[MR. PANCH (as ANNOUNCER), spoken]
Ms. Peretti, please spell syzygy.
[MS. PERETTI, spoken]
S-y-z-g-y-z-y. Syzygy?
[MR. PANCH (as ANNOUNCER), spoken]
We have a winner!
[MS. PERETTI, spoken]
Haha! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
[CHIP]
At the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
My parents keep on telling me
Just being here is winning
Although, I know it isn't so
[MS. PERETTI]
But it's a very nice, very, very nice
[MS. PERETTI/CHIP]
Very, very nice
Very nice
Beginning!
[MS. PERETTI, spoken]
Our winner here last year, Chip Tolentino.
[LOGAINNE, spoken]
Ms. Peretti!
[MS. PERETTI, spoken]
And our youngest competitor, Logainne Schwartzandgrubenierre.
[LEAF]
At the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Game- Bee!
I'll stand when they announce my name
[MS. PERETTI, spoken]
Leaf Coneybear!
[LEAF]
And try and keep from shaking
[LOGAINNE]
Alas, his shaking will not pa**
[ALL]
'Cause it's a very big, very fraught
Simple but it's not
It's a very big undertaking
[MS. PERETTI, spoken]
Returning from last year's tragic setback, William Barfee!
[WILLIAM, spoken]
It's pronounced Barfée; there's an accent aigu!
[MS. PERETTI, spoken]
Uh, I'm not sure who this girl is...
[MARCY, spoken]
Marcy Park, recent transfer.
[LOGAINNE]
Winner's destination
Washington, D.C.
[SPELLERS]
Plasma TV in a fancey hotel
Where they treat you well
All because you love to spell
We spell!
[MS. PERETTI]
It's a marvelous memory
If you win the spelling bee
One's life improves from A to Z
The minute you are crowned here
I see a trophy held by me
And the one I want
Did I swell?
Oh the stories I could tell
But bragarts
Don't do well around here
[OLIVE, spoken]
Hi, I'm Olive Ostrovsky
Do you know where I check in?
[WILLIAM, spoken]
Shut up!
[LEAF]
At the 25th Annual
We memorize the manual
[SPELLERS]
About how to spell these words
Words that require thought
People think we're
Automatons
But that is exactly what we're
Not
[MARCY]
We hear the word
[LOGAINNE]
We breathe
[LEAF]
We wait
[SPELLERS]
Unlike idiots
We ideate
[MS. PERETTI, spoken]
To ideate means to form an image or idea; to think
[LEAF]
At the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
[LOGAINNE]
We feel no animosity
[GIRL SPELLERS]
And yet our heads are spinning
[WILLIAM]
We are
The slightest bit bizarre
[MARCY]
But since the time is now
[LEAF]
Holy cow
[LOGAINNE]
We shall make a solemn vow
To concentrate
On winning
[SPELLERS]
We concentrate on winning
At the 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
We speak so damn convincingly
[MS. PERETTI]
They're nervous but they're grinning
[LOGAINNE/OLIVE]
It seems
We're living out our dreams
[BOY SPELLERS]
Which is a very nice, very nice
Very very very nice
[ALL]
Very nice, very nice
Very very very nice
Very nice
Beginning
[MS. PERETTI]
25th Annual
[SPELLERS]
25th Annual
[ALL]
Putnam County
Spelling Bee!