The Hagrid review
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In a message dated 12/28/01 11:53:56 AM, joylyn@... writes:
<< He should also give the birthday boy a gift
from dumbledore--lemondrops. Wrap them with
a note saying these are great muggle candies. >>
We did this--
a black satin bag with big fancy lemondrops, and a speech from Hagrid with
the presentation. Thanks for the ideas.
It went pretty well.
Turned out this was the birthday boy's 15 birthday, and most of the kids
there were 13-16. Most had read the books, a few hadn't. He had four
siblings, one older and three younger, and they each had a friend or two
there too.
In his pockets, "Hagrid" had a mostly-pink umbrella (pink and goldish brown,
which I got for $3 from a thrift store, one broken spoke (whatever those
things are called), and it didn't show when it was in the pocket. A
dragon's egg in its own pocket, which he brought out a few times. Candy,
sausages (two kinds of small sausage which he had wrapped in paper towels to
get some of the grease out, but then put them in unwrapped, with...), four
rabbit-fur mice from the pet section (which he ended up giving away to
teenaged girls), a squeaky animal of some gopher-looking sort (made sounds if
you squeezed it), ribbon candy, balls of leather strips, and maybe that's all.
When we first got there, it looked like there were uniformed waitresses.
Then we figured out the girls had dressed in their idea of school uniforms.
They looked like Japanese animation schoolgirls--knee socks, dark
mini-skirts, white blouses and soft bow ties. Most of the boys were wearing
white shirts, slacks and ties. So the guests pulled their parts off pretty
well.
The birthday boy thought he was coming to help some of the other teens cater
a party, because we were at a restaurant downtown, and several of his friends
work for a catering company, so not only was that plausible but they could
tell HIM to wear a white shirt and tie!
So he showed up, we were all there, the tables were set in a big U shape,
with a head chair in the center, and after "surprise" and a speech from
Hagrid:
I've a message from Professor Dumbledore.
Fine man, Dumbledore.
And he sent a message.
As he has been detained,
at a meeting,
a really important meeting,
at the ministry of Magic,
oh I probably shouldn't have said that...
he wishes for that young Peter whose birthday it is to preside over this meal
in his stead.
---------
Most of that was said just like that, and then he said that the others would
be seated by the sorting hat.
So they had a chair and a hat, and it would say one of the four houses (to
the four tables coming down--two on one side and two on the other) or "head
table." Pretty much "head table" was the adults and Peter's best friends.
It didn't work out perfectly, but fairly so.
The room was big (a former storefront at 6th and Central/old Rt. 66, so nice
ceilings, fireplace, big water fall, forest of a dozen or more white-lit
Christmas trees in the front window.
We had to get them to turn the waterfall off so they could hear this part:
When they gathered to cut the cake, which was made by those aforementioned
catering teenagers, I made a speech (below), but before I asked Hagrid to
help me out with his umbrella. He stood on a chair and waved it and pointed
at people far back, and I read this and then rolled-up-and-tied-with-ribbon
copies were distributed out of a basket, to the kids.
I told them I had a magical gift for Peter and a party favor for everyone
there, but they would have to listen because it worked with words and thought.
--------------------
If I could make your entire lives easy and better, I would, but I can't.
So for one year, I can give you this:
The easy remembrance of joy and of duty.
Whether you are muggle or wizard,
whatever house you're in at Hogwart's
whatever religion or belief you have,
your goal is the same:
To be a help to others and to appreciate the goodness around you.
You have opportunities every day to do good.
You have the ability to make other lives better along with your own,
Today; tonight; tomorrow.
Let trees remind you to live and breathe in the sky, not in the dust.
Let the wind remind you that life moves us and changes us.
Let the sunshine remind you that warmth flows through you and from you.
Meet life with courage and conviction.
Be a source of goodness and joy.
-----------------------------
It was really well received, and kids were making sure they got copies and
put them in a safe place. I had expected more cynicism and less attention
than I got.
Then we ate cake, hung out, went home.
Oh--I was wearing a long black dress and a witch's hat I made in 1978 or so,
which has mostly lived in the kids' costume box, but this year for Halloween
it was refurbished and got a crescent-moon-motif hatband. I had a black
belt with a magnifying glass hanging from it, and carried a recorder and a
gold-covered binder, in which were the trivia questions, the blessing bit
above, and the music from a Christmas performance years ago. That's how I
was able to read my message without it being tacky--it was in the same book
we had used for the trivia contest.
It was fun being in a place with Senator Domenici and being photographed more
than he was. (There were few cameras; I couldn't find mine when we left, and
my friend Kathy had an electronic thing which wasn't working, but her
sister-in-law took some and maybe someday I'll see one.)
The trivia questions were written first by Kathy (my friend Kathy, who's
married to Pete Domenici Jr., but used to be married to another guy named
Hoag, and her oldest three kids were toddler and 6 when Kirby was born--she
was a LLL leader, and in the babysitting co-op we were in), but she hadn't
read the books and the questions were pretty much unworkable so I redid and
added, late Sunday afternoon. But she did come up with some good loot to
give people who answered them correctly. Because of the size and noise
factor in the room, we were able to ask some to a house on one side of the
room, and those on the other side hadn't heard. We had Gringotts with
bubblegum in them (they came in bags, but we broke out about ten bags of
them; Holly inherited the bags) and some wands full of candy).
The birthday boy was the expert, all said, so we didn't let him answer most
of the time, but he was the one to get the hardest question. We asked the
whole room and he was the only one who know.
And we distributed the last of the cool gum-coins so that everyone got at
least one.
The questions:
Harry Potter Trivia
Harry had no idea his parents had left him money.
What is the name of the bank is kept?
Gringotts
Who runs Gringotts?
Goblins
Name one kind of Wizard candy Harry bought on the train.
Wizards, Bertie’s Bott’s every flavor beans, Chocolate frogs
Licorice wands, Cauldron Cakes, Pumpkin Pasties
Droobles Best Blowing Gum
Name another one
What is the train platform # Harry had to find?
9 3/4
What is Harry’s owl’s name?
Hedwig
What two of the four houses?
Hufflepuff, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor
Name the other two.
What is Harry’s cousin’s name?
Dudley Dursley
What is Harry’s Aunt’s name?
Petunia
What is Harry’s Uncle’s name?
Vernon
Where do the students go to buy their school supplies?
Diagon Alley
What are the non-magic folk called?
Muggles
Why was the ghost named Nicholas De Mimsy-Porpington not allowed to attend
the Headless Ghosts Ball?
He’s only “Nearly Headless” Nick
What is Hagrid’s own dog’s name?
Fang
What is Harry’s position in Quidditch?
Seeker
Name any other position:
Keeper, Chaser or Beater
Which ball is the seeker after?
Golden Snitch
Name another ball:
Quaffle or Bludger
Name a model of Quidditch broom:
Nimbus 2000, the Nimbus 2001 or Firebolt.
The school motto of Hogwarts is means something like “Let sleeping dogs
lie,” but that’s not exactly how they say it. In Latin it is Drago Dormiens
Nunquam Titillandus. In English?
"Never tickle a sleeping dragon"!
(Peter whose birthday it was got it close--he said "Never touch a sleeping
dragon.")
<< He should also give the birthday boy a gift
from dumbledore--lemondrops. Wrap them with
a note saying these are great muggle candies. >>
We did this--
a black satin bag with big fancy lemondrops, and a speech from Hagrid with
the presentation. Thanks for the ideas.
It went pretty well.
Turned out this was the birthday boy's 15 birthday, and most of the kids
there were 13-16. Most had read the books, a few hadn't. He had four
siblings, one older and three younger, and they each had a friend or two
there too.
In his pockets, "Hagrid" had a mostly-pink umbrella (pink and goldish brown,
which I got for $3 from a thrift store, one broken spoke (whatever those
things are called), and it didn't show when it was in the pocket. A
dragon's egg in its own pocket, which he brought out a few times. Candy,
sausages (two kinds of small sausage which he had wrapped in paper towels to
get some of the grease out, but then put them in unwrapped, with...), four
rabbit-fur mice from the pet section (which he ended up giving away to
teenaged girls), a squeaky animal of some gopher-looking sort (made sounds if
you squeezed it), ribbon candy, balls of leather strips, and maybe that's all.
When we first got there, it looked like there were uniformed waitresses.
Then we figured out the girls had dressed in their idea of school uniforms.
They looked like Japanese animation schoolgirls--knee socks, dark
mini-skirts, white blouses and soft bow ties. Most of the boys were wearing
white shirts, slacks and ties. So the guests pulled their parts off pretty
well.
The birthday boy thought he was coming to help some of the other teens cater
a party, because we were at a restaurant downtown, and several of his friends
work for a catering company, so not only was that plausible but they could
tell HIM to wear a white shirt and tie!
So he showed up, we were all there, the tables were set in a big U shape,
with a head chair in the center, and after "surprise" and a speech from
Hagrid:
I've a message from Professor Dumbledore.
Fine man, Dumbledore.
And he sent a message.
As he has been detained,
at a meeting,
a really important meeting,
at the ministry of Magic,
oh I probably shouldn't have said that...
he wishes for that young Peter whose birthday it is to preside over this meal
in his stead.
---------
Most of that was said just like that, and then he said that the others would
be seated by the sorting hat.
So they had a chair and a hat, and it would say one of the four houses (to
the four tables coming down--two on one side and two on the other) or "head
table." Pretty much "head table" was the adults and Peter's best friends.
It didn't work out perfectly, but fairly so.
The room was big (a former storefront at 6th and Central/old Rt. 66, so nice
ceilings, fireplace, big water fall, forest of a dozen or more white-lit
Christmas trees in the front window.
We had to get them to turn the waterfall off so they could hear this part:
When they gathered to cut the cake, which was made by those aforementioned
catering teenagers, I made a speech (below), but before I asked Hagrid to
help me out with his umbrella. He stood on a chair and waved it and pointed
at people far back, and I read this and then rolled-up-and-tied-with-ribbon
copies were distributed out of a basket, to the kids.
I told them I had a magical gift for Peter and a party favor for everyone
there, but they would have to listen because it worked with words and thought.
--------------------
If I could make your entire lives easy and better, I would, but I can't.
So for one year, I can give you this:
The easy remembrance of joy and of duty.
Whether you are muggle or wizard,
whatever house you're in at Hogwart's
whatever religion or belief you have,
your goal is the same:
To be a help to others and to appreciate the goodness around you.
You have opportunities every day to do good.
You have the ability to make other lives better along with your own,
Today; tonight; tomorrow.
Let trees remind you to live and breathe in the sky, not in the dust.
Let the wind remind you that life moves us and changes us.
Let the sunshine remind you that warmth flows through you and from you.
Meet life with courage and conviction.
Be a source of goodness and joy.
-----------------------------
It was really well received, and kids were making sure they got copies and
put them in a safe place. I had expected more cynicism and less attention
than I got.
Then we ate cake, hung out, went home.
Oh--I was wearing a long black dress and a witch's hat I made in 1978 or so,
which has mostly lived in the kids' costume box, but this year for Halloween
it was refurbished and got a crescent-moon-motif hatband. I had a black
belt with a magnifying glass hanging from it, and carried a recorder and a
gold-covered binder, in which were the trivia questions, the blessing bit
above, and the music from a Christmas performance years ago. That's how I
was able to read my message without it being tacky--it was in the same book
we had used for the trivia contest.
It was fun being in a place with Senator Domenici and being photographed more
than he was. (There were few cameras; I couldn't find mine when we left, and
my friend Kathy had an electronic thing which wasn't working, but her
sister-in-law took some and maybe someday I'll see one.)
The trivia questions were written first by Kathy (my friend Kathy, who's
married to Pete Domenici Jr., but used to be married to another guy named
Hoag, and her oldest three kids were toddler and 6 when Kirby was born--she
was a LLL leader, and in the babysitting co-op we were in), but she hadn't
read the books and the questions were pretty much unworkable so I redid and
added, late Sunday afternoon. But she did come up with some good loot to
give people who answered them correctly. Because of the size and noise
factor in the room, we were able to ask some to a house on one side of the
room, and those on the other side hadn't heard. We had Gringotts with
bubblegum in them (they came in bags, but we broke out about ten bags of
them; Holly inherited the bags) and some wands full of candy).
The birthday boy was the expert, all said, so we didn't let him answer most
of the time, but he was the one to get the hardest question. We asked the
whole room and he was the only one who know.
And we distributed the last of the cool gum-coins so that everyone got at
least one.
The questions:
Harry Potter Trivia
Harry had no idea his parents had left him money.
What is the name of the bank is kept?
Gringotts
Who runs Gringotts?
Goblins
Name one kind of Wizard candy Harry bought on the train.
Wizards, Bertie’s Bott’s every flavor beans, Chocolate frogs
Licorice wands, Cauldron Cakes, Pumpkin Pasties
Droobles Best Blowing Gum
Name another one
What is the train platform # Harry had to find?
9 3/4
What is Harry’s owl’s name?
Hedwig
What two of the four houses?
Hufflepuff, Slytherin, Ravenclaw, Gryffindor
Name the other two.
What is Harry’s cousin’s name?
Dudley Dursley
What is Harry’s Aunt’s name?
Petunia
What is Harry’s Uncle’s name?
Vernon
Where do the students go to buy their school supplies?
Diagon Alley
What are the non-magic folk called?
Muggles
Why was the ghost named Nicholas De Mimsy-Porpington not allowed to attend
the Headless Ghosts Ball?
He’s only “Nearly Headless” Nick
What is Hagrid’s own dog’s name?
Fang
What is Harry’s position in Quidditch?
Seeker
Name any other position:
Keeper, Chaser or Beater
Which ball is the seeker after?
Golden Snitch
Name another ball:
Quaffle or Bludger
Name a model of Quidditch broom:
Nimbus 2000, the Nimbus 2001 or Firebolt.
The school motto of Hogwarts is means something like “Let sleeping dogs
lie,” but that’s not exactly how they say it. In Latin it is Drago Dormiens
Nunquam Titillandus. In English?
"Never tickle a sleeping dragon"!
(Peter whose birthday it was got it close--he said "Never touch a sleeping
dragon.")
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Sandra,
Sounds like it was a great time! I wish I could've been there!
And I would've brought our sorting hat. I even thought of shipping it out to
you next day air, but.... Anyway, it's double-thick with a baby monitor
sewn inside. There MUST be an accomplice, but it actually speaks! You
should've seen the looks on the first faces that ever wore it!. I LOVE magic!
This was one of Cameron's props when he did his Harry Potter show 2 years
ago, and he sorted several "first years" at each show. He also does a cute
trick with spider web cards to a "Ron", and one where an empty caudron is
suddenly filled with jelly beans.
I'm sorry he's lost interest, because that story lends itself so well to
great kids' magic!
Kelly
Sounds like it was a great time! I wish I could've been there!
And I would've brought our sorting hat. I even thought of shipping it out to
you next day air, but.... Anyway, it's double-thick with a baby monitor
sewn inside. There MUST be an accomplice, but it actually speaks! You
should've seen the looks on the first faces that ever wore it!. I LOVE magic!
This was one of Cameron's props when he did his Harry Potter show 2 years
ago, and he sorted several "first years" at each show. He also does a cute
trick with spider web cards to a "Ron", and one where an empty caudron is
suddenly filled with jelly beans.
I'm sorry he's lost interest, because that story lends itself so well to
great kids' magic!
Kelly
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In a message dated 1/1/02 4:19:56 PM, kbcdlovejo@... writes:
<< And I would've brought our sorting hat. I even thought of shipping it out
to
you next day air, but.... Anyway, it's double-thick with a baby monitor
sewn inside. There MUST be an accomplice, but it actually speaks! You
should've seen the looks on the first faces that ever wore it!. >>
That is so cool.
This one, someone from behind just read what house. It was like table
arrangement in advance and the mom had made a cool kind-calligraphed long
scroll with the names and houses.
-=-Your speech was beautifully written.
I am going to make a copy.
I'm assuming that since you posted it we can do that?
-=-
Thanks.
Sure, have it!
Sandra
<< And I would've brought our sorting hat. I even thought of shipping it out
to
you next day air, but.... Anyway, it's double-thick with a baby monitor
sewn inside. There MUST be an accomplice, but it actually speaks! You
should've seen the looks on the first faces that ever wore it!. >>
That is so cool.
This one, someone from behind just read what house. It was like table
arrangement in advance and the mom had made a cool kind-calligraphed long
scroll with the names and houses.
-=-Your speech was beautifully written.
I am going to make a copy.
I'm assuming that since you posted it we can do that?
-=-
Thanks.
Sure, have it!
Sandra
meghan anderson
<<<<If I could make your entire lives easy and better,
I would, but I can't.
So for one year, I can give you this:
The easy remembrance of joy and of duty.
Whether you are muggle or wizard,
whatever house you're in at Hogwart's
whatever religion or belief you have,
your goal is the same:
To be a help to others and to appreciate the goodness
around you.
You have opportunities every day to do good.
You have the ability to make other lives better along
with your own,
Today; tonight; tomorrow.
Let trees remind you to live and breathe in the sky,
not in the dust.
Let the wind remind you that life moves us and changes
us.
Let the sunshine remind you that warmth flows through
you and from you.
Meet life with courage and conviction.
Be a source of goodness and joy.>>>>
Oh, I love this! Can I copy it to give it to a friend
who's daughter is going off to Europe for a year?
Tamzin and I knew all the answers to the trivia
questions except the last one <g>.
Meghan
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I would, but I can't.
So for one year, I can give you this:
The easy remembrance of joy and of duty.
Whether you are muggle or wizard,
whatever house you're in at Hogwart's
whatever religion or belief you have,
your goal is the same:
To be a help to others and to appreciate the goodness
around you.
You have opportunities every day to do good.
You have the ability to make other lives better along
with your own,
Today; tonight; tomorrow.
Let trees remind you to live and breathe in the sky,
not in the dust.
Let the wind remind you that life moves us and changes
us.
Let the sunshine remind you that warmth flows through
you and from you.
Meet life with courage and conviction.
Be a source of goodness and joy.>>>>
Oh, I love this! Can I copy it to give it to a friend
who's daughter is going off to Europe for a year?
Tamzin and I knew all the answers to the trivia
questions except the last one <g>.
Meghan
__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Send your FREE holiday greetings online!
http://greetings.yahoo.com
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In a message dated 1/2/02 2:43:24 AM, moonmeghan@... writes:
<< Oh, I love this! Can I copy it to give it to a friend
who's daughter is going off to Europe for a year? >>
Sure!
<< Oh, I love this! Can I copy it to give it to a friend
who's daughter is going off to Europe for a year? >>
Sure!