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By DAPHNE HUTCHINSON
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The competition started with the spotlight on 48 nervous youngsters assembled on the elementary school stage. An hour and a half and several hundred words later, seventh grader Willie Arias was standing alone, the best speller in Rappahannock.
Friday's spelling bee was the final round in a tournament that began in homerooms of grades four through seven. The three best spellers in each class won the opportunity to try their skills on a National Spelling Bee list read off by principal Maggie Piper and a panel of teachers at the judges table.
The competition featured all the elements of high drama. A hushed audience (except for occasional wigglers and squirmers) watched in the darkened auditorium as the contestants came one at a time to the microphone.
Each mis-spelling met with a chorus of “ohs” and “ahs” from the crowd. The tension mounted as empty seats began to outnumber occupied seats on the brightly lit stage.
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