The Potter Party In Pictures
Friday night was the big Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows release party at Barnes & Noble. We had a blast!
Guys don’t make passes at girls who wear glasses, unless they’re totally adorable…and holding you at wand point!
Death Eaters drink juice, too!
There were a lot of fun events, like this potions demonstration…
…and a costume contest judged by Professor Sprout.
And the winners are…Fred, George, and Ginny Weasley for the Young Teen category…
…Hermione (with Crookshanks) for the Young Adult category…
…and Serius Black (second from right…or, the only male up there) for the Mature Fan category.
Almost 11 pm and we’re still all atwitter!
One of our local news stations showed up to record the insanity witness the obsession cover the story.
Our Junior Staff Photographer, Ethan, caught this great shot from his "Daddy’s-Shoulders-Cam".
11:15 pm and the Barnes & Noble staff starts herding fans into the mall interior to line up. By the time everyone got organized, the line stretched the entire length of the mall!
Some smart business people stayed open until the line started moving at midnight. Mmmmm…fresh, hot pretzels!
The line…is moving! And Junior Staff Photographer, Ethan, manages to capture my elation! Our wristband which we procured the day before placed us in section C of the line and we only had a 20 minute wait before we were at the check out counter confunding the cashier with our preorder of "An Audiobook? On CD?". But all was well and now that cashier knows that books come in audio format as well! All around, an exciting and educational night!
