's bring swarm ten this this is so warm ten taking the stage it is your children are in swarm eleven please line them up in the hallway outside the auditorium to my right and your left swarm ten take the state swarm ten children on swarm ten listen up listen up kids kids listen up at the count of three at the count and three everybody wave to your parents and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen i have a challenge a challenge for the parents a challenge for the parents can you spell cheer you have not risen to the challenge can we please hear a cheer all right let's have a hand first warm ten the editor of the belmont citizen herald here for the first time laurie graham who was former chair of the school committee and i have to say that was a this all right so in our going to take turns we're going to say one of the words the words what we're going to be using are all words there on your list so we won't be doing any surprise words for you we're going to say a word then we'll use it in a sentence and there were people that were you have twenty seconds to write down the word on your board that you've got in front of you kevin cunningham will start timing he'll give you a ten second warning and at twenty seconds he will ring the bell at that time you need to hold your board out please write your words as large as you can because we have a hard time reading a pack here at twenty seconds when you hold it up leave the board up until it would be able to see everybody's board then you can put it down you can erase it ok so right hold your board up until they tell you to put it down or write any questions joanna from the belmont that isn't carol and i get together every wednesday for like she wednesday ten seconds in your next word is altitude the jet plane goes up to one hot to toot in the sky altitude ten seconds time's up let's give you boards a little altitude raise them up what's going on in the back of the room we have a crew from the bomb on media center this is being broadcast live and will be we rebroadcast saturdays and sundays at twelve o'clock belmont media center and the community volunteers are siddartha shrestha y new tara cheeks and neil ma trade let's have a hand for the belmont seed media center crew hey you ready for your next birthday the next word is right you need to write your words very clearly so we can read them right swarm tin on stage if your children are in swarm eleven they should be lined up over here against this and i write so warm eleven over here methods when you're writing your words down don't spell the words out loud because it takes the fun away from the people next to you ses talk to each other quiet the next word is crouch when we played hide and seek glory had to crouch to hide under the dining room table kraut show route  ten second times up hold your boards up looks like everyone got this one right to route c r o u c a great job all right everybody ready for the next word ok it is pumpkin last night i carved a pumpkin that was really scary pumpkin ten seconds times up hold your boards up let's see some pumpkin the next word is removed yeah i have to remove your wet see you before you come into my open houses remove you guys there's candy candy awaits you go that way can i get a couple moms and dads to come up on the stage couple of moms and dads to come up and help out of course the tables back can somebody help us please is if your on if your children are in swarm twelve swarm twelve should be in the hallway outside to my right in your left this is swarm eleven raise your hands everybody on swarm eleven raise your hands raise both hands and wave to your moms and dads big  all right that was kevin cunningham's idea he said i should give the kids a chance to wave i want to introduce our team down here starting in the middle this time i'm going to mix it up we have joanna tubeless who's the editor of the belmont citizen herald to her right we have lori graham former chair of the school committee still on the school committee on my right kevin cunningham member of the school committee and to my far left to the ene and may end was a real estate broker in town and be careful hang on to your seats you might sell it from under you these guys do it every year they're wonderful ok let's have let's have let's have let's have let's have a big round of applause for swan eleven come on guys do it again show some spirit you know one thing that you see up here there's i don't know if you moms and dads can feel it or see it but there's a tremendous amount of energy so much so that the kids tend to lean on the table and push it forward like they're doing right now don't push the table forward guys ok pull it back a little and we're always afraid that the tables are going to go off the stage really so we pull them back in between all right let's one more round of applause for swarm eleven pleas see case you didn't hear what the rules are before and man here and i are going to take turns we're going to say one of the words off the list then we will say use it in a sentence and that will repeat the words the words are all ones you had to study so we're not going to pop any surprises for you all right as soon as we finish saying the word kevin cunningham down here is going to start timing you you've got twenty seconds to write the word on your board write it as large as you can so that those of us who are back here who are older can read it so write it nice and neat lee nice and big when he does his bell at twenty seconds you need to put down your marker and hold up your board so that we can comes check and see how all your spelling is all right so don't know raise it and don't put them on the board down until we've been able to check everybody's board ok all right so the big thing is you got twenty seconds write it nice and big write and man's going to start off with the first word all right the first word in slam ten seconds left slam food and drink first sale in the cafeteria at times i'll buy the boys up food and drink for sale in the cafeteria the money goes to the foundation team for gets bored out brother are right and all your boards are race be ready for the next one the next word is approaching i heard the teacher's footsteps approaching down the hall approaching time is up boards up this is a hard one for me to read so far away so make sure i see your board team won three four five six two i believe is right to seven eight  end we just need to see but you did a great job spelling that thank you very much guy the next word is on below i wrote the birthday card to my friend and i  ok everybody or you boards around all raised ready for the next word the next word is a bruise i got a bruise on my arm when i bumped it in the door b ten seconds you're also ryan right and you're under time pressure if you make a mistake you don't worry about it if you got stuck on mistakes you'd never move forward in life so it's ok don't worry about it keep trying it's all good the next word is family we are a family i got all my sisters and me family ten seconds times up let's see your family ladies and gentlemen this is swarm eleven is onstage if your kids are in storm twelve they should be lined up over here swarmed twelve should be on this side of the auditorium against the wa from my son caught job well my kids you guys are too smart i'm going to give you a hard one don't worry it's on the list if you studied hard enough you'll get it the word is  ten seconds left ok ladies and gentlemen will cain kids and swarm eleven raise your hands ok couple of things i want you to walk this way you got free candy waiting and before you go wave one more time to your parents ok ladies and gentlemen this will be a swarm thirteen sorry is coming on the stage now so warm twelve if if you're kids children in swarm thirteen should be lining up in the hallway outside swarm thirteen lined up in the hallway outside and it's my grade it's my great privilege can you please be quiet ladies and gentlemen should raise your hand if you can see me raise your hand if you can see me if you can citizen herald laurie graham said we're now change your hairstyle throughout the day today is it former chair of the school committee also a member of the school committee and marion is a realtor in town also one of the sponsors and behind me we have swum twelve let's have a big round of applause ok kids on swarm twelfth raise your hands raise your hands kids wave to your the hardest things is up there to get out of the way when the kids say their names i have several choices like this or i can do it it's not easy for ok swarm to oh oh here we go end is going to be timing you you get twenty seconds to write the word down ten seconds he gives you a warning so be haven't started start by then and then when the twenty second the rings the bell you put your marker down you hold your sign up and then joanna from the belmont citizens harel is going to walk at all of your board so you've got a right big enough for her to see it she's half blind you know and she you don't put your board down until she tells you she's ready she's going to look at all the boards tell you if you're right and them to put your boards down and raise them you got it all right so my dear friend lori she's going to start with your first word ten seconds left now that's alright that's fine then nag's word is tomorrow tomorrow you guys are all going to see yourselves on t v because belmont media center filming you tomorrow ten seconds left are you guys ready for your next word ok the next word is island i took a boat ride out to the island of nantucket island ten seconds the word is hot the bunny ten second wait a minute wait a minute these kids are good so how many people think they should get a tough word now how many think they should get like a really  the people have spoken and now they must live with their choice ok the next word is laughter when i tell a joke i like listening to my son's ten seconds ladies and gentlemen these children behind me are in third and fourth grade this is very impressive very impressive let's have a hand for by the way i have a political announcement what day is tuesday election day whether you're republican conservative liberal democrat independent anarchist whatever please vote remember to vote on tuesday we have are electing a governor and we have four important ballot questions so go to the polls please thank you ten seconds guys we have one more word for you and that is necessary to write on that whole word it is necessary it is necessary for you to have a marker it's also necessary for the parents ok's swarms thirteen wait for a few minutes please ladies and gentlemen swarm thirteen takes the stage if you have children oh inside they should line up in the hallway to my right and to your left through this door  and gentlemen please be quiet please be quiet we can't start until everybody settles down everybody needs to be quiet quiet please in the auditorium please ladies and gentlemen please quiet down boys and girls ok i want to introduce our team at the front table here and made in a pronouncer also real estate agent in sponsor lori graham another pronouncer former chair of the school committee still on the school committee i have to say two things about lori in the first thing is that they both have incredible and durrance because they are  night and the second thing is that n has been consistently hurling insults at the other members of the panel she accused me of sticking out my tongue she mocked laurie's hair she said mean things about joanna ok let's have a big hand first were t ok i want the kids in jackson lee so warm thirteen raise your hands raise your hands wave to your moms and dads and look at them take your pictures now guys education if we don't if we don't raise twenty thousand dollars and may and will make up the difference i just told the kids not to push the table forward you may not see it but there's about this much distance between the tables and the edge of the stage and the kids in their enthusiasm interim forward and we're constantly afraid that there's going to be a cascade we to be time down the word my buddy and i laurie are going to take turns saying the word that you've learned from the list hopefully you've got twenty seconds soon as we say the word we say the sentence we say that word you start writing it down cat oh sorry and who's my friend at the end here she's going to warn you when you've only got ten seconds left and then joanna my other friend we're going to ring the bell you can hold a sign up and then joanne is going to look at what you've got on your boards and she's going to let you know if you've got the words right or wrong and now we need you to write big if we've got a four syllable word that's really long put a hyphen in so that we can read it ok all right guys my buddy laurie's here are going to start with the first word excuse me one second laura just want to remind you guys this is warm thirteen on the stage if your children are in swarm fourteen they should be lining up in the hallway outside the ok all right the first word in dolphin i like to watch the dolphin swim around the boat dolphin ten seconds remaining yeah i see everybody's glore and you all got it right dolphin t o l b a i am very good w the next word is mirror laurie woke up monday morning looked in the mirror and screamed you mirror words up everybody up hey mirrors a tricky word team one three four five six seven eight nine ladies and gentlemen there's food and drink for sale in the cafeteria across the hallway the money from the sale goes to support the foundation so if you're hungry or thirsty go buy some stuff if you're not hungry or thirsty buy stuff anyway we need a marker next word in pen so when joanna writes articles for the belmont citizen herald she sometimes shoes on the eraser on her pencil there's a rumor that joanna does not know how to has better and that is that true me you know ladies and gentlemen these these boys and girls here in the third and fourth grade great spelling right let's have a round of applause you know your moms and dads have been checking the spellings in the dictionary function on their i phones ari your next word is statement the president came out and made a statement to the press statemen ladies and gentlemen this is swarms thirteen on the stage if your children are in swarm fourteen they should be lined up against the wall over here if your children are in swarm fifteen swarm fifteen should be in the hall way ten more second time's up hold up here's what this is another tough word team two three four five six seven eight nine ten eleven a swarm thirteen is your last word the word is profits because belmont pizza gave all of their pizzas to the foundation for belmont education all this sales will be profits profits ten more second is leaving the stage let's bring hold on a second if your children are in sore arm fifteen swarm fifteen should line up in the hallway outside here to my right ok ladies and gentlemen let's push these tables back a little bit kids ok everybody listen up everybody listen up ladies listen up quiet please i need total silence in the auditorium for this ladies and gentleman i need total silence in the auditorium i'm asking for toroidal silence in the auditorium should show here's what i want to do we're going to do something special here first warm fourteen very special we're going to give them a very quiet cheer very quiet ok let's give swarm fourteen a very quiet cheer go ahead ok now we introduce these kids say your names please ladies and gentlemen swarm fourteen let's have another hand please i also want to introduce the dream team actually the dream team has a new member still the dream team and leisure day is the time keeper a member of the school committee  the editor of the belmont citizen herald she is the empire thank you laurie graham former chair of the school committee still a member of the school committee and manned realtor in town also a sponsor of this event and  has a young friend on her lap was your young friend oh i would say his name right oh ok that's fine he wants to remain anonymous ok ladies and gentlemen here we go how we're going to roll with this ok and i are going to take turns sick reading off one of the words it's on the list you had to study so we're not going to be popping any surprises these are all words that you hand will say the word once we use it in a sentence i will repeat the word you're going to have twenty seconds to write down the word evolution a down here will tell you when it's ten seconds left and then she will do a little ding when the time is up we are asking you to write the words as large as you can so those of us with older eyes can read it so you've got plenty of room on your board there to write the word as soon as the twenty seconds is up we're going to ask you to raise up your board and hold it up so that you enter jubilance here are up higher can sit and read all the words and let you know which ones are correct ok at that time then you can put down the board and you can erase it but don't put your board down or race it until we've been able to see anybody is word all right ok any questions ok and man's going to start with the first word the first word is stretched before i went to the gym i stretched my muscles out stretched ten more second ten more seconds last velvet last night laurie dressed up as dracula for hollow women and wore a velvet cape velvet ok your next word the next word is rough it was a very rough ocean out there and the fisherman didn't feel too well r ten more second ladies and gentlemen i just want to point out that this event is being broadcast live by the belmont media center and it will be rebroadcast on saturdays and sundays at twelve noon throughout november on channel ninety six on eighth year that this event has been broadcast live on the b m cs so we thank them for that the next word in set my friend r school renamed when the insect landed on his no insect ten seconds left sorry joanna go ahead phone in a pink case with green dots on the back it'll be at the registration desk in case you lost it so this young man brought it up here thank you another item lost it appears to be a bracelet and seconds left silver with trinkets on it i can't see them put my glasses on the flower guy this is the last word for the night well for your storm the word is mentioned don't forget to mention to your parents on tuesday that it's election day and they should all be voting meant ten seconds left ok time's up let me see your boards man everyone got this one right to it and me  ladies and gentlemen this is so well fifteen taking the stage so warm fifteen which is the last we're arm in the competitive part of the be ok i just want to take a moment to introduce our panel and lose a is a member of the school committee and she is the time keeper suzanne al cock is a retired teacher from burbank happened to be my son's kindergarten teacher back in the day he's now seventeen and doing well thank you thanks to her laurie graham former chair of the school committee still on the school committee and end may end realtor in town and sponsor ok ladies and gentlemen this is swarmed fifteen kids on swan fifteen raise your hands and when your parents grandparents guardians wa ok we're going to introduce well you know what let's give a hand before introduce and let's have a big hand first warm fifteen ok the crowd has thinned out a little bit which means you guys have to applaud twice as loud come on let's hear it give it up ok say your names ok preston cl any baseball fans out there we just had two kids one named all in the next one ryan interesting ways to james riley noah  ok once again big hand for swarm fifteen ok guys welcome to the spelling bee lori and i are going to be reading the word from the list that you all got a copy of to study then we're going to say that word in a sentence and then we're going to repeat the word again and it's going to give you twenty seconds to write it down and at the end here she's going to give you a ten second warning and then when she brings the bell which is twenty seconds or going to hold your board up with your word written nice  big over your head then suzanne is going to take a look at your boards and leave them up until susie and gives you permission to put your board down because she's going to tell everybody whether or not they've spelled the word correctly and i'm sure because you're all for belmont you will then once you're allowed to put your boards down lori and i will come up with another word you're going to get six or seven words up here so hang in there if you have any questions if your marker runs out raise your hand and anything goes wrong let us know but it's about to begin and laurie's going to feed you your first word excuse me i just want to point out there are two errors in the program first warm fifteen team four is not the wellington spellers but the queen bees and team six is not shooting star but also queen bee all right so we're fifteen you guys ready for your first word are right the first word is juice i like to drink great fruit juice with my breakfast juice ten seconds left all right guys the next word is jungle it's hot and humid and there are monkeys in the jungle jungle ten seconds remaining all right the next word is would i would not like to stand outside in the snow would  ten seconds left ok the next word is thousands of thousand balloons would fill up this whole auditorium thousand is a gentleman i have again i have to say third and fourth graders up here look at how well they spell you know my daughter went all the way through the belmont school system and my son is a senior now and i have to say it's been a great experience and i hope we all continue to support the schools and i'm one of their biggest fans plus it's a lot cheaper than private school ladies and gentlem ten seconds left before you came to the spelling bee right ladies and gentlemen let's have a big hand for swarm fifteen as they leave the stage kids go over this way go over this way incredible in fifteen really good job ok are we are going to stand down for about fifteen minutes when we come back at seven o'clock the competitive part of the spelling bee will begin thank you very much see