The Champ

Can I get the nation of origin??

This weekend I help out with the Orlando Philharmonic Orchestra again. It was a simple little fundraiser over by the UCF campus. During the festival they had various competitions for kids including Spelling Bees’ and a math Olympics. As each child made their way up to the podium, I too was in the competition from the comforts of my booth. I had no fears of misspelling a word in front of hundreds of people. Major kudos to all the kids who went through with the event, I barely made it out of the first round.

In the afternoon they put out an open call for a geography bowl. This was down my alley. I am a terrible speller. I honestly think my brain does not always function the way it should sometimes, as I should be a better speller than I am. Fortunately that when it comes to history and geography, I excel a little more than the average bear. I joined the open call line for geography. With a lot less people in the audience I was feeling a little more confident. My competitive juices started to flow and the competetion turned from a friendly tongue and cheek laugher, to a battle of the minds. I made the finals, but could not figure out where the green mountains were located…(Vermont, btw)

I got third place and a free game of bowling for my knowledge. I haven’t gotten an academic award in years. It was almost like being in second grade again something’s never change!!