Harry Potter
It was Harry Potter Night in Downtown Silver Spring. Arriving we could see spotlights illuminating the sky. There was a band playing and it was busy. Interesting enough there were a large variety of folks dressed up (4-footed friends too) trolling around in anticipation of the release of the last Harry Potter. Although, the people seemed to energize the street I was surprised by the lack of decoration on the street for the second biggest celebration in the US. This was a little disappointing even with four t.v. crews preparing to broadcast.
Comments
Comment from Barb
Time: Saturday, July 21, 2007, 8:20 am
I noticed someone was trying a little humor on the dog by writing Harry as Hairy.
Comment from Gerald
Time: Saturday, July 21, 2007, 9:02 am
We walked into our local Asda [equivalent of Walmart] this morning and picked a copy up for a fiver [that's £5 around $10 or 7.5 euros] No need to queue or anything.
Comment from Dan
Time: Saturday, July 21, 2007, 11:36 am
love the dog!
Comment from Heather Bartlett
Time: Friday, August 3, 2007, 10:40 am
We were very disappointed with the Silver Spring event - I blogged about it http://blog.heatherbartlettart.com and posted some photos in my entry “A Deathly Hollow Evening in Silver Spring” - my daughter was very disappointed and they had very little for the teens - the crush of people was so bad it made the whole thing impossible.
Comment from Abraham Lincoln
Time: Saturday, July 21, 2007, 4:27 am
I am just amazed at the circus-like atmosphere built up about the books release. I had no idea that it is this big and that so many fans out there would wait up most of the night to get a copy for themselves. It is as big and as exciting as the first computers were when computing was new.