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Wes Willison ’12, who won the Tri-Wizard Tournament, shares his prize (a Gryffindor beanie) with Hana Lehmann ’13

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Students line up outside of Paces for a table at Harry Potter Quizzo on Thursday
Students fill Paces for Harry Potter Quizzo
A Quizzo team confers during an early round
Students rush to answer Harry Potter trivia under time constraints
Over one hundred students showed up for this year's Harry Potter Quizzo
The Crumple-Horned Snorkacks fill out their trivia card
Seventeen Quizzo teams fill Paces
Yana List '14 administers tie-breaking trivia questions to the four winning teams
Chalkings outside of Sharples in preparation for Saturday's Yule Ball
Chalkings outside of Sharples in preparation for Saturday's Yule Ball
Chalkings outside of Sharples in preparation for Saturday's Yule Ball
Those who came to Friday's dinner were met with this sign, posted by a rogue group of students
The Yule Ball Sharples Takeover on Friday
Sharples staff helped make the weekend magical with selections like "Nymphadora Tonks' Magic Pumpkin Swirl Rolls"
Hagrid's Beef Shepherd's Pie (there was also a Vegan Shepherd's Pie)
A student heaps his plate with vegetables and a pumpkin seed bun
A staff member, serving up "Potter Pizza," wears a wizard's hat in honor of Yule Ball
Patrick Ross '15 and Yana List '14, coordinators of Friday's Tri-Wizard Tournament, prepare to draw names from the Goblet of Fire
Students gather at the front of the dining room for the Tri-Wizard Champion selection
Wes Willison '12 is drawn from the Goblet of Fire to represent the Senior Class
Wes Willison '12 watches from the front of the room as...
...Spencer Jones '13, the Junior Class Champion, approaches from the back of the room
Cameron French '14 is chosen to represent the Sophomore Class
"Professor Dumbledore" and "Professor Sprout" admonish Isabel Sacks '15, the Freshman Class Champion, for entering her name in the Goblet of Fire: "It's a TRI-wizard Tournament, Isabel! That means THREE!"
The Champions begin their first task: Ultimate Ninja
Junior Class Champion Spencer Jones '13 gets Sirius
Wes Willison '12 and Cameron French '14 battle to win the first task
Wes Willison '12 celebrates victory after the first task
For the second task, a Harry Potter alphabet name challenge, each Champion is allowed to call up one friend
Spencer Jones '13, who eventually won the task, seeks divine help on her turn
Isabel Sacks '15 gleefully gives the judges a correct answer
The Champions are handed broomsticks in preparation for their third task
The Champions take off at a moment's notice after the Golden Snitch appears
Cameron French '14 whizzes around Sharples in pursuit of the Golden Snitch
Wes Willison '12 races back to the front of Sharples after catching the elusive Golden Snitch
Ben "Books" Schwartz '13 and a group of Death Eaters crash the Tri-Wizard Tournament
"Give us Harry Potter!" the Death Eaters demand
The Champions notice a wand on the floor and decide to use it to fight the Death Eaters
Bellatrix Lestrange (Naia Poyer '14) threatens a table of students with her wand
Ben "Books" Schwartz '13, dressed as werewolf Fenrir Greyback, challenges students
The Champions are mostly just afraid at this point
Two students rise to fight Bellatrix and are immediately "killed" with an Unforgivable Curse
After the Tri-Wizard Tournament, a group of students gathers in Upper Tarble to learn the Waltz
Students learn steps from their instructors, gold medalist dancers from the University of Pennsylvania
Robert Holowka '12 and Joan O'Bryan '13 laugh as they whirl around the room
Kathryn Wu '14 and Brad Kim '14
Students waltz more quickly as the lesson progresses
Brice Jordan '12 and his partner watch their footwork
Students waltz in Upper Tarble
Becky Griest '15 and Simon Sung Min Ma '12
Students will be able to use what they learned when Waltz music is played at Saturday's Yule Ball
Patrick Ross '15, a member of the Yule Ball Committee, helps light the "floating candles" in Sharples before the Ball begins
"Lumos!"
Floating candles hang from the iconic chandeliers
Ariel Gewirtz '15, a member of the Yule Ball Committee, smiles as the Ball gets underway
Grapevine, Swarthmore's all-female a capella group, kicks off the Ball with a performance of "Santa Baby"
Students watch as four of Swarthmore's a capella groups sing carols
A capella group Essence of Soul performs John Legend's "It Don't Have to Change"
Tri-Co a capella group Chaverim sings carols to the gathering crowd
Tonks and the Aurors, the Ball's live wizard rock band, set up their merchandise table with special "Garnet" shirts
Wizard rock band Tonks and the Aurors performs
Tonks and the Aurors
Students dance in front of the Sharples stage
A view of the Ball from the balcony in Sharples
Students, dressed in formalwear as well as Hogwarts gear, dance and sing along
Faculty and staff dressed up for this year's Ball
Attendees, dressed to the nines in holiday garb, approach the massive food table
Students admire the food selection, including Treacle Tarts displayed in the shape of the Deathly Hallows
All of the food, including thousands of Licorice Wands, was baked in Sharples kitchens by Swarthmore students
Yana List '14, who also catered last year's Ball, helped student bakers make thousands of Chocolate Frogs and Peppermint Toads
Dark Chocolate and Milk Chocolate Frogs
Faculty and staff mingle beneath giant snowflakes
Emma Thomas '13 and friends, most of whom will be abroad next semester, enjoy this time together before heading home for the holidays
Olivia Ensign '12 and Owen Masters '12 try their hand at the Waltz
Tasha Lewis '12 and Jes Downing '12 reveal their Dark Marks
A number of students danced the full four hours
A fog machine adds atmosphere at the foot of the stage
Throughout the night, students snapped photos. There was also a popular photo station, manned by Elèna Ruyter '14, available near the pumpkin juice.
Eric Sherman '13 and Katherine Ernst '12, who attended Friday's Waltz Lesson, shout to friends as they dance
Friends dance beneath the candles and icicles hanging from the ceiling
Wes Willison '12, who won the Tri-Wizard Tournament, shares his prize (a Gryffindor beanie) with Hana Lehmann '13
Students dance during one of the Waltz numbers
Ian Anderson '13 deejays after Tonks and the Aurors
Ariel Finegold '13 dances with friends
Dinah Dewald '13, who resembles Luna Lovegood, has a heartfelt conversation with Patrick Ross '15
Students danced until midnight
Happy Yule Ball, everybody!

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