Scripps Regional Bee Sponsored by The Batavia Daily News and Livingston County News Hosted at Genesee Community College

Friday and Saturday, March 9 and 10, 2018

Batavia, NY (03/08/2018) — What: Scripps Regional Bee Sponsored by The Batavia Daily News and Livingston County News Hosted at Genesee Community College

When: Friday and Saturday, March 9 and 10, 2018

Friday, 3/9/18, Rehearsal and Welcome Reception:

• 7 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.Registration: Student Success Center
• Stuart Steiner Theatre
• Reception: Wolcott J. Humphrey Student Union

Saturday, 3/10/18, Spelling Bee Competition, 10 a.m. - ????:

• Competition: Stuart Steiner Theatre

Where: Genesee Community College ~ One College Road, Batavia, NY 14020

Online - live streaming at: https://www.facebook.com/BataviaDailyNews/

Background:

Scripps National Spelling Bee is coming to Batavia for the first time ever. Sponsored by The Daily News and Livingston County News, the two-day event will host 26 sixth through eighth graders to compete in the Western New York Regional Scripps Spelling Bee. Students from Genesee, Livingston, Orleans, Wyoming, Niagara, Erie, Monroe, Chautauqua, Cattaraugus and Allegany Counties will converge at Genesee Community College's Stuart Steiner Theatre. The 83-year-old organization is has never held its Western New York regional competition in Genesee County.

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