Photo Gallery: Burbank Public Library Literacy Services Spell-A-Bration

Kiwanis for Fun’s Leslie Santiana not so confidently holds a misspelled “broken-hearted” above her head at the Spell-A-Bration by the Friends of the Burbank Public Library at the Ritz Banquet Hall in Burbank on Thursday, April 25, 2013. The event is annual, but until the spelling bee, the contest has been a game of trivia.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

It is apparent that one team his holding the the correct spelling of “transparent” at the Spell-A-Bration by the Friends of the Burbank Public Library at the Ritz Banquet Hall in Burbank on Thursday, April 25, 2013. The event is annual, but until the spelling bee, the contest has been a game of trivia.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Team Dewey & the Decimals of David Willis, Melissa Elliot and Misha Schutt write a word on a dry erase board in a spelling competition at the Spell-A-Bration by the Friends of the Burbank Public Library at the Ritz Banquet Hall in Burbank on Thursday, April 25, 2013. The event is annual, but until the spelling bee, the contest has been a game of trivia.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Spelling judges Judge Robert Brody and Byran Mahoney consult before approving the spelling word all teams spelled corretly at the Spell-A-Bration by the Friends of the Burbank Public Library at the Ritz Banquet Hall in Burbank on Thursday, April 25, 2013. The event is annual, but until the spelling bee, the contest has been a game of trivia.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Master of Pronounciation Drew Sugars explains the rules to the teams who will compete against each other in a spelling contest at the Spell-A-Bration by the Friends of the Burbank Public Library at the Ritz Banquet Hall in Burbank on Thursday, April 25, 2013. The event is annual, but until the spelling bee, the contest has been a game of trivia.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Cartoon Network’s Paula Spence holds a dry erase board with a word she and her team just spelled correctly at the Spell-A-Bration by the Friends of the Burbank Public Library at the Ritz Banquet Hall in Burbank on Thursday, April 25, 2013. The event is annual, but until the spelling bee, the contest has been a game of trivia.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Charmetria Marshall, of Leadership Burbank, with her teammates Mary Ann Lawrence and Audrey Allegan, hold up a misspelled “Peninsula” attempt in a competetive spelling bee at the Spell-A-Bration by the Friends of the Burbank Public Library at the Ritz Banquet Hall in Burbank on Thursday, April 25, 2013. The event is annual, but until the spelling bee, the contest has been a game of trivia.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Kiwanis for Fun’s Leslie Santiana confidently holds a correctly spelled “audience” above her head at the Spell-A-Bration by the Friends of the Burbank Public Library at the Ritz Banquet Hall in Burbank on Thursday, April 25, 2013. The event is annual, but until the spelling bee, the contest has been a game of trivia.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Brad Adams, of the Disney VoluntEARS, cheers for his teams success at the Spell-A-Bration by the Friends of the Burbank Public Library at the Ritz Banquet Hall in Burbank on Thursday, April 25, 2013. The event is annual, but until the spelling bee, the contest has been a game of trivia.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Helen Lopez smiles as she receives a standing ovation after reading a testimonial that thanked the Burbank Public Library Literacy Services for teaching her how to read at the Spell-A-Bration by the Friends of the Burbank Public Library at the Ritz Banquet Hall in Burbank on Thursday, April 25, 2013. The event is annual, but until the spelling bee, the contest has been a game of trivia.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Pedro Torres, of team Burbank Noon Kiwanis, has an unsure smile moments before presenting a word he and his team spelled at the Spell-A-Bration by the Friends of the Burbank Public Library at the Ritz Banquet Hall in Burbank on Thursday, April 25, 2013. The event is annual, but until the spelling bee, the contest has been a game of trivia.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Paula Spence, of the Cartoon Network, dances with the word she and her team just spelled correctly at the Spell-A-Bration by the Friends of the Burbank Public Library at the Ritz Banquet Hall in Burbank on Thursday, April 25, 2013. The event is annual, but until the spelling bee, the contest has been a game of trivia.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)

Host Vahe Hovanessian smiles at Drew Sugars as he introduces him at the Spell-A-Bration by the Friends of the Burbank Public Library at the Ritz Banquet Hall in Burbank on Thursday, April 25, 2013. The event is annual, but until the spelling bee, the contest has been a game of trivia.  (Tim Berger / Staff Photographer)