Sorting Hat Stool/School Song

[prefectmarcus at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 23591

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Neil Ward" <neilward at d...> wrote:
> Nethilia said:
> (2) I'm not sure that the singing of the school song would always 
happen at
> the end of the Sorting.  In PS/SS, Dumbledore says, "And now, before 
we go
> to bed, let us sing the school song!"  Perhaps he requests this
> sporadically, depending on the event and his mood.  He was feeling 
quite
> playful in PS/SS, but, as has already been noted, he had reason to 
be
> feeling more sombre in PoA and GoF.  It may be that the other 
teachers'
> smiles became fixed, not because they'd been dreading the school 
song all
> evening, but because they were caught off guard by Dumbledore's 
request and
> were trying hard not to cringe.
> 
> Neil

That's the best explanation yet on the school song.  Thank-you.

As to the four versus three-legged stool, maybe they simple switched 
stools? It's the hat that is important, not the seat.  You could just 
as easily wear it standing up.  Perhaps McGonaggall simple grabs the 
stool that is most handy.

Marcus