Scarsdale Swarms to Support the Library

On Friday, January 28th at 7:30pm, Scarsdalians of all ages will swarm to the Scarsdale High School auditorium to join in an evening of old-fashioned fun at the Friends of the Scarsdale Library’s first annual Adult and Teen Spelling Bee. Twenty teams have signed up to compete. Admission is only $5 per person. Audience members will be entertained with music, refreshments, word and trivia games, raffles and prizes. The Friends may even pick a Spelling Bee team from the audience! Each member of the winning team will receive a Kindle, donated by Prudential Centennial Realty. Sports broadcaster and radio voice of the Mets Ed Coleman will serve as emcee.

Raffle prizes include a 64 GB iPod Touch; a college advising consultation with experts from Collegistics worth $500; a free Kaplan Test Prep course or $500 towards Kaplan tutoring; a $200 gift certificate from Pondfield Trip Service; five classes at SoulCycle; a signed Red Sox shirt; and a basket of Burt’s Bees products. Mayor Carolyn Stevens will provide home-baked cookies and serve as a judge.

The Friends are very grateful for the generous support received from the Spelling Bee’s sponsors, including Paul, Hastings, Janofsky and Walker; Coldwell Banker; Country Bank; Houlihan Lawrence; Julia B. Fee Sotheby’s International Realty; Scarsdale Improvement Corporation; Brad and Phyllis Perkins; and Sara and Rick Werder.

Proceeds from the Bee will be used to help fund a much-needed technology upgrade for the Library’s community room. So come on out and join your friends and neighbors for an exciting evening at the Bee!

For more information (including a list of teams), visit the Scarsdale Spelling Bee page on Facebook by going to the website www.scarsdalelibrary.org/friends , and clicking on the Facebook link.