Congratulations to the Winners!!!

Congratulations to the 1st and 2nd place winners of the Harry Potter Trivia Competition: Anne from Hufflepuff and Candace from Ravenclaw!

The competition turned out to be very exciting and tense indeed!  We had 22 of the 32 contestants show up and had a few extras come in place of the no-shows.  We ended up having some people in the first round compete either 1-to-1 or 1-to-2 and those few who did not have a teammate in the first round but won it anyway were automatically advanced to the 3rd round, so it turned out to be evenly-matched in the later rounds.

The 1st place winner received one Harry Potter replica wand, one Chocolate Frog, and one box of Bertie Bott's Every Flavor Beans from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando, as well as 1 movie ticket to go see the new HP movie that just came out.

The 2nd place winner received one Chocolate Frog and one glass mug with the Hogwarts crest on it, both from the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando, as well as 1 movie ticket.

The 3rd and 4th place winners also received 1 movie ticket each, and four additional movie tickets were given out at random from a drawing done during intermission, after the second round.

Congratulations to the winners and I thank you all so much for coming out and playing in this Trivia Tournament.  The judges and I had a great time putting it together and actually seeing how it played out.  It seemed almost as tense for us as it was for you who competed!

We are definitely considering doing this again, perhaps around the time that the final movie comes out, so I will let you all know if we decide to do this next year.  Also, any feedback that you could give would be greatly appreciated in case we do decide to do this a second time around.

Thank you again to all those who competed and supported us, and I hope you continue to love the books and the HP world as much as we do.

Sincerely,
HPC Founder
Ravenclaw House

Finite incantatem.

Announcements & Reminders

Hey Potterfans!

Just a few days left before the competition!  I AM SO EXCITED!!! I wanted to throw out some reminders:

• Please arrive on time at 2pm on Sunday.  We want to start promptly and if you are more than 10 minutes late then you are automatically disqualified and the next alternate in line will take your place.
• After the second round there will be an intermission so that people can take bathroom breaks and maybe grab a quick bite to eat.
• We have already matched the 32 contestants to a randomly selected partner, so you will not know who will be on your team nor which two people will be your opponents in Round 1 until Sunday.
• If you are officially a contestant in the competition and you find out that you cannot make it on Sunday from 2-6pm at Ed McKay's in Raleigh then let me know ASAP.  I only request this because we have an alternates list, and if you cannot come then there are others in line waiting to take your spot.
• You are not on the list to be in the competition (or to be an alternate) on Sunday UNLESS you have e-mailed me telling me that you would like to participate.  So, e-mail me beforehand at hpcompetition@gmail.com.
• If you do show up without e-mailing me and still want to try to participate, I will add you to the alternates list.
• If you are an alternate do not give up hope!  There might be a chance that not all 32 people show up and you get to take their spot.  I would also e-mail you as soon as I hear from contestants before Sunday if they choose to drop out and you are next to replace them.  Also, regardless of whether or not you are a contestant and you show up on Sunday I will enter your name in a drawing to win one of 4 movie passes to Regal Crown Theaters to see the new HP movie!

***AMAZING NEW UPDATE (that I have been waiting forever to get confirmation of and NOW I finally have it)****

The 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place winners will automatically receive 1 movie ticket each to Regal Crown Theaters to see the new Harry Potter movie!  (The pass is actually good for any movie at any Regal Crown Theater, but I'm just promoting the movie)


Unfortunately I have a sad announcement to make.  Dumbledore will no longer be joining us on Sunday because of a Whole Foods work conflict, so he will be away.  However, we still have Hagrid coming!


I can't wait to see you all and get the ball rolling on the first Harry Potter Trivia Competition!  Thank you all so much for your participation because really, I could NOT have done this without you.  I can't believe all of this is happening and I am really excited to see the whole event go down on Sunday.  As always, if you have any questions or need directions to the Ed McKay's Used Books store in Raleigh, let me know :)  Thanks again and I'll see you on Sunday!!!!


-HPC Founder
Ravenclaw House