001[Applause] [Music] Good evening everyone. Everyone, thank you so much for being here tonight. I'm Laura Stone and I am chair of the Dartmouth Education Foundation. We were last together for a bee in the fall of 2019. So, we're so happy to be back together in person after the impact of COVID. The Dartmouth Educ Education Foundation was established in 2007 to help supplement teaching, learning, and innovation. And at a time when Dartmouth was facing education budget cuts, a group of parents and community members founded the organization to put resources back into the classroom. So it's been about 15 years and we're really proud of what we have been able to fund in Dartmouth. The DEF is an endowed fund of the community foundation, the Southeastern uh community foundation, and we appreciate the support that they lend
002to us. So, in September of this past year, we awarded nearly $12,000 to teachers in the Dartmouth public schools, many of whom are uh uh going to go come on stage tonight or be represented. Uh we do that from elementary to high school and every year the spelling bee fundraising goes directly back into funding many grants for teachers to improve learning in Dartmouth. And the next grant cycle will open on the 1st of April. So, I have some quick thank yous and some introductions before we get started. I want to thank my fellow Dartmouth Education Foundation Advisory Council members. Rachel Cherrier, uh, if you could just wave, Dr. Rambala, Dr. Shannon Jenkins, Dr. Carol Kapotus, Chris Pereira, Christina Rebello, Enid Silva, Dr. Janna Souza, Mary Wait, uh, who's a little bit ill tonight, Meredith Wilkinson,
003Dr. Steven Witzig and I just cannot uh be introducing our board u without introducing the founding board member John Bogard who is here tonight competing on a spelling B team. Uh so I want to thank our flight sponsors and team sponsors and all the donors tonight. You can read all about them and their amazing uh support of our work uh in your program. flights are sponsored, our teams are sponsored, and we're very, very grateful for that. Um, I want to also uh acknowledge that the poster and some of the donations are also noted on the poster as you walk out tonight. So, you can um be sure to check that out as well. And then, of course, I want to thank Dartmouth High School for hosting us tonight. So, I know that Dr. Bonnie Gford,
004our superintendent, is on a team. if she could raise her hand. And also, uh, Mike Martin is here, who is assistant principal of Dartmouth High School and has been amazing helping us get ready tonight. So, we are very grateful for the hosting and our ability to be here, uh, and and have this site to do this work. So, we will be awarding prizes again this year. If you came just for the prizes, they will be back. Um, and if you didn't receive a ticket or a piece small scrap of paper as you were uh coming in, we still have some Dartmouth High School or Dartmouth Middle School Honor Society volunteers collecting them and they're in here. It's not too late. If you didn't do that, you can still do it now and anyone can put
005their name in. Um, so be sure you do that. At the very end of the night, you have to be present to win the prize. We will be awarding two Bruins tickets. So, I hope you'll stick around for that. And um I want to also acknowledge uh our judges tonight. So we have three judges. Starting on the end, we have um David Titlebomb who is a member of the Dartmouth Select Board. David, just raise your hand. Um we have Jim Story here on this end uh deputy chief of uh Dartmouth PD. And we have Dr. Cynthia Marland, a retired director of our DCTV media for the town of Dartmouth who's in our midst tonight. And finally, I want to introduce Dr. Steven Witzig, who is a member of our Dartmouth Education Foundation Advisory Council, and
006he is so gracious to be willing tonight to be our announcer, and we're grateful to him for for doing that. So, um, before Steven comes up and we get this shindig started, I do want to, um, allow, uh, Harmonics to come out and it is my pleasure to introduce them. They are there are members of harmonics here tonight and they are Dartmouth High School's amazing ac cappella group and they are going to be singing our national anthem. Oh, say can you see by the dawn early light so proudly we held at the twilight last gleaming whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight for the ramp. And parts we watched were so gallently streaming. And the rockets red glare. The bombs bursting in air gave proof through the night that our flag was
007still there. Oh, say does that star spangled banner and way [Music] for the land of the free and the home of the brave. So, I'll invite Stephen to come up and join us and we'll get this party started. Thank you. All right, welcome everyone. So, the teams have all been schooled in the cafeteria about the rules, but there may be audience members that might not know what we're doing tonight. So, to start, I want to remind everyone to silence your cell phones. And I did hear some rumblings about whether or not you can have cell phones up on the stage and you cannot. So please do not. This team here in particular was asking that question. So don't bring your cell phones up onto the stage. It's all it all needs to come from here.
008Um reminder that there's going to be prizes awarded to those in attendance between the flights. Uh and you must be present to win. All right. So here are the rules. This is a team competition. Each team consists of three members. Between four and five teams will compete at a time in what we call flights. The team members will work together to puzzle out the spelling of each word. Each team will have a dry erase board which with which to write and review its spelling and which to show the answer. The competing teams will have 30 seconds to write an answer on their individual dry erase boards. All teams will show their answers at the end of the Jeopardy jingle or when I call time. When time is up and the answers are displayed, I will
009give the correct answer and our judges will determine which teams are correct and which teams are incorrect. The teams you'll know if you're if you're incorrect and just you'll just have to be on our system, but we've got some judges here that are going to be watching you. All right. We use the first spelling in the Miriam Webster's online dictionary as the correct answer. Should a team give an incorrect answer, it will lower you will lower flag. When a team subsequently gives a second incorrect answer, it will lower its second flag and turn over the placard. The team is out of the competition, but will remain on the stage for the duration of the flight. The single winner of each flight, the last team with a flag still up will go on to the final
010competition. There will be five flights and five winners will be competing in the finals. In the championship round, the competition will be double elimination. A team must spell the final word correctly to win. If the final teams all misspel their final word, another word will be given until there's only one team that has spelled the word correctly, and that team will become the champion, and they will take home the trophy for the year and have their name engraved onto that trophy. Are we ready? All right. So, flight number one, flight number one is sponsored by APC Auto Body. And if the teams from flight number one can make your way to the stage as I will announce you. We've got the A's, B's, and Policies sponsored by Silva Group Insurance Agency. We've got Be Witch
011was which is a team from Quinn Elementary sponsored by Das Le Palm and Martin CPAs. We've got Cast a Spell, which is a team from Dartmouth High School, sponsored by Lana Finerman. We've got the Cosmic Orthographers, sponsored by the Stone family. And we have the DMS workerbees sponsored by Dr. John Crayon. So, let's all give the first flight a big round of applause. Okay, we'll do Oh, yes. Yes. All right. So, I have Oh, we've got some traffic cones going up. We should be we should be concerned. So, uh a few uh little housekeeping rules for the for you that are up on the stage. We have water bottles on the stage for you. Please take that water bottle with you when we leave and we will put a whole new set of water bottles
012on there. In fact, we have a whole team of National Junior Honor Society and Honor Society kids that are going to do that. I'd also like to recognize uh Dr. Doug Rosco. Dr. Doug Rosco is sitting here to my to my left and he is actually um the wizard behind the computer who's going to be uh uh projecting the words for us. So let's let's thank Doug for volunteering his time for doing that. All right, are we ready? All right, your first word is breeze. It's a noun, an easy task, something done or carried on without difficulty. Spell breeze. [Music] The spelling of your first word should be a breeze. [Applause] [Music] Breeze. [Music] All right, at this time, show your responses and the judges will Yeah, make sure you hold it up real good
013and real good and high. There we go. Looks like everybody everybody has that one. All right, nice job, everyone. Yes, we've got some winners already. All right, your second word is gnarly. It's an adjective twisted with or as in with gnars or knots. Spell gnarly. [Music] The gnarly rope at the bottom of the gear bag posed a bit of a problem for the mountain climbers. Gnarly. [Applause] [Music] All right, let's see your responses. Hold those up nice and high. Everybody's good. All right. Nicely done. Your your third word is buoy. It's a noun, a distinctively shaped and marked float, sometimes carrying a signal or signals. Spell buoy. [Music] The buoy marked the start of the shipping channel. Buoy [Applause] [Music] That's time. Hold up your answers, everybody. All right, your fourth word is canoodle. It's
014a verb. Canoodleoodle to caress, fondle, or pet amorously. spell canoodle. [Music] The teenager was embarrassed when she saw her parents canoodle at the town carnival. [Applause] [Music] Canoodle. [Music] All right, let's see your answers for canoodle. Is that a K at the end? Yep. I can't see it from here. Is that a That's a Okay. So, one team on the end. Put a flag down. All right, nicely done everyone. Your your fifth word is dichotomy. It is a noun dichotomy. A division into two parts or kinds. Spell dichotomy. [Music] There is often a dichotomy between what politicians say and what they do. Dichotomy [Applause] [Music] All right, let's see your spellings for dichotomy. D. Yeah. D I C H O T O M Y. So, we've got one one team with the flag. I can't
015see the far. They're all good. Okay, nice to know. All right, for your sixth word, it is shenanigans. It's a noun. Shenanigans. Mischief or prankishness. Spell shenanigans. [Music] The students pulled all sorts of shenanigans on the substitute teacher. Shenanigans. [Applause] [Music] All right, show us your responses for shenanigans. is s h e n a n i g a ns. So you guys okay I the judges you guys good? Yeah. Okay. All right. We good. On to word seven. Raspberry. It's a noun. Raspberry. The fruit of any of several shrubs belonging to the genus Rubis of the rose family. Spell raspberry. [Music] The raspberry bushes produced a lot of fruit this year. Raspberry. [Applause] [Music] All right, let's see your responses for Raspberry. R A S P B E R R Y. Oh, we've got the
016abs and the policies have extinguished their flags. All right, your eighth word is flamus. It's a verb flamus to bewilder. Spell flamus. [Music] The order for a vegan meal may flamux the shelf at the steakhouse. Flamox. [Music] All right, let's see your spellings for Flamox. F L U M M O X All right, moving on to your ninth word. The word is benevolent. It's an adjective. Benevolent characterized by or expressing goodwill or kindly feelings. Spell benevolent. [Music] Benevolent. [Applause] [Music] It's an adjective. The volunteers benevolent smile was welcomed at the senior center. Benevolent. [Music] All right, let's see responses for Benel. BN E V O L E N T. Good. All right. Your 10th word is eczema. It's a noun. Eczema. An inflammatory condition of the skin attended with itching. Spell eczema. [Music] The child
017was uncomfortable due to the eczema patches all over their body. Eczema. [Applause] [Music] Eczema. [Music] All right, let's see your spellings for eczema. E C Z E M A. All right, and that's it for bewitched. We're down to two teams. Is that correct? Great. All right, for your 11th word, your 11th word is malfeasins. It's a noun. Malfeasins. The performance by a public official of an act that is legally unjustified, harmful, or contrary to law. Spell malfeasins. [Music] The mayor was tried for malfeasins after buying furniture for their home on the town's expense account. Malfeasins [Applause] [Music] now. Oh, it's sent. The mayor was tried for malfeasins after buying furniture for their home on the town's expense account. M A L F E A S A N C E. They missed one. Yep. Oh, both.
018So, we've got a winner. Which which team is the Great. All right, let's hear it for cosmic orthographers who won flight one in our first in our spelling be. So, as I remind you, please take the water bottles with you. Even if you didn't drink from those, just take those with you. We've got plenty. And now we will do uh our first door prize raffle. Okay. So, you gonna tell me when I'm Okay, everybody. So, we are going to raffle off two swag bags which have been donated by Chris Pereira uh and the Dartmouth Athletic Alumni Association. Um, just want to point out that the swag bags have our current logo on them and the DEF is not taking a position uh either way about whether that logo will remain or not, but the swag
019bags contain the current logo. Okay. So the first name is Bill Kavanaaugh. Bill Kavanaaugh. Okay. So Janna is bringing that. You can come down actually to collect your prize, but it looks like uh Dr. Souza is going to deliver the swag bag. But you can come forward to collect. Um, and the second name is John Nunes right there. All right, stay tuned. Next flight. All right, are we ready for flight two? Flight two is proudly sponsored by Souza Family Orthodontics. So, we thank them for their sponsorship. And we've got the teams be sustainable from UMass, sponsored by Dr. Mark Milano, the Dental Surgeons of Dartmouth. You guys can all make your way to the stage. DMS's finest sponsored by Dr. Marley Gomes and Chris Pereira. Positively Potter sponsored by doctors John and Peter V. Spellyfish
020a team from Dlo sponsored by Crowley Weaver Insurance Agency and the Wilkinson family. And we also have the wannabes sponsored by the Bala family. Let's give all this teams a big round of applause as they make their way to the stage. So, I I will remind the teams on the stage after you're after you're leave the stage tonight, take the water bottles with you. And if you when you if you do when you do get eliminated, uh if you could turn your placards down so it'll be make it easier for the judge to see who they need to who they need to um score. Okay, everybody set? All right, your first word for flight 2 is manageable. It's an adjective. Manageable that can be managed, governable, tractable. Spell manageable. [Music] Hopefully this first word is
021manageable for you. Manageable. [Applause] [Music] All right, hold up your responses for manageable. It is m a n a g e a b l e. Hold it up nice and big. Are we good on the end? They got it wrong. Okay. Thank you for being Thank you for the honesty. All right. The next word is thesaurus. It's a noun. Thesaurus. A dictionary of synonyms and antonyms. Spell thesaurus. [Music] A thesaurus is helpful when writing poetry. Thesaurus. [Applause] [Music] And once you agree on your word, if you can write it in nice big bold block letters, that will help our judges out immensely. All right, hold up your responses for thesaurus. T H E S A U R U S. All right, your third word is batten. It's a noun. Batten. A long flat strip of
022squared wood or metal used to hold something in place. Spell batton. [Music] The crew added the last batton to the sail and were ready to shove off. Batten [Applause] [Music] Batten. All right, hold up your responses for Batton. B A T E N. That's a lot of a lot of damage was done there. Not a lot of sailors on the stage, I'm guessing. Yeah. Yeah. All right. We slept. Your fourth word is colleague. It's a noun. Colleague. An associate. Spell colleague. [Music] She was recommended for the award by a Colleague [Applause] [Music] All right, hold up your responses for colleague. C O L L E A G U E. All right, nicely done, teams. Your fifth word is flem. It's a noun. Flem. The thick mucus secreted in the respiratory passages and discharged through the
023mouth as during a cold. Spell flem. [Music] He was coughing up increasing amounts of fleg before deciding to see a doctor. Flem. [Applause] [Music] All right, hold up your spelling for Flem. P H L E G M. DMS's finest has been eliminated. Oh, we all said it down there. Your sixth word is definitely an adverb. Definitely. in a clear and definite manner unambiguously. Spell definitely. [Music] You have definitely spelled this word wrong at some point in your life. Definitely. [Applause] [Music] All right, hold up your responses for definitely. D E F I N I T E L Y. All got it? All right, your seventh word is crystalallographer. Noun crystalallographer. A scientist who studies crystal structures and phenomena. Spell crystalallographer. [Music] The crystalallographer was hired to study protein structures for cancer research. Crystalographer [Applause] [Music]
024crystalallographer. [Music] All right, hold up your answers for crystalallography. C R Y S T A L L O G R A P H E R. Did anyone get it right? Everybody got it wrong. So the teams that were still in put put your flag back up and we will go on to the next word. Not the teams. If you misspelled crystalallographer, you are still in the competition. Word eight, hierarchy. It's a noun. Hierarchy. Any system of persons or things ranked one above another. Spell hierarchy. [Music] She worked her way up through the corporate hierarchy to become president. Hierarchy. [Applause] [Music] Hierarchy. All right, hold up your responses for hierarchy. H I E R A R C H Y. You're wrong. Okay. Okay. Oh, was not able to sway the the panelists. All right. So, we
025have we have two teams remaining. All right. Your ninth word is bowlan. It's a noun. Bolan. A knot used to make a non-slipping loop on the end of a rope. Spell. [Music] The crew tied a bowl in to attach the jib sheets to the jib sail. Bowlolan. [Applause] [Music] bowling. [Music] All right, hold up your response. Bowlan is B O W L I N E. Both. They both got it wrong. We got it right. If you spelled bowling wrong, you are still in the competition. Got to watch that one. All right. The 10th word is vicious. It's an adjective. Vicious. Spiteful or malicious. Spell vicious. [Music] After the breakup, he spread vicious rumors about his ex. Vicious. [Applause] [Music] Let's see your spelling for vicious. V I C I O U S. Both right. All
026right, moving on to your 11th word. Hemorrhage. Noun. Hemorrhage. A profuse discharge of blood as from a ruptured blood vessel. Bleeding. Spell hemorrhage. [Music] The patient suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. [Applause] [Music] Hemorrhage. [Music] All right, hold up your spelling for hemorrhage. H E M O R R H A G E. the wannabes. Let's give a big round of applause for the wannabes who won flight number two. Please remember to take your water bottles from the stage and our DMS and DHS honor society will replace those for the next flight. Okay. Uh, this next prize. Make sure you take your sign off the stage. Uh, oh, it's okay. We'll work on that. All right. So, we have a fabulous $50 gift card to Strawberry Moon, which is a little shop in uh, Paid Naram Village. And,
027uh, Mr. Don, Darren Don, [Applause] you're gonna be a crystalallographer and go check out the crystals. [Laughter] $15. Oh, and one more prize. Sorry. A $15 Dunkin Donuts gift card. Uh, let's see. I'm gonna need glasses for this. Shane. Shane Gonzalz. Conals. Shane. Sean. Shane. S Han. Shawn. R. Is that an R? Yes. Yay. Okay. a volunteer tonight from National Honor Society. Okay, next flight. All right, our third flight is sponsored by the Stone family. If the teams in the third flight can make their way to the stage, we have Be Curious, a team from Dartmouth High School, sponsored by Fon Corner Properties, Inc. We have B Flats from the Dartmouth School's Music Association sponsored by Greg and Morin Jones. We've got Bragg's Big Green Machine, a DMS team sponsored by the Roberts family. And
028we have the Golden Girls. We have the Golden Girls from Potter sponsored by the Oral Surgery Associates. Big round of applause for our teams in flight three, sponsored by the Stone family. There appears to be some science experiment going on. Perhaps we have a crystalallographer in our mix. Bragg's big green machine. You should be cautious of what's going on to the side of you. They're all wearing lab coats and you are not. What just happened? [Applause] All right, our teams in flight three ready. Your first word is uncomplicated. It's an adjective. Uncomplicated. Not complicated or simple. Spell uncomplicated. [Music] Hopefully this first word is uncomplicated to spell. Uncomplicated. [Applause] [Music] All right, please hold up very high. Your responses for uncomplicated. U N C O M P L I C A T E D Nicely
029done, teams. Your second word is beret. It's a noun. Beret. A soft visorless cap with a close- fitting headband and a wide round top, often with a tab at its center. Spell beret. [Music] The mime wore a beret and kept pretending it was stuck to their head. Beret [Applause] [Music] beret. [Music] All right, hold up your spelling of beret. B E R E T. The Golden Girls have a flag down. All right, moving on to our third word. Ninkmp. It's a noun. Ninkmp. A fool or a simpleton. Spell nink poop. [Music] Harold always behaves like a ninkmpoo, running around making faces at others trying to do their work. Ninkmpoo. [Applause] [Music] Ninkmpoo. [Music] All right, hold up your boards for ninkham poop. N I N C O M P O O P. All right, one
030down. Your fourth word is cavalry. It's a noun. Cavalry. The part of a military force composed of troops that serve on horseback. Spell cavalry. [Music] They sent in the cavalry to police the social unrest. Cavalry. [Applause] [Music] Cavalry. Hold up your responses for cavalry. C A V A L R Y. Bragg's big green machine is out of the competition. and B flats has spelled the word wrong. So, we've got three teams left for word number five. Plague. It's a noun. Plague. An epidemic disease that causes high mortality or pestilence. Spell plague. [Music] In 1903, the city was devastated by an epidemic of plague. Plague's [Music] nice try. Be curious. [Music] All right, hold up your responses for plague. P L A G U E. Plague. All right, for your sixth word, it is bite. It's
031a noun. Bite. The middle part of a rope as distinguished from the ends. Spell bite. [Music] The skipper told the first mate to grab the bite and make a loop when tying the knot. Bites [Applause] [Music] bite. [Music] All right. Hold your words up high. It's B I G H T. The Golden Girls are out of the competition. We have two teams left. The B flats and be curious. Your seventh word is deionize. It's a verb. Deionize. to remove ions from. Spell deionize. Dr. Bangs taught the students how to deionize water. Deionize. Full disclaimer, I did not know that Dr. Bangs was in this flight when choosing this word. Deionize. [Music] Hold up your placards. D E I O N I Z E. Nicely done. For your eighth word, omnipotent. It's an adjective. Omnipotent. Almighty
032or infinite in power. Spell omnipotent. [Music] In the play, the omnipotent narrator knows all of the characters thoughts and actions. Omnipotent. [Applause] [Music] Omnipotent. [Music] Hold up your placards. The spelling is O M N I P O T E N T. All right. Still in this. Your ninth word is narcissistic. It's an adjective. Narcissistic having an undue fascination with oneself. Vain spell narcissistic. [Music] Since the king is narcissistic, he ignores his citizens and focuses his time on satisfying his own pleasures. Narcissistic. [Applause] [Music] Hold up your boards for narcissistic. N A R C I S S I S T I C. Nicely done. For your 10th word, it is discombobulate. It's a verb. Discombobulate. To confuse or disconcert, confound or bewilder. Spell discombobulate. [Music] I'm not a bad speller, but some words discombobulate me. Discombobulate.
033[Music] Hold up your placards. D I S C O M B O B U L A T E. I I can't see if we both good. All right, moving on to your 11th word. Lacadasical. It's an adjective. Lacadas without interest, vigor, or determination. Listless or lethargic. Spell lacadasical. [Music] Many high school students take a rather lacadasical approach to their schoolwork. Lacadas. Yeah. Lacadasical [Music] time. Hold up your boards. L A C K A D A I S I C A L and the B flats have been eliminated which makes B curious the winner of our third flight. Congratulations Be Curious. Please remember to take your water bottles off the stage with you. Yeah. Okay. All right, everybody. All right. So, the first um the first prize of this flight is a $25 gift card to
034Brick Pizza. And the winner of that is Oops, that's blank. Jeremy McDonald, come on down. This next uh winner is for a $25 Starbucks card and that is Patty Souza. Patty Souza. [Applause] And then the last one is a family membership to the Buttonwood Park Zoo. It's like blank ones. Paula Lassie. Not here. Not here. Okay. All right. Buttonwood Park Zoo. These are blank. Mr. Bangs. Dr. Bangs. [Applause] All right. Can we get a round of applause for the honor student kids who are resetting the table so quickly that we don't even realize that it's happening? Thank you for being here tonight and for volunteering your time. That's right. You'll want to stick around for the Bruins tickets at the end. Plus, you'll just want to see who wins. Correct. All right. In our fourth
035flight, which is sponsored by Silva Groupoup Insurance Agency, if the teams in the fourth flight can make their way to the stage, we've got Be Elected from the Committee to Elect Heidi Silva Brooks, sponsored by ServePro. We've got Be Happy from the Dartmouth Public Schools Administration, sponsored by Lions and Rogers. We've got Duck Duck Spell, which are a group of Dartmouth High School students from the robotics team, sponsored by Big Value. And we've got Be Brave of Children's Advocacy Center of Bristol County, sponsored by Wilkinson and Finbinder. All right, let's give a big warm welcome to our Flight Four teams and our Flight 4 sponsor, Silva Group Insurance Agency. We all set? You have your ducks in a row? Yeah. All right. Your first word is evident. It's an adjective. Evident plain or clear to
036the site or understanding. Spell evident. [Music] Hopefully, it is evident that this first word is a softball for you. Evident. [Applause] [Music] Evident. All right, hold up your placards for evident. E V I D E N T. Everyone got it correct. That's what we're hoping for on word number one. Clear your boards. Word number two is pergola. It's a noun. Pergola. An arbor formed of horizontal trellis work supported on columns or posts over which vines or other plants are trained. Spell pergola. [Music] The pergola in the garden was covered in flowering plants. Pergola. [Applause] [Music] pergola. [Music] Markers down, placards up. Pergola. P E R G O L A. The ducks have a flag less and be elected as well. All right, your third word is ado. It's an interjection. Ado, goodbye or farewell. Spell
037ado. [Music] We bid each other a do after the movies by giving one another a hug. A do [Applause] [Music] a do [Music] boards up. Adu. A d i eu. board. No, don't want to show. Let's Let's No. Be Nope. Be elected has been eliminated from the from the bee. All right. Our fourth word is pneumonia. It is a noun. Pneumonia. and inflammation of the lungs with congestion. Spell pneumonia. [Music] The patient's wet cough was a sure sign of pneumonia. Pneumonia, [Applause] [Music] Pneumonia [Music] is P N E U M O N I A. Everybody, nicely done. For your fifth word, hootin nanny. It is a noun. Hootin nanny. A social gathering or informal concert featuring folk singing and sometimes dancing. Spell hoot nanny. [Music] The western themed school dance is sure to be a
038hoot nanny. Hoot nanny. [Applause] [Music] All right, boards up. Hoot nanny. H O O T E N A N Y. We've got one flag down. All right, your sixth word in flight four is gyroscope. It's a noun. Gyroscope. An apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions. Spell gyroscope. [Music] Without the gyroscope, the crew was confused as to where to navigate the boat. Gyroscope. [Applause] [Music] Gyroscope. [Music] Hold your boards up for gyroscope. G Y R O S C O P E. Everybody, still three teams. For word number seven, precocious. It's an adjective. Precocious. Unusually advanced or mature in development, especially mental development. Spell precocious. [Music] The precocious child skipped several early grades in school. Precocious. [Applause] [Music] Precocious. [Music] Boards up. P R
039E C O C I O U S. Everybody's in. Oh, robotics missed it. Duck. Duck is out of the flight. All right, your eighth word. We have two teams. Two teams. Your eighth word is pompador. It's a noun. Pompador. An arrangement of a man's hair in which it is brushed up high from the forehead. Spell pompador. [Music] Elvis is Presley's signature black pompador is one of the most famous hairstyles in rock and roll history. Pompador. [Applause] [Music] Pompador. [Music] Plackard's up. P O P. P O M P A D O U R. They got both teams in. Your ninth word is bacteriaophage. It is a noun. Bacteriaophage. Any of a group of viruses that infects in specific bacteria usually causing their disintegration or dissolution. Spell bacteria phage. [Music] The newly discovered bacteria phagee appeared to
040be harmless to humans and seemed to be a promising therapeutic agent. Bacteria phage [Applause] [Music] bacteria phage [Music] B A C T E R I O P H A G E. All All right. Be brave is the winner of our flight number four. Congratulations to Be Brave. Please remember to bring your water bottles off the stage with you. membership. All right. I am now raffling off a one month membership to a local facility called Ritual Sweat Society. It's a yoga studio. H Mara I I'm going to destroy this. Iodasi and one more thing too. Okay. And then the second thing is a Lloyd Center membership with a cooler bag, a cool coffee mug, a keychain, and a mouse pad from the Lloyd Center local environmental center here in Dartmouth. Sarah Deakus. She left. Okay. Next.
041So, Daryl F. Daryl F. Oh, cool. Stand up. Awesome job. Are we ready for our final flight before the championship round? If teams from flight 5 can make their way to the stage. Flight 5 is sponsored by Nunes and Cher CPAs LLC and Park View Apartments. We have the Dewey Decimators from the Dartmouth Public Library in memory of Suzanne McDonald sponsored by North Dartmouth Properties. We have the National Honor Society from DHS, the National Honor Society sponsored by College Edge. We have the autonomous spelling system, the DHS robotics team. Did the robotics team field two teams this year? Nicely done. We have go be love, the congregational church of South Dartmouth youth group, sponsored by the Joyce family. Let's give a big round of hands for our Flight 5 teams and our sponsor, Nunes and
042Cher CPA LLC and Park View Apartments. Oh, it's not what it says. I might have left this out that the DHS robotic team autonomous spelling system is sponsored by the Dartmouth School Committee. Thank you all to the sponsors for the flight and in the individual teams. Are our teams ready for word number one? Undemanding. It is an adjective. Undemanding. Not requiring great patience, skill, or attention. Spell undemanding. [Music] This undemanding word should be easy to spell. Undemanding. [Applause] [Music] Undemanding. [Music] All right, hold up your placards high for undemanding. U N D E M A N D I N G. Undemanding. Everyone got it right. Nice warm up. Your second word is zealous. It is an adjective. Zealous. Ardently active, devoted, or diligent. Spell zealous. [Music] The spelling be sponsors are zealous supporters of our
043cause. Zealous. [Applause] [Music] Zealous. [Music] Hold your boards up. Z E A L O U S. All right. Nicely done. Your third word is sovereign. Adjective sovereign having supreme rank, power or authority spell sovereign. [Music] Both countries signed a treaty recognizing each other as independent sovereign states. [Applause] [Music] Sovereign [Music] boards up. S O V E R E I G N Two flags down in that round. All right, moving on to our fourth word. Intelligence. It's a noun. Intelligence. Capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity. Spell intelligence. [Music] The documentary insulted my intelligence by overnarrating the story. Intelligence, [Applause] [Music] intelligence, [Music] Boards up. I N T E L L I G E N C E. Nicely done. Your fifth word is entrepreneur. It is a noun. Entrepreneur. A person who
044organizes and manages any enterprise. Especially a business, usually with considerable initiative and risk. Spell entrepreneur. [Music] The young entrepreneur got caught selling lollipops in school. Entrepreneur. [Applause] [Music] Entrepreneur. [Music] boards up. E N T R E P R E N neur entrepreneur. Autonomous Spelling Systems has fallen and we have a Oh, the team on the end has fallen and we've got the National Honor Society team has a flag down. That was a tough one. We have three teams left, right? Two teams. We're down to two teams. Thank you. Your sixth word is bodacious. It is an adjective. Bodacious. Remarkable. Outstanding. Spell bodacious. [Music] The guest speaker told a bodacious story about their adventures at sea. Bodacious. [Applause] [Music] Bodacious. [Music] Boards up. Hold it up. B O D A C I O U S. No
045good. Oh, we've got a winner in this round. It is the Dewey Decimators. Congratulations to the Dewey Decimators. [Applause] We now have our five teams for the championship flight. They are the Cosmic Orthographers, Wannabes, Be Curious, Be Brave, and the Dewey Decimators. We're going to raffle off another prize and get ready for your championship flight. All right, this is it, right? Okay, guys. The this is for a Let me just Can I just write down say the date? Yes. Okay. So, this is uh a wonderful donation from a member of our DEF advisory board. Chris Pereira has donated Boston Bruins versus Ottawa Senators tickets. It's for the game on Thursday, April 14th at 7 at the TD Garden and it's two tickets and we've got the information and he'll be in touch um about that
046so that uh you can go. So those two tickets are going to just the name ROA. Who's Roa? Do I have Roa in the house? Not present. Bomber. Okay, we will draw again. Blank yellow piece of paper. Okay, so this is going to Amanda Hartfinger. Amanda Hartfinger. No. Oh my goodness. You got to stay to the end. You got to stay all the way. Okay, final is Jen Cloon. Did she leave? Oh my goodness. Oh my gosh. How could you leave? The best prize for the end. All right. And this goes to Deb Kavanagh. [Laughter] [Applause] All right. So final flight to receive their trophies. Yeah. Everyone from the final flight. Yeah. Great. All right. If the teams for the championship flight number six can make their way to the stage. This flight is sponsored
047by the fiber optic center. We once again have the cosmic orthographers, the wannabes, be curious, be brave, and the dewy decimators who did not need to leave the stage. If the contestants of this championship flight can stay on the stage for a brief picture after the event, that would be great. Thank you. And once again, let's welcome our championship round sponsored by the Fiber Optic Center. The pressure is on. The best of the best up here. Teams ready. You've got a clear dry erase board. Your first word is strick nine, a noun. Strick nine, a colorless crystallin poison formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant. Spell strick nine. [Music] As in strick nine poisoning, the patient is conscious and clearminded until death. Strict nine. Yep. We're going to allow a little extra time for
048a team did not have a workable marker. [Music] [Applause] [Music] All right, this is the real one. Strict nine. [Music] All right, boards up. You ready? S T R Y C H N I N E. Strict nine. Three flags down. All right. Ready for your second word? Ethereal. It's an adjective. Ethereal. Extremely delicate or refined. Spell ethereal. The ethereal strict stitch work on the lace gown was intricate. Ethereal. [Applause] [Music] Ethereal. [Music] Boards up. E T H E R E A L everyone. Huh? Nicely done. Your third word is bagel. It's a noun. Bagotel. Something of little value or importance. A trifle. Spell bagel. [Music] A mere bagel. she murmured in response to my admiration of her ring. Bagotel. [Applause] [Music] Bagotel. [Music] Boards up. B A G A T E L L E not
049beer. Yes. Do we have a team? Is there a team that's out? The cosmic orthog. Okay. Cosmic orthographers have been eliminated and we've had a few teams with flags down. Your fourth word is vacasillate. It is a verb. Vaselate to waver in mind or opinion. Indecisive. Spell vacasillate. [Music] His tendency to vacasillate makes him a poor leader. Vaselate. [Applause] [Music] Vaseline. [Music] boards up. V A C I L L A T Eve. Be brave. Be brave is out and be curious is out. So, we're down to two teams. The wannabes and the dewy decimators, opposite ends of the stage, head-to-head. Your fifth word is coalescence. It's a noun. Coalescence growing together, a merger. Spell coalescence. [Music] Disappointed by the coalescence among the union members, the boss demanded that they disband their group and get back
050to work. Coalescence [Music] coalescence. [Music] Boards up. C O A L E S C E N C E Dewey Decimators are out which means the wannabes are the winners of the 2022 spelling bee. Congratulations all teams. Well played. We have some trophies and some pageantry to do. If you can please stay on the stage. Yes, if somebody could help me with that. So, first place is the Wannabes. Second place is the Dewey Decimators. And then it was a a tie for third place between Be Curious and Be Brave. And Cosmic Orthographers are in fifth. Congratulations 2022 spelling be participants and winners. [Applause] Thank you all and we look forward to seeing you on stage next year. Tell your friends. Spread the word. [Music]