Come spend a light-hearted evening of orthographic prowess, some chuckles, a little heckling from the peanut gallery and a lot of fun at the third annual Moose Jaw Wakamow Rotary Spelling Bee and Beeyond. The annual event is held right in the middle of Family Literacy Week and is a Rotary project held to raise money for children’s literacy projects in Moose Jaw. It takes place on Thursday, January 30th at the Art Museum Theatre at 7:00 p.m. Tickets are $20 and can be purchased at the door.
The rival teams of adults from the business community, school divisions and service clubs play with vim and vigour in accurately spelling words, gaining points if they are able, with the overall team of two taking home top prize.
Again this year, good-natured Glenn Hagel will be emceeing the event and said, “This is also the opportunity to introspectively challenge your own spelling attributes, without having to do it on stage in front of a bunch of people in the audience, just like you. Only you will know what you were thinking… unless you choose to tell your neighbour. You will also help choose the spelling bee teams’ creative definitions.
“As MC, it will be my job to treat a serious high stakes competition (There’s a trophy!) … well, not too seriously.”
The hope is that everyone comes out to support literacy in Moose Jaw; families are welcome.
