Spellebration challenges language lovers
Izzy Riley, 17, with her Durango High School team, “To Bee or Not to Bee,” waits for her first word during the 2015 Snowdown Spellebration on Wednesday night at the Henry Strater Theater at the Strater Hotel. Durango High School and the BP America team tied for first place when neither could spell “caoutchouc.”
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Heidi King, with her team, “BP America’s The Mustachio’s,” knocks one down for her team during the 2015 Snowdown Spellebration on Wednesday night. BP and Durango High School tied for first place.
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Izzy Riley, 17, with her Durango High School team, “To Bee or Not to Bee,” waits for her first word during the 2015 Snowdown Spellebration on Wednesday night at the Henry Strater Theater at the Strater Hotel. Durango High School and the BP America team tied for first place when neither could spell “caoutchouc.”
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Heidi King, with her team, “BP America’s The Mustachio’s,” knocks one down for her team during the 2015 Snowdown Spellebration on Wednesday night. BP and Durango High School tied for first place.
Jerry McBride/Durango Herald