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Scenes from the 2018 New Haven Reads Spelling Bee

The seventh annual Spelling Bee, a fundraiser for New Haven Reads’ community literacy programs, was held Oct. 19 at the Yale School of Management.
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  • The seventh annual New Haven Reads Spelling Bee took place in the Zhang Auditorium at Edward P. Evans Hall at Yale University
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    The seventh annual New Haven Reads Spelling Bee took place in the Zhang Auditorium at Edward P. Evans Hall at Yale University.
  • New Haven Reads Executive Director Kirsten Levinsohn and host Ann Nyberg.
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    New Haven Reads Executive Director Kirsten Levinsohn and the “Queen of the Hive,” host Ann Nyberg of WTNH.
  • Bringing down the “Boxes of Words.”
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    Bringing down the “Boxes of Words.”
  • “Word Master” Tom Zingarelli, a director, actor, and voice artist.
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    “Word Master” Tom Zingarelli, a director, actor, and voice artist.
  • “Enemies of the People,” New Haven Reads tutors sponsored by Docuprint.
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    “Enemies of the People,” New Haven Reads tutors sponsored by Docuprint.
  • “Librarians..from Hell!” Returning 2016 Spelling Bee champions representing Hamden Public Library.
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    Returning 2016 Spelling Bee champions representing Hamden Public Library, “Librarians..from Hell!”
  • “Spell Checkers,” Friends of New Haven Reads.
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    “Spell Checkers,” friends of New Haven Reads.
  • “Spelling Beings,” sponsored by One6Three Pizza Joint.
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    “Spelling Beings,” sponsored by One6Three Pizza Joint.
  • “The Supremes,” representing Future Leaders of Yale.
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    “The Supremes,” representing Future Leaders of Yale.
  • “Sir Spellzalot,” representing the presenting sponsor UBS Financial Services.
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    “Sir Spellzalot,” representing the presenting sponsor UBS Financial Services.
  • “Strictly Come Spelling,” representing the Yale Center for British Art.
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    “Strictly Come Spelling,” representing the Yale Center for British Art.
  • “Hiveschool in the Communibee,” representing the High School in the Community and sponsored by EleMar New England.
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    “Hiveschool in the Communibee,” representing the High School in the Community and sponsored by EleMar New England.
  • “The Spelling Baes,” representing St. Martin de Porres Academy
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    “The Spelling Baes,” representing St. Martin de Porres Academy and sponsored by Noble Wealth Advisory Group of Janney Montgomery Scott.
  • A round of “word jumble” where participants compete to make words from random letters...
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    A round of “word jumble” where participants compete to make words from random letters...
  • Spelling the word Mustard during a word jumble game.
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    The first to do so wins.
  • “Faith and Bee-gorrah,” friends of New Haven Reads.
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    “Faith and Bee-gorrah,” friends of New Haven Reads.
  • “The B.B. Queens,” representing the NewAlliance Foundation.
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    “The B.B. Queens,” representing the NewAlliance Foundation.
  • “Stellar Spellers,” friends of New Haven Reads and returning 2017 Spelling Bee Champions.
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    “Stellar Spellers,” friends of New Haven Reads and returning 2017 Spelling Bee Champions.
  • “All’s Well that Spells Well,” friends of New Haven Reads.
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    “All’s Well that Spells Well,” friends of New Haven Reads.
  • “A Game of Words,” representing The Study at Yale.
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    “A Game of Words,” representing The Study at Yale.
  • Friends of New Haven Reads, “ScooBee Doo!”
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    Friends of New Haven Reads, “ScooBee Doo!”
  • “The Buzzkills” from Hopkins School won the high school competition.
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    “The Buzzkills” from Hopkins School won the high school competition.
  • This year’s champions, “Team LingBuzz,” representing the Yale University Department of Linguistics.
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    This year’s champions, “Team LingBuzz,” representing the Yale University Department of Linguistics. Their winning word: skeuomorph (noun: an ornament or design representing a utensil or implement).
  • Photographs by Michael Marsland.
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More than three dozen teams sporting punning names — and costumes to match — competed in the seventh annual New Haven Reads (NHR) Spelling Bee on Oct. 19. The event, held this year in Zhang Auditorium at the Yale School of Management’s Edward P. Evans Hall, raises funds for NHR’s community literacy programs. 

Author and WTNH-TV anchor Ann Nyberg acted as host and emcee, with judges including State Senator Gary Winfield and Yale Police Chief Ronnell Higgins. The winning team, Team LingBuzz, represented Yale’s Department of Linguistics. Other Yale-affliated teams included The Supremes, representing Future Leaders of Yale; Strictly Come Spelling, representing the Yale Center for British Art; and ANY Bees, representing the Asian Network at Yale. 

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