it was so funny because i was standing talking to him a couple minutes ago and at admin a school kid that's here helping out said oh mr to me and he's also a vice principal so you're awesome i suppose it was kind to give you a few words of advice thank you everybody for having me and i appreciate the kind words we got an awesome fifth it's great to so give yourselves a hand for that and for being here this evening thank you i really enjoyed my time at my first couple months as assistant principal it's a much different experience having so many students you know that i for lack of a better term of in charge of and want to keep safe every single day but they've all you've all been wonderful you've welcomed me very much and i appreciate it and when i was asked to speak tonight i was very excited about that opportunity the fact you all chosen to speak to the kids if that's ok because i assume these are the contestants yes the fact that you're here this evening and you're making spelling being an important thing in your in your education in your lives is a really big deal we're at a stage now in which computers have spellcheck text messaging is auto correct you don't have to learn because sometimes spelling is done for you but you've made a choice to come here tonight and make spelling important and that's not easy to do because there's not this places impact you made a choice and i really appreciate that as an educator as somebody that really enjoyed spelling when he was a kid you don't see it enough and i really am glad to hear it as a teacher i heard a lot i've heard a lot of students ask the spelling count in the teachers are always saying of course that counts and i know you probably don't have to ask that question because in your mind it's really important and i wish you all luck no matter what whether you win with the it all when the fact you stand up on that stage to me makes you winner and i'm really proud to be  i did not realize that mr her to me was speaking so i already introduce him so i got introduced to a so sorry about that ok let us bring the competitive spellers onto the stage please entre kids c'mon  we were are we ready to take the stage ok ok this is swarm eighteen the last one's come down to number nine and all the way down to nine and no nine all the way down to nine please if there's another team perfect you got nine you're the eminem's right ok yeah there was that there was an ad or an ad on ok ok welcome to the stage moms and dads and guardians and grandparents please keep quiet for the moment please could you hold it down please ok i think you guys know the rules we're not going to explain them to you unless you have any questions a couple things when you spell try to write clearly write as big as you can hold your boards up and keep them up so that the t v cameras can capture them and please don't a race until we tell you to do so because sometimes you guys have the right spelling and you're a sitter you have the wrong spelling erase it and we can't tell the other thing is this is the competitive part of the as you know only two teams from this group will advance but if you don't advance says mr hart to me and said you deserve a lot of credit for getting up here and and trying so other any questions is anybody have any questions at all if you misspell a word you put a stinger down just knock it down if you misspell two words the second stringer goes down and a team that has two words in correct we would ask you to stand down and leave the stage at that point will announce it and give you a warm sendoff yes  if you're one of the two winners excellent question you go on to the final round there are four swarms so a maximum of two teams from each swarm will go on to the final round and from that will pick the winner so the be a maximum of eight teams in the finals there could be only one team that lasts through this round ok any other questions anything at all everybody's got it ok i'm going to introduce you guys i will do my best to pronounce the names correctly i apologize in advance if i am incorrect team number nine and my extreme right m and m abercrombie marshall rieger and alexander wang team five the electrons rocco cavalier and nick mazower any team for the alpha best spell alpha best spellers weldon smith team number two the fifth grade wizards by the way these these young people are fifth and sixth graders i should have said that at the beginning the fifth grade wizards number two george fotis nathan ok there are some other people i want to introduce if i may the time keepers joanna true of us right here she's the editor editor of the column on citizen herald which i think all of you know stephen b is an english professor at harvard and a published poet laurie graham who is call the eye and iron skirt has been here for eight years of a spelling bee and also eight years on the school committee for many years as chairperson she has been sitting here all night and will be with us until the bitter end did all i an iron skirt number two and man is a real estate agent laurean man are the pronouncers i'm greg stone this is my fourteenth time hosting the bee and will be my last time i'm giving it up i'm giving up the microphone after this year so without further ado there any oh yes question yes  ah what kind of questions are those that something we put together for your entertainment for the parents entertainment ok doesn't concern you guys yes or you have thirty seconds is there a third twenty second twenty seconds excuse me twenty seconds until my kids we can do it yeah that's right we twenty seconds yes one more question yes that's right they will give you joanna will give you a ten second warning and then ring the bell when time is up it's up please don't keep going i would ask and this is a general general request for the parents things sometimes get a little intense back here parents sort of coaching parents second guessing us we're doing the best we can so if there's a judgement call if we can't read people's writing we'll do our best but i would just ask that you leave us to our devices we were doing our best ok so we rock we were on that was on hold on somebody saying greg yes ah somebody has a white toyota camry with the lights on in the parking lot so it's no way to license plate five m x five zero m a x five my white toyota camry ok we're ready let's give these guys a warm round of applause and may we have the first word please just before i just want to say one more thing about when we doing this just everybody is clear we're going to say the word once we'll use it in a sentence and then we'll repeat the word as greg asked are you going to write it down is neatly as large as you can so that we can read it it's really important do not hold up your board until two when it has has rung the bell you can have twenty seconds she'll give you a ten second warning and then when the twenty seconds is over she's going to ring the bell and then hold up the board keep it up until stephen has been able to go through and checked all the words all right if you can't hear us or if you need to have u repeat it raise your hand and let us know when we can repeat it you need to raise your hand and let us know when you have your hand raised excellent and one more thing don't spell the word out loud at your table whisper to each other because the tables next you might be listening and while you're spelling it wrong they're writing that down so don't talk out loud whisper get it down you guys are going to be fine a handkerchief handkerchief ten second r c h i e f and we got correct spellings from one two three four five like hand cream hinde korean chief you know i think that is not correct i think that is not correct i'm going to ask group three and groups i think six to just make sure that we can read your handwriting over there make it big and clear like number four who is bright enough to do a hyphen for us that works that works yeah that works that's it you can erase now you guys you did a great job listen don't feel bad if you don't write the word write because your parents couldn't got it right either if they hadn't studied so don't worry about it  i think we should stand i think i think twenty greg we have some question about whether the shot clock here is still twenty seconds or whether it should be twenty six or thirty my understanding is it's still twenty seconds is there any any be official yes somebody is pointing below somebody is pointing somewhere yes krista twenty second twenty four and i can ask group two to move their stinger forward because it looks to me from here because of perspective there we go very good thanks guys ok are you ready what the next word me the next word is pediatrician i have to take my children to a pediatrician when they are sick pediatrician eight is correct there are seven that is not correct guys sorry number six that is correct number five that is not correct number of floor you guys got it right number three i can't see because greg sorry guys that is that is not correct number two that is correct and number one is not quite right either that is a hard one ok number nine you have one singer left is that correct or it is you ok all right we would bear with me one moment t everybody else is still standing you know as far as these valiant spellers leave the stage they may be disappointed but there's nothing to be embarrassed about that did their best but as i say every year the teams don't win there's not one team who wins is the english language who wins and we all win by paying attention anyway and next word please next word is unforgettable we hope this is an unforgettable night for you but in the event it isn't you can watch it saturdays and sundays at noon on channel ninety six comcast and channel thirty varieties in unforgettable ladies and gentlemen in the audience would you please hold it down so the spellers can concentrate thank you ten second ok hold those boards up guys including number eight unforgettable u n f o r g e t h e a b l e number eight has got a correct number six has got it correct number five has got it correct number four has got it correct you guessed right little bigger next time number three has got it correct number two has got it correct and you've all got a correct everybody got  me ok ladies and gentlemen ladies and gentlemen i don't know if you can feel it but there's a power pole tension here so let's give these spellers a hand so they can relax a little bit ok next word please ok the next word is blasphemous when i said a bad word about my friend my father told me that i was being ten seconds ok hold those slates up blasphemous b l a s p eight cheesy m o u s comes from a greek word meaning to say something number one is correct number two is correct number three is correct number four is correct number five is correct number six is correct and number eight is also correct thank you raise those parts ghetto is ok ladies and gentlemen we go on to our fifth word we've had handkerchief pediatrician unforgettable and blasphemous show four and the fifth word will be a labyrinth we went through the corn one second time out loud give us a moment you're going for here hang on yeah goes put one stinger back up please so everybody remains and we go on to the next word only the word labyrinth has been removed from the record all the other words stand does that answer your question yes if you do you still lost a stinger for misspelling a previous word we don't restarting the entire competition we just pretending that we didn't do labyrinth ok only labrinth as discounted ok so yes if you advance to the final round you get your stinger back yes you do yeah when you go to the final round you start the final round with two stingers ok so you only lose stingers for this round here team three has another procedural question yes ok the question is if one team has two stingers left in the other team another team has one stinger left do we compare the number of stingers generally speaking we go until everybody is eliminated except for maximum minimum of a maximum of two teams so theoretically if there are two teams left everybody else would have no stingers and at that point it doesn't matter ok but we'll figure it out when we get t ok let's go on to the next word guys ok and then try again the word is ok janelle e ok generally we'll have some odd things come up during the spelling bee that causes to quietly confer and figure out what to ten seconds five can we see your slate number five is correct number four is not correct i'm sorry number three is correct number two is correct and number one is and not correct i'm do not farthest away there we go no grab the tape the edge of the table nearest to you on the counter three pull it back a little bit a step or two just a little bit just a little bit a little bit ok good that's fine thank you ok next word please let's give my hand guys so we've had a handkerchief handkerchief pediatrician unforgettable blasphemous labyrinth which didn't count and occasionally which did so let's rock for side the camera was conducting surveillance on the people coming up to the a t m machine over dale it's people in the audience please hold it down so the spellers can concentrate sorry number eight had it correct number six did not i'm afraid number five does not have it right sorry guys number four you got it right number three you've got it correct number two also has it correct it's an honor to have survived through seven words so there's no nothing to be embarrassed about your so much to be proud of next word please the next word is conceivable it is conceivable that sometimes i can make a mistake as hard as that is to believe conceivable ten seconds number two you have got it number three your correct number for you are correct and number four you are not correct number six you are correct and number eight i'm afraid you are not correct take on and so now we have four teams left greg we got it we got it a technical thing even if you think you got it wrong please do not a racial board until i tell you that you can erase your board because we need to see them with our own eyes ok do  race you're bored once we're reading them even if you feel bad about what you did leave it up there for us to check that's right you might think you're wrong and you might be correct so we have four teams left in number two the fifth grade wizards team number three aces wild team number six belmont's awesome spellers and team number eight the chanter b as we go to our one two three four five six seven eight or ninth word coming up which is ok your next in the audience please keep it down ten seconds number three is correct number six is correct and number eight is also correct elaine so wait all right let's have a hand for these guys as we go on to our tenth word let's have a hand as we go on to our tenth word ok once once again ladies and gentlemen we ask you please please to keep the chatter down please yes ok the judges have determined that we are now going off list because this is the tenth word and obviously these are very good spellers we need to challenge them more so than we already   repeat the word one more time team three is asking hope h going to see those boards guys ok let's see that is ok number eight you are correct nobody else got it number eight is the only correct answer ok ladies and gentlemen we did we bid good evening to team three aces wild sicilia career eamonn con alvin lewin weldon smith well done and we also it is it is a great honor to survive nine rounds with this competition and so after dog going through a handkerchief i didn't take a breath handkerchief pediatrician unforgettable blasphemous labyrinth occasionally surveillance conceivable scavenger and popery we now go to our eleventh word or hold on one second hold on hold on ok very good we'll see you guys shortly don't go away you'll be coming back and you'll get two stingers in the finals a quick announcement quickly just sticks there's a lot of pizza laugh it's so entire pizzas  going for sale for five bucks such a deal with take advantage of it five dollars for an entire pizza ok let's bring the next groups on please oh ok we're going to give people a few minutes that take pictures here give people a few minutes ok team six you have materialized wonderful ok the popular razzi have sated their appetites for photographs i believe we have quiet in the house pleas quiet please you know i don't mean to sound like a school principal or a school marm but i'm hearing a lot of the young voices so kids just show some respect for the people who are on the stage try to hold it down please ok wait wait we're not going to continue until we have absolute silence in the auditorium absolute silence thank you very much ok and it you folks know the drill are there any questions is anybody have any questions at all about rules technicalities anything we're all cool there are yes you get twenty seconds to say and you got a warning in ten seconds anybody else any questions  yes what is the drill that means what's the procedure do you know what you know what to do that's an expression i'm sorry you know what to do ok good question it we're not going to do it drilling here don't worry yes that you have a question ok all right everybody is cool ok let me just introduce yes we should say again if something is confusing or you're not sure a rule has been followed you can stop the clock with the question joanna will stop the clock and when the question's been answered the clock will restart if something was inaudible or some putting fell on your head and you needed to stop the clock so you can hear the word one more time or get the putting off you had you can say i got a question and you and i will stop the clock but don't do it if you have an itch it has to be something serious ok all right let me introduce these folks starting from your right team eight panda power brian lynn jaden ruan albert wang and tony if i mispronounce forgive me i'm doing my best team seven team seven the three honey bees samantha rono emily sullivan and eleanor jonathan linehan beeler and daniel titus team for the stellar spellers eva john gregorio stella lez nick and mia waters team three the grizzly bears brian shu and brennan thompson let's have a big hand for these do ok those of you where the belmont billionaires not your summer houses together plural and make noise ok we ready first word all right folks i know that greg told you the basic rules but i just want to remind people you have twenty everybody's words have been checked out right and adam dusenberry who is on the t v crew asked me to ask you guys to read big and hold them up high so that the camera can zoom in on your brilliant spelling ok let's rock the first word is ok the first the first word in turbulence when i was in the airplane and hit a pocket of air there was turbulence and it rocked the plane back and forth ten seconds is correct number five is correct number four is correct number three is correct can you get written bigger letters next time number three i want to be able to see what you're right number two is correct and number one i correct is correct number one again big letters please guys next time ok if you got it wrong knock a stinger down if you come back for the finals people have asked you do get to stingers you know lose the singer permanently just for in this round v can make you feel afraid and vulnerable but were so proud of you for being here vulnerable ten seconds vulnerable v u s l n e r a b l e number one you are correct number two you got it number three you got it number four i'm sorry that's not correct number five you are correct number six is correct number seven is correct and number eight is correct o oh right you ready for your next word yeah ok the word is fictitious harry potter is a fictitious character but incredibly fascinating fictitious it quietly guys whisper to each other ten second correct number two is not correct number three is correct number four is not correct them so thick to is what no that's a letter that's not an h number three you are correct that was i see that a teen i hooked together next time be sure that you're not connecting your letters because it can confuse us but i think that is correct number four i'm sorry guys  number five that's not right number six i'm sorry that's not right number seven that is on one second not right i'm sorry and number eight that is correct ok so number five you have one stinger left gentleman one left ok so we are bidding good evening to team four and team seven we give them a hand as they leave the sta ok guys boards a race next word is and hold on one second i'm sorry i was just asked to remind you guys don't erase your board until you're told to erase it please just wait until you get the signal thank you go ahead i'm sorry and that's ok the next word is authenticate when you go to the airport and you have it take it you are asked to show your driver's license or passport to authenticate that you are you authenticate ten seconds let's see this slates authenticate a u t h e t i c a t e number eight is correct number six is correct number five you got to show me that slate you are correct number three is correct number two is correct and number one is hard to read hold that up that number one is correct number one is correct please big letters fantastic fo so we go this will be our fifth word coming up we've had turbulence vulnerable fictitious and authenticated so far so what will be next all right are you ready your next word is exaggeration it is not an exaggeration to say that belmont students are the hardest working ones in the nation exaggeration short of the down back here please ten seconds t i o n number eight is correct number six is correct number five we got to see that i can't see it number five is correct number three is correct please write it bigger letters next time grizzly bear that you got it right number two is correct and number the mom put your hands as we go on to our sixth word for the six teams the next word is exemplary greg stone has banned the mc of the spelling bee and doing an exemplary and outstanding job for the last four hundred twenty seven years exemplary ten seconds behavior from everybody exemplary e x e m p l a r y number eight is right number six is right number five is right number three can i see that number three ok you guys are right please bigger letters next time that you guys got it right number two is correct and number one is correct that was an exemplary performance ok so we've had this will be the seventh word we've had turbulence the fluorescent got it right number six has got it right number five has got it right number three grizzly bears thanks for the bigger writing and you got to write number two you got to write and greg can you read what number one is written they've kind o r e s c e n t looks correct sounds right to me ok ok so after after seven rounds we still have the fab four the green spelling machine the grizzly bears number three number five is the magic spells number six the genius spellers and number eight panda power it was we go on to the eighth word next word is ex e earlier i gave a word that confused someone so that word was expunged from the competition  ten second do not expunge the words from your slates until we've seen them and told you if you got it right expunge e x p u n g e the fab four of got it right the green machine it got it right the grizzly bears have got it right number five you are correct number six i'm sorry that is not correct number eight you got it right ladies and gentlemen let's bid good evening to team number six so we go on to our ninth word which shall be the eighth word is camouflaged there are many animals in the wild such as zebras that have camouflage on their bodies to protect them from being seen by other animals camouflage you may now erase sure slate's so we go on to our tenth word this is a very long round it's great ok last word from the list that word is philanthropist bill gates gave quite a bit of his earnings that way to people that needed it more than he did and that's what made him a wonderful philanthropist philanthropist you have got it correct so have the are you guys what is your team name again you have a right magic spellers and you guys have a right to own a ladies and gentlemen let's build good evening to the in anybody's book a significant achievement so we have four teams left as we go to our eleventh word all right we're now going off list back up if you took it down could i point out something that perhaps people can see that we have three teams left with two stingers teammate team three and team one each have two stingers they have been perfect spellers  and five is also doing spectacularly well so as we go on to our twelfth word twelve word is sophomore when you are in tenth grade you are also known as a sophomore hold it down we're not ready it guys ok let's take a deep breath and let's review what we've done we've done turbulence vulnerable fictitious authenticated exaggeration exemplary florescent expunge camouflage philanthropist pseudonym sophomore and pure a wet and the fourteenth word will be chauffeur i use her to chauffeur me end up boston and back when i don't want to take public transportation chauffeur question teammate go ahead repeat the word please the word is chauffeur i use a chauffeur i mean he's up over to chauffeur me into boston and back when i don't want to take public transportation  ok before we check the spelling in a very important announcement there are thirteen pizzas left and they're going for five bucks apiece so don't pass it up when he goes to the ca the fab four i've got to correct right greg that is correct guys hold that steady please yes they are correct i'm afraid them are three and number five and number eight have all got it in correct sorry guys ok so ladies and gentlem good evening to number five the magic spells for a close saw jonathan lend a hand be a learner and daniel titus gentleman who survived thirteen rounds so let's give the matter applause as they depart the stage well done so we go on to our fifteenth word count em fifteen good scratch go ahead i will yeah flam sometimes when i have a sore throat i have flam in my throat hold down in the audience please ok without further ado we're bringing up swarm twenty swarm twenty take the stage please ok stop at number eight please thank you oh ok all right i'll tell you what i know there are a lot of little kids here i was once a little kid myself we're going to give you ten seconds to make as much noise as your one ok so for ten seconds you guys here's the deal for ten seconds you make as much noise as you were on and on the eleven second you got to be quiet so the spellers can hear ok deal yes yes absolutely ok go ten seconds make  ok now see lancy oh and the other part of the bargain is note no t v until after new years right and nobody oh games ok seriously let me introduce this spellers here this is swarm twenty let's start over here to your extreme right we have to number eight the light bulbs kate hold your applause till the end please darken lauren arsenault katrina mccarthy and sohn sides knees chef boss that i say that right i tried thank you if i mispronounced your names i apologize it seems seven cast a spell derek chan daniel jang samuel  spellers in the superman shirt sam baldwin luke fitzpatrick anthony reject or oh and paul ridge are on number two the shooting stars anya chan erica lu juliet pang and and last but not least on my on your extreme left stage right the pirate gummy bears lauren g ok so feel lou hanna oh and be sal go now a question that two of you have patches over the left eye three of you have patches over the left eye and one over the right i am not sure what that means but it's what it's very creatively asymmetrical ok do you have any questions about the rules you guys understand everything that we're doing any questions at all ok a couple things right big right clear hold it up so that the t v cameras can zoom in on you and show people who are watching at home how brilliant you are and don't do what until we tell you don't do what until we tell you a raised on a race until we tell y if you get a word wrong you put a stinger down and if you get too stingers down you will have to leave the stage will give you a round of applause we'd ask you to stand down at that point if you come back for the final you start again with two stingers so you only lose the stinger for this round everybody cool yes ok let's have a big round of applause first warm twenty and and and we ask people in the audience to please keep quiet i give you guys ten seconds of complete mayhem so now we ask for your silence and your respect ok so the first words sh what just just a minute guys you have twenty seconds to do this we will read a word will use it in a sentence and will repeat the word if you can't hear us or you need us to repeat it raise your hand so we can do that too and it's going to be timing you she's going to give you a ten second warning and when the twenty seconds is over she will ring her bell and at that point at that point only when you raise your boards don't raise up your board until the bell has been rung and  up there the whole time so that we can read it all right all right and if one of the thing is that if everybody gets the word wrong we'll say another word nobody loses a stanger if everybody gets the word wrong we'll start with another word ok and going to start the first word is no i get a lot of snacks to eat during the spelling bee and sometimes it makes my stomach hurt ok keep those up keep those up facing us until we've told you to put them down i'm going to spell the word correctly possibly tell a joke about it and then tell you who got it right  s e a and number one is correct number two is correct number three is correct number four is correct number five number six number six can you wait bigger next time guys you got it right but bigger letters number seven is correct number eight is correct and i bet it comes from the same root as nautical because sailors get seasick ok here's a question for the parents who's the author wrote a famous novel called nausea were raise your maoris as a bonus point if anybody has the answer come on up and you have or are eternal gratitude no prize this recognition all right if you're already here or next word embroidery embroidery is when someone uses decorative thread to make a interesting pattern on their clothes basketball the ball hit the back of her head and she lost consciousness and fell to the ground consciousness make your letters big enough so we can see em hyphens are allowed ten seconds correct number four is correct number five is correct number six is not correct sorry guys number seven is correct number eight is correct and please keep your eyes on your own board not other people boards while we are spelling words in the future everybody ok ladies and gentlemen let's bid good evening to the rider and he flat and miriam grosse grosser excuse me well done late is very we as we move on to our fourth word we've had nausea embroidery and consciousness so for try to write a sentence with those three words ok if you're ready here comes your next word and that is five that is correct number four that is correct superman that is also correct number two that is correct and number one that is correct to go from one house to the next and it tells me approximately how long it will take me to get from one place to the next proximately right larger next time or making it hard to get hard to give you credit but you got it right number four you are correct number five you are correct number seven you got it and number eight you got it to everybody got everybody got it so this will be the sixth word ok the six word is pandemonium there was pandemonium when the patriots won we're going to indispensable those little markers you're using to write on your white board so that you can all win the spelling bee tonight are indispensable because without them we wouldn't know if you know how to spell a word indispensable ten seconds two i'm afraid that is not correct superman number four you are correct number five you are correct number seven that is not correct and number eight that is correct ok is so i is a heck of an achievement as i say every year who wins the english language and wins because we all learn a little bit more about it just by being here so that's a good thing ok if you already the next word is chastise i had to chastise my children when they were fighting chastise seconds ries chastize c h a s t i ass easy is the preferred spelling you've all spelled it correctly good job guys excellent excellent this will be this will be the ninth it's up to you guys next occurrence the spelling bee is an occurrence that happens once a year here at the belmont high school put on by the foundation for belmont education occurren sky's we're checking this is a word that may have other correct spellings in other parts of the world and we don't want to disqualify anyone for spelling it in a second way that's also right stand stand by for a second on it isn't gentleman please stand by guys ok ok we've done some checking we're going to go with the standard american spelling o c c u r r e a n c e is the spelling we want number one is correct number two is that is not correct number four that is correct number five i'm afraid that's not correct number seven that is not correct and number eight i'm afraid that is not correct ladies and gentlemen please join inside chinese chef voss it's they survived for eight rounds and that's admirable in any anyone's estimation and i believe that we now we have three teams left i'm sorry i thought there were two we have three teams left the pirate gummy bears number one number four of the three jays and number five the magic spell duel as we go on to our tenth word was still a pizza's left i'll bet there's still pieces left five bucks apiece yes we're ten shall be all right word ten i number one that is also not correct so we need another word now ok let me just point something out that after this will be the eleventh word coming up we have three teams left and they each have one stinger it's a tense moment so let's give these guys a hand to break the tension ten seconds ok very good thank you very much and now we bring on the final preliminary round which will be eight more teams the come on stage guys ok teammate stop here ok quiet in the house please quiet i just want to say a couple of things that we are live on channel eight this will be reprove rebroadcast on saturdays and sundays at noon on channel ninety six on comcast and channel thirty on varieties and the last week in november in the first week in december you can also watch this online at belmont media dot org we thank the able production paparazzi come forward swarm twenty one here we'll let you guys take your pic ok ladies and gentleman this is an excellent time for me to reintroduce this stupendous team here we have to vet three veterans and one newcomer the veteran in front of me here is and man one of our pronouncers real estate agent in town we have lori graham who has been on the school committee for eight years also former chair of the school committee i should say that the chair of the school committee rotates so when i say former chair that's no reflection on her long longer being the chair she's a great public servant and a friend to belmont for sure as is and the newcomers stephen burke too is comported himself admirably here tonight he's an english professor at harvard and he seems to know the etymology or derivation of just about every word that we've said he shaking his head in false modesty and joanna chewable this who is known to many of us all of us as the editor of the belmont citizen herald joanna 's the time keeper stephen is the umpire i'm greg stone and now it's time to introduce the kids of the hour swarm twenty one let's start on my left angelica and joanna i think that's a safe bet ok number two that chen or a cheat is gray's dean madison knight solon marion and gillian palmer is that correct ok number three the outback's christopher christa how was your last name pronounced bug a crystal ball gay is one of the co chairs of the bee and so again i think there's a family sophia colombo nora does a koski and grace murphy team eight team chicken terry yaki i'm not sure i'm asking about that yet teen now question a question for you on the stage and that is do you have any questions you guys know the rules are you cool with everything and then on your mind anything you want to ask us you're good right big right clearly hold them up so that we can show them on t v don't erase until we tell you to do so you'll have twenty seconds the name of the word will be spoken it will be used in a sentence and then spoken again and then you have twenty seconds after that burr remember please don't erase until we tell you to do so we want to be fair to everybody everybody cool and also don't please don't hold up your board until july no rings or bell she's going to give a ten second warning at twenty second show ring the little bell and then raise up your board and keep them up nice and high so we can read them and so that the belmont media center can also be covering it all right if you have any questions when about the way we pronounce a word raise your hand as soon as you can  nearest to you know known nearest to not farthest away nearest you there or you go ok on the count of three pull back a little bit just a little bit little bit more keep going if you knock your stingers down sorry or eliminated just kidding keep going and just kidding about that ok we're good let's go ok first word is significance the significance of this event is that most of you will probably love the english language and become famous significance ten seconds slates up all the slates up keep them up until i tell you to put them down i will spell the word correctly and then tell you who spelled it right significance for all the if this happens again think about the sentence and how the word sounds in the sentence that you heard but we're going to give you i were going to say you got it right if you spelled significance correctly s i g is correct number seven is correct or six i'm afraid i don't spill either one correctly i'm sorry guys take down one stinger number five is correct number four is correct number three is hard to read greg can use your eyeballs and that is correct yes ok number two is correct and number one is on the floor that is a significant design flaw in your race that ok that's ok and we don't just no problem we're not giving you a hard time one of the few words correct so we're going to move on please guys do not a race you're bored until we tell you to keep it up there let's move on ok we're going to race now right you mean now a race you were bor all right ok your next word is unanimous it was our unanimous decision to let either significance or significant be an acceptable word unanimous ten seconds race until we have got them all numbers five you are correct number six you are correct i said that number four you are correct number three you are correct number two you are correct number one you are also correct problem for me i was going to send you a great thing but i don't want to be hard on you guys are doing great the next word is when laurie slammed her finger in the car door the words she used hold those slits up hold them up and keep them up uncouth u n c o u t h number one is correct number two is correct number three is correct number four is correct number five is correct i think it's unanimous they all got it right your slates so we've had significant or significance your none of us and uncouth and the fourth word will be the fourth word in carburetor the carburetor on my automobile had to be replaced by my mechanic carburetor ten seconds number six that is corrects number five that is not correct so i guess number four that is correct number three that is not correct number two that is correct and number and there's a hush in the crowd are you guys tired or you just paying attention or just videotaping the next word is technique there's a special technique i make i have with my brazilian taco's that no one can repeat the technique you guys all got it right everybody got it right now reassure slate's ok we've had significant unanimous uncouth carburetor and technique and we go to our sixth word with all teams still standing i might add ok so the next word is recipient whichever group wins the spelling bee will be the recent the end of an award let's see all this let's hold high all the recipient are e c i p i e e e n t number one is correct number two is correct number three that is not correct greg can you that's not correct that is not because not correct number four that is correct number five is correct numbers six is correct number seven is correct and number eight is correct so brilliantly and they deserve our respect and admiration you may now reach your words thank you thank you and welcome the next word is malicious the way the bully treated the fellow student was so mean malicious that he was expelled from school malicious the fourteen's with two stingers left and one two three three teams with one i mean more that we had you guys want to know everything this we've had seven significant unanimous uncouth carburetor technique recipients and militias so what's the word coming up the eighth word in feasibility before we built the swimming pool we had to do a feasibility study to see if the plan would work feasibility up so i can make sure that indeed you've all got it correct good job guys belmont is wonderful you may now raise your slate's ok nice ten seconds yeah yeah that hang on yeah nobody saw that one right no one has been eliminated nothing bad has happened to any of you are all going to be fine i was special cookie goes to number seven yeah no one no one should lose a stinger over that right nobody nobody got nothing or the word didn't count yeah so we go yeah great i think you've said this before but just the general reminder if nobody gets a word right nobody gets penalize for getting the word wrong if nobody gets something right nobody loses a stinger nothing bad happens to anyone that is a general principle of the spelling bee all right you ready for the next word this is our tenth word ok the word is  i know that when you win the spelling bee you are going to be filled with you're going to feel euphoric and filled with joy ago number two was the only correct answer number two you guys got it right good job he everyone else oh ok ok so we have to unfortunately bid good evening to teams five six and eight as they stand down team five is th thanks survived they survived for now we're ounce and they're excellent spellers and so we have four teams left and those four are going to put my glasses back on the capes team won the chan are a cheat as team to team for the smashing cheetahs and team septimius seven tuxedo bees so we have the capes t t ladies club on the hill and they will draw silhouettes on your face and put it in a frame silhouette correct and number seven is not correct sorry about that i believe we have our yes as it is you finalists two people who will continue the next round yes hang on one second thank you all grace dean madison knight solon marion and gillian palmer move on if you all would just give us a few minutes to reorganize will bring the remaining teams up for the finals you guys can stand down for a while but don't go