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Grace Episcopal defends spelling bee title
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The Godspellers from Grace Episcopal Church write down their assigned word on Tuesday, May 15, 2018, during the Gainesville-Hall County Alliance for Literacy 27th annual Spelling Bee at the Brenau University Hosch Auditorium. - photo by David Barnes
Wordsmith Gay Hammond declared it a “God war” when the 27th annual Great Grown Up Good Time Spelling Bee came down to the reigning champion Grace Episcopal Church Godspellers and the First United Methodist Church Circuit Riders. After 72 words, Grace Episcopal held onto its title with the correct spelling of the winning word noetic. First UMC had just spelled violaceous incorrectly, so the Godspellers got the steal, spelled it correctly, and went on to win.