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title: "Off to the Spelling Bee"
description: "I'm almost out the door to the CanSpell Regional Spelling Bee. Should be fun. UPDATE: It was totally fun. The spellers were 11 years old. I arrived at the start of the final round. There were 10..."
url: https://somisguided.com/2007/03/10/off-to-the-spelling-bee/
date: 2007-03-10
modified: 2007-03-10
author: "Monique"
type: post
lang: en
---

# Off to the Spelling Bee

[![10 Finalists](http://farm1.static.flickr.com/155/417032982_cc0763579e_m.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/somisguided/417032982/)I’m almost out the door to the (http://www.canada.com/national/features/canspell/vancouver.html). Should be fun.

UPDATE: It was totally fun. The spellers were 11 years old. I arrived at the start of the final round. There were 10 spellers remaining: 3 boys and 7 girls. Hailey was up first. Speller #7. I thought she sounded like a smarty-pants (in the best possible way) and she did go on to win the championship. The winner took home $3000. Second place was $2000 and went to Rebeccah, who seemed to be a crowd favourite in my section.

I wish I’d taken my notepad to record some of the words.

[!(http://farm1.static.flickr.com/172/417034214_8c256247b1_m.jpg)](http://www.flickr.com/photos/somisguided/417034214/)