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<div class="MsoBodyText"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">“The
25</span></font><sup><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">th</span></font></sup><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee” presented by the Family Players of NENY</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; ">February
4-7, 2010 at The Colonie Community Center, 1653 Central Avenue, Colonie</span></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b>Feb. 4-7 at 7:30 pm and Feb. 6-7 at 2 pm</b></div>
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<div class="MsoBodyText"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">Can
You Spell H-I-L-A-R-I-O-U-S?</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></div>
<div class="MsoBodyText"><b><br></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; font-weight: normal; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">At The 25</span></font><sup><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">th</span></font></sup><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"> Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, six young
people in the throes of puberty, overseen by grown-ups who barely managed to
escape childhood themselves, learn that winning isn't everything and that
losing doesn't necessarily make you a loser. It’s a hilarious tale of
overachievers' angst chronicling the experience of six adolescent outsiders
vying for the spelling championship of a lifetime.</span></font></span></span></font></b></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">The talented cast and crew
of Family Players bring these funny, heart-breaking characters vividly to life
in a show recommended for mature audiences. Plus, guest spellers from the audience ensure that no two nights are ever the same. So, beat the winter blues this
February with a dose of laughter and an enhanced vocabulary – at the “Bee”!</span></font><span style="color:black"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px; ">Tickets are $15 for adults and $12 for students, seniors and educators. Educator Appreciation Events will be held on Thursday, Feb. 4 at the 7:30 pm show and on Saturday, Feb. 6 at the 2 pm show, with tickets for educators of all kinds only $10. Discounted group tickets are also available for groups of 8 or more attending the same show, for $10 each.</span></font></span></span></font></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">For more
information about the show, please go to </span></font><a href="http://www.familyplayersofneny.com"><span style="color:black"><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">www.familyplayersofneny.com</span></font></span></a><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">
or contact Julie Phillips, co-Producer, at 377-3955 or </span></font></span><span style="color:black"><a href="mailto:juliepaperclip@yahoo.com"><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">juliepaperclip@yahoo.com</span></font></span></a></span><span style="color: black; "><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;">.</span></font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><o:p></o:p></span></font></span></div>
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<div class="MsoBodyText"><b><i>See you at the Bee!</i></b></div><div class="MsoBodyText"><b><i><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; "> </span></span></font></i></b></div>
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