Adult Team Spelling Bee
Adult Team Spelling Bee
Butler's Courtyard
122 N. Michigan Avenue
League City, TX 77573
November 9, 2023
6-8:30 PM
The Cause
Our annual League City Rotary Adult Team Spelling Bee raises funds to support projects benefiting the local community. One of Rotary's goals is to strengthen the capacity of communities to support basic education and literacy, reduce gender disparity in education, and increase adult literacy.
Rotary International reports, "More than 775 million people over the age of 15 are illiterate. That’s 17 percent of the world’s adult population."
In 1985, Rotary International acknowledged literacy not only as a pressing concern but also as a pre-condition for attaining peace in the world. Since chartering in 1980, the League City Rotary Club has promoted literacy. League City Rotarians helped start the Readers Make Leaders program in League City elementary schools, provided new books for students in local elementary schools, and supported other local literacy initiatives.
Ways to Participate
This is an adult-only event.
Form a Team
Are you a spelling whiz??? Do you have what it takes to bring home the coveted Adult Team Spelling Bee trophy? A team consists of three adult members, 18 years of age and older. Teams are encouraged to wear costumes or matching shirts. No individual spellers. No more than 12 teams will be allowed to participate. $150 Team Registration includes a fajita dinner for the three players. Cash bar available. Registration deadline is Wednesday, November 1, 2023. Teams registered and paid by Saturday, October 21, 2023, will receive a study guide.
Come and watch
Purchase individual tickets for non-players for $40. A ticket includes entry into the event and a fajita dinner. Cash bar available. The deadline to purchase a ticket is Friday, November 3, 2023. No refunds will be issued.
The Rules
• Teams consist of three adults over the age of 18. No individual players.
• Teams will check in at the Team Check-In table and draw for order of play.
You will pick up your packet and Vaccines. You may also buy vaccines at $20.00 each that evening. No vaccines will be sold after 7:00 p.m. night of the event.
• No pens, pencils, phones, etc. may be used to help spell the word.
• Dr. Jerry Fliger will be the Beekeeper and will call out the words.
• You have 60 seconds to confer with your teammates and begin spelling the word or use a Buzz Off Vaccine. Only one person will spell the word. Once spelling begins, there will be no help from your teammates.
• Use of a Buzz Off Vaccine means you may pass on spelling the word to the next team who must spell it.
• Once you begin spelling the word, you have 60 seconds to complete the spelling of the word.
• Our timer will give you a warning when you have 30 seconds left and when time is up.
• A misspelled word means elimination from the competition unless you use a Stinger Vaccine.
• You must immediately use your Stinger Vaccine to remain in the game.
• When a lightning round is played, no vaccines may be used.
• If necessary, the judge’s decision will be final. Our judge for the evening is Amy Killgore.
Sponsorships are available!
SOLD***Honeycomb Sponsorship $2000.00***SOLD
- 4 individual tickets to the event
- 25 bookplates and books donated to League City Elementary Book Vending Machine in the sponsor's name.
- Name and logo on food and beverage area
- Name included on all signage, printed material, social media, and night of event.
SOLD***Awards Sponsorship $500**SOLD
- 4 tickets to the event
- 10 bookplates and books donated to League City Elementary Book Vending Machine in the sponsor's name.
- Name included on awards table.
- Name included on signage and night of the event.
SOLD***Head of the Hive $500***SOLD
- 4 tickets to the event
- 10 bookplates and books donated to League City Elementary Book Vending Machine in the sponsor's name.
- Name/logo on Beehive cards
- Name included on signage and night of the event.
Cookie Sponsor $350
- 2 tickets to the event
- Name/logo on cookie bags
- Name included on signage and night of the event.
Vaccine Sponsorship $350
Vaccines may be used to enhance playing. Stinger Vaccine may be used to stay in another round when the team misspells the word. Buzz Off Vaccine may be used to stay another round by passing the word to the next team who must spell the word correctly to stay in the game.
- 2 tickets to the event
- Name/logo on all vaccines
- Name included on signage and night of the event.
If you are interested in a sponsorship, please email us at LeagueCityRotary5910@gmail.com or fill in the contact form below which will direct you to our event chair.
2022 Adult Team Spelling Bee Winners-The BUZZY Book Readers
These teachers are fierce spellers! No one needed to use the red pen on them! They successfully spelled JUDGMENTAL in the Lightning Round to take home the win.
The BUZZY Book Readers hail from League City Elementary.
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