YPG hosts second annual spelling bee

Can you spell tenaciously? How about myriad? Cantankerous? Sarasota's young professionals can.

  • By Anna Brugmann
  • | 9:23 p.m. September 19, 2017
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There were several rules to compete in the second annual YPG Spelling Bee on Sept. 20 at Hotel Indigo, but really they all boiled down to one. 

"You just have to spell it," the event's host Miss Beneva Fruitville said. 

Eight YPG members tested their orthographic knowledge. With words like fulguration (definition: a flash like that of lightning. origin: Latin) and cantankerous (definition: bad-tempered, argumentative, and uncooperative. origin: Anglo-Irish) it wasn't always easy. 

Ultimately, Rachel Scheer won the day by besting runner-up Jeff Kattrein at spelling syncope.

 

Leroy Presley, Gabriela Berrios and Rachel Denton
Leroy Presley, Gabriela Berrios and Rachel Denton
Lauren Joseph, Sofie Wachtmeister and Ashley Miller
Lauren Joseph, Sofie Wachtmeister and Ashley Miller
Rachel Scheer and Lauren Meyer
Rachel Scheer and Lauren Meyer
Janice Loppe and Young Professionals Group Chairman-elect Rob Young.
Janice Loppe and Young Professionals Group Chairman-elect Rob Young.
Sam Lowry judges the YPG Spelling Bee at Hotel Indigo on Sept. 19.
Sam Lowry judges the YPG Spelling Bee at Hotel Indigo on Sept. 19.
Miss Beneva Fruitville hosted the YPG Spelling Bee.
Miss Beneva Fruitville hosted the YPG Spelling Bee.
Gabriela Berrios acted as the event's refer-bee, ushering off contestants after they failed to spell a word.
Gabriela Berrios acted as the event's refer-bee, ushering off contestants after they failed to spell a word.
Jamie Minton laughs during Miss Beneva Fruitville's introduction.
Jamie Minton laughs during Miss Beneva Fruitville's introduction.
Contestant Rob Young laughs during as Miss Beneva Fruitville introduces him to the audience.
Contestant Rob Young laughs during as Miss Beneva Fruitville introduces him to the audience.
Shantel Norman laughs during Miss Beneva Fruitville's introduction.
Shantel Norman laughs during Miss Beneva Fruitville's introduction.
Jamie Minton laughs during Miss Beneva Fruitville's introduction.
Jamie Minton laughs during Miss Beneva Fruitville's introduction.
Rachel Scheer smiles after winning the YPG Spelling Bee.
Rachel Scheer smiles after winning the YPG Spelling Bee.

 

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