Music and hobbies (Was The Female Students (WAS On Ron's

[joanne0012]

No: HPFGUIDX 33133

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "cindysphynx" <cindysphynx at h...> wrote:
>  Ginny has been cheated.  She has been 
> robbed of a personality, of interests, of life experience.  Does she 
> play an instrument?  Is she passionate about politics?  Is she 
> desperate to break out of her humble financial circumstances?  Does 
> she like animals? Does she like to cook? 

Actually, we don't know much info like this for ANY of the kids.  Has there been 
any mention of any Hogwarts student playing a musical instrument?  I find this 
gap astonishing, especially considering that wizarding children don't have 
electronic distractions to fill their time.  I can't recall any mention of music at 
Hogwarts except as entertainment for special parties and feasts (Sorting Hat, 
school song) or related to spells (merpeople, making Fluffy sleep) and Ginny's 
singing valentine.  But on an ordinary daily basis, Hogwarts seems very strangely 
devoid of music.  I would have expected students to play instruments and bring 
them.  I can't recall -- was there music at the Quidditch World Cup (other than 
singing veelas)?

For sports, we've seen very little besides quidditch, and no informal games of 
that.  We've seen chess and a few parlor games (exploding snap) but even though 
I've read the books a few times, it's hard for me to imagine how the students fill 
their non-class hours, except for homework and eating (which JKR spends more 
than enough  time on, IMHO).

As for cooking, have we seen anyone cook, except moms (Molly and Petunia) and 
elves? Oh, and Hagrid.