Who was the Spelling Bee that we held in 2011 at the hotel along the shores of the Potomac?
Sukanya Roy
84th Scripps National Spelling Bee
The 84th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held from May 31 - June 2, 2011 at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center in Oxon Hill, Maryland near Washington, D.C..
 The champion was 14-year-old Sukanya Roy, who was the ninth Indian-American champion in the past thirteen competitions.
Gaylord National Resort &amp; Convention Center
The Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center is a hotel and convention center located at National Harbor, in the city of Oxon Hill, Prince George's County, in the U.S. state of Maryland.
 The hotel is situated along the shores of the Potomac, downriver from Washington, D.C., and across the river from Alexandria, Virginia.
 It is owned by Gaylord Hotels, a division of Ryman Hospitality Properties (formerly known as Gaylord Entertainment Company), and operated by Marriott International.
 The hotel opened April 1, 2008, as part of a new mixed-use (office, residential, and retail) development in National Harbor.
 It is the largest non-gaming hotel and convention center on the East Coast of the United States.
 It cost $870 million to build.
South Asian Spelling Bee
The South Asian Spelling Bee is an annual spelling bee platform in the United States for children of South Asian descent.
 It is an annual contest tours the country each June and July in pursuit of the top two spellers from 12 cities nationwide.
 The competition is open to any student in the between the ages of 8 and 14, who has at least one parent or grandparent who is of South Asian descent, or whose lineage can be traced to Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, and/or Sri Lanka.
 Since its launch in 2008, the South Asian Spelling Bee has been aired in over 120 countries on Sony Entertainment Television Asia as a multi-part series. MaRRS Spelling Bee
MaRRS International Spelling Bee is one of the Spelling Bee competition held in Asia for school children.
 It is conducted by MaRRS Intellectual Services Pvt. Ltd.
 The assessment and learning materials for the M.I.S.B is created in association with expert faculty from the English and Foreign Language University (E.F.L.U),Hyderabad.
 The objective of the competition is to enhance the spelling and literary skills of children by encouraging them to explore the English language, expand their vocabulary and improve their communication and comprehension skills. Spelling bee
A spelling bee is a competition in which contestants are asked to spell a broad selection of words, usually with a varying degree of difficulty.
 The concept is thought to have originated in the United States, and spelling bee events, along with variants, are now also held in some other countries around the world. Postmedia Canspell National Spelling Bee
The Postmedia Canspell National Spelling Bee, formerly called the Canwest Canspell National Spelling Bee, was a spelling bee held annually in Canada since 2005.
 The bee is affiliated with the United States-based Scripps National Spelling Bee and uses similar rules and word lists, adapted to best suit Canadian usage and spelling.
 It is organized by the Postmedia Network, though it was previously organized by now bankrupt Canwest Global Communications, parent company of 9 of the regional sponsors.
 Canwest Canspell ended in 2012. Veronica Penny
Veronica Penny is a Canadian Spelling Bee Regional Champion who has competed in spelling bees on the Regional level, the Provincial Level, the National Level, and in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
 In 2009, at age 10, Veronica placed 25th, and in 2010, she placed 17th.
 In 2011, she reached the Finals, placing 6th in the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
 Veronica has a record of 10 Regional Spelling Bee titles.
 From 2008 to 2010, Veronica won 5 Hamilton Regional bees.
 In 2011 and 2012, Veronica won 5 Regional Championships in Ottawa.
 Veronica became Ontario Provincial Champion in 2010, representing Hamilton, Ontario.
 She won the Provincial Championship the next year in 2011, representing Ottawa in the Spelling Bee of Canada.
 Veronica was the Spelling Bee of Canada Intermediate champion for 2013. Frank Neuhauser
Frank Louis Neuhauser (September 29, 1913 – March 11, 2011) was an American patent lawyer and spelling bee champion, who won the first National Spelling Bee in 1925 by successfully spelling the word "gladiolus."
 Today, the bee is known as the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
 He was 11 at the day of the spelling bee. Scripps National Spelling Bee
The Scripps National Spelling Bee (formerly the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and commonly called the National Spelling Bee) is an annual spelling bee held in the United States.
 The bee is run on a not-for-profit basis by The E. W. Scripps Company and is held at a hotel or convention center in Washington, D.C. during the week following Memorial Day weekend.
 Since 2011, it has been held at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center hotel in National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland, just outside Washington D.C.
 It was previously held at the Grand Hyatt Washington in Washington D.C. from 1996 to 2010. 8th South Asian Spelling Bee
The 8th Annual Metlife South Asian Spelling Bee was held at Rutgers University on August 14, 2015.
 The bee visited 12 regional centers, including Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, New Jersey, New York City, and Washington D.C. Both the champion and runner-up from each center were invited to the National Finals.
 24 spellers participated in the finals.
 6th grader Shourav Dasari was the champion, while 12 year old Jairam Hathwar was the National runner-up.
 Both spellers have relations to the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
 Dasari's sister, Shobha, had been in the annual bee's semifinals and tied for 22nd place, while Hathwar's brother, Sriram, was the champion of the 87th Scripps National Spelling Bee.
 Jairam himself tied for 22nd place at the 88th Scripps National Spelling Bee.
 He would go on to win the 89th Scripps National Spelling Bee, tying with 5th grade Texan Nihar Janga.
 This was the third time consecutive time that co-champions were declared.