When I was a little girl on a Kansas farm I pretended to win a Tony award on Broadway and would give an acceptance speech. Time went on, I left the farm, got a theater degree and ended up on the radio here in Omaha.  No Broadway show for me.  But when "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" came through at the Orpheum I was asked to be a "celebrity" speller.  Wow...my chance at last...or as close as I will ever come, to be in a Broadway show.  Night of the show...I was so nervous!  The show crew gave us a quick rundown of what would happen and I returned to my seat to be called on stage.  My name was called and I was down the aisle and up the stairs and ON STAGE at the Orpheum! Surreal!  The cast was so kind and intense! It was thrilling to be so close to such talented performances.  I was afraid I would bomb out on the first word...but it was an easy one..jihad. Still in.  Suddenly up and dancing and moving, wow.  Then word two..atheist.  I stopped in the middle of spelling it, convinced it could not be that easy. Then I got it.   Spinning on stage now on the bleachers with the cast member who was babysitting me saying "hold on, tight!"   Then another word..flugaloom.  It was so funny and I got it right.  Shocked and stunned and wanting to get me off the stage ( I was the last guest speller up there) they gave me another word immediately...xerophthamiology (I think).  I started spelling...x..e...r...o.  stopped.  I knew the next letter was p but I said t.  They sang me off the stage with many hugs from the comfort counselor (very cute guy) and a juice box.  I went back to my seat to high fives along the way and cheers.  Amazing!  It may not be a Tony award or an actual Broadway show appearance but it was an experience I will never forget!