The fifth annual Hogwarts at Hamilton is taking place on Friday and Saturday, Oct. 20 and 21, at the Emerson Literary Society. Hogwarts holds a series of hour-long shows where visitors are taken on a tour of "Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry." On these tours, they see Hamilton students dressed as Hogwarts students, and improvising scenes of classrooms that might have come from one of J.K. Rowlings' books. There will be four tours on Friday at 6, 7, 8 and 9 p.m., and five tours on Saturday starting at 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 p.m. The event is free and open to the public and all ages are welcome.
This event is entirely student-run, with a small budget from the school, with donations going to charities in the local area.
Hogwarts was started in 2002 by a small group of Hamilton College students, as an improvisational performance for children of all ages based on the books by J. K. Rowling. In its initial year, the performance was done by eight people in a few rooms. Since then, the cast has grown to more than 35 people and the set has moved to an entire building on campus.
