Q's about Yule Ball

[Susan]

No: HPFGUIDX 97808

> Geoff:
> 
> (GOF "The Unexpected Task" p.338 UK edition)
> 
> 'He (Harry) felt himself going red. "I don't dance," he said quickly.
> "Oh yes, you do," said Professor McGonagall irritably. "That's what 
> I'm telling you. Traditionally, the champions and their partners open 
> the ball."'


I know the books are written primarily for kids, and I know that the 
books deal with more mature themes, etc., as the kids mature, but we 
haven't read much of anything re: social interaction, dances, etc., 
at Hogwarts.  There's a good topic on the board re: good Slytherines 
and uniting the four houses, but how is this supposed to happen when 
none of them really fraternize with each other?  In Hagrid's CoMC 
class we know there are Gryffindors and Slytherins for example, so 
kids do interact to some extent with kids from other houses, but is 
that the extent of their interactions?  When I was in high school 
(ages and ages ago)we had the Homecoming and Prom, sure, but we also 
had numerous dances in between. I can understand that JKR probably 
had no need to mention anything like that in the earlier books when 
Harry and Ron would still be believing that all girls had cooties, 
but what about now?

Susan