[HPforGrownups] Re: Beedle the Bard SPOILERS\Animagi commentary

[k12listmomma]

No: HPFGUIDX 185196

> JLyon
>> Also, has anyone figured out how the spectators whiled away their
>> time during the second and third tasks? Very boring for the audience.
>
> Potioncat:
> I don't know---it's sort of like waiting at the finish line for a race
> that you can't see. Or like watching golf any where.
>
> I don't think I would have bothered to attend the event either.


Shelley:
I got the idea that the TriWizard contest was similar to the Quidditch World 
Cup- people went about their jobs on a daily basis- and then took time off 
right before the "big event" to actually attend the event. I didn't think 
Hogwarts would host all of the spectators for the entire school year, rather 
at punctuated intervals, such as most guests arriving only a day or so 
before each of the stages. The book clearly shows the judges going about 
their daily duties, coming and going at Hogwarts several times to attend to 
specific tasks, such as the photos and wand weighing.