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• Location:
  Frazier International History Museum


• Event Date:
  03/20/2010


• Time:
  11 AM


• Admission:
  FREE for spectators


• Event Chair:
  Catherine Smith


• Sponsored By:
  Kentucky Farm Bureau


• Media Partner:
  84WHAS


• Links:
  Find out how your child can participate
  10th Anniversary story - 2003
  Past Spelling Bee Champions
  History
  Story of the First National Spelling Bee
  

The 17th annual Derby Festival Spelling Bee is set for Saturday, March 20, 2010.

In 2009, Priyanka Sheth, a fifth-grader at St. Joseph Catholic School in Bowling Green, Ky., won the 16th annual Kentucky Derby Festival Spelling Bee at the Muhammad Ali Center in downtown Louisville. Sheth, 10, correctly spelled “regime” (a mode or system of government) to win the statewide competition, beating out 56 other contestants.

Priyanka received a $10,000 saving bond for winning, as well as a Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary, an Amazon.com gift card, trophy and the Kentucky Derby Festival’s 50th Celebration book. She will also have the opportunity to ride the Winner’s Float in the 54th annual Republic Bank Pegasus Parade on April 30. The Derby Festival Spelling Bee is sponsored by Kentucky Farm Bureau, with contributing sponsors 84WHAS and Insight Communications.

The Derby Festival Spelling Bee has become one of the Festival's most noteworthy and far-reaching events. The sponsorship of Kentucky Farm Bureau makes the event possible.  Insight and 84 WHAS are contributing sponsors.