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Adults spell tricky words at annual Alliance for Literacy bee May 15

Twenty-sixth annual Spelling Bee to benefit the Gainesville-Hall County Alliance For Literacy wordsmith Gay Hammond warms up the audience Tuesday night, May 16, 2017, at the Brenau University's Hosch Theatre. Eight teams took the stage with seven looking to take down the previous year's champions Gainesville First United Methodist Church.

0517Bee4 — Twenty-sixth annual Spelling Bee to benefit the Gainesville-Hall County Alliance For Literacy wordsmith Gay Hammond warms up the audience Tuesday night, May 16, 2017, at the Brenau University's Hosch Theatre. Eight teams took the stage with seven looking to take down the previous year's champions Gainesville First United Methodist Church.

Nine teams from area schools, churches and businesses will test their wits by spelling some strange, and some not so strange, words in an adult spelling bee.