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ON THE ROAD: Quidditch Cup quest, part XII

Sun. Oct. 25, 2009


 

5:58 p.m.


 

Dinner time! Middlebury just won the College Quidditch Cup for the third consecutive year, narrowly defeating Emerson College. McGill lost to Middlebury in the semi finals and proceeded to play a number of scrimmage matches with some of the other eliminated teams.


 

ON THE ROAD: Quidditch Cup quest, part XI

Sun. Oct. 25, 2009
1:48 p.m.

McGill’s seeker just caught the snitch to snag McGill a win in the team’s quarterfinal game. The owls finally came and have been quite a hit. A group has also been running a great business selling Quidditch shirts and scarves under the name Madam Malkin’s Robes.

ON THE ROAD: Quidditch Cup quest, part X

Sun. Oct. 25, 2009
10:50 a.m.


Eighteen to go. I am getting ridiculously excited to unplug my computer and leave this spot. The ball jugglers have been replaced by knife jugglers and people on stilts.

ON THE ROAD: Quidditch Cup quest, part IX

Sun. Oct. 25, 2009
10:47 a.m.


Thirty-three to go. Now the little boy has found some similarly dressed friends and they have all picked up branches and are having a wizards duel. One of them just avada-kedavra-ed (used the killing curse on) the others and now they are dying in the leaves.

ON THE ROAD: Quidditch Cup quest, part VIII

Sun. Oct. 25, 2009
10:46 a.m.


Thirty-six to go. A little boy dressed up as Harry Potter almost stepped on my computer.

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