The spellers were herded on to buses and shipped off to one of the main events of Bee Week: The Great American Barbeque. When I arrived, I was overwhelmed by the multitude of spellers, parents, and "bouncy-bounce"-esque inflatable games.
Most of the spellers were spending their time there getting signatures from other spellers for their "Bee Keeper" books. There are 135 boys and 153 girls participating in this year's bee. 26 spellers have at least one relative who has competed in previous national finals. There is 1 second grader, 5 fourth graders, 19 fifth graders, 41 sixth graders, 58 seventh graders, and 164 eighth graders.
The crew of the spelling bee are mostly college students and many have been involved with the Bee in the past, as spellers themselves or family members of spellers. They all had "Worker Bee" written on the back of their T-Shirts.
The spellers were herded on to buses and shipped off to one of the main events of Bee Week: The Great American Barbeque. When I arrived, I was overwhelmed by the multitude of spellers, parents, and "bouncy-bounce"-esque inflatable games.
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