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Go get your dancing shoes out and put away your uniform as it is time for the yule ball to begin!

Hello dear students, and staff, and welcome to yet another update blog provided by Heistress Black. I hope you're all having a wonderful week, and I hope this blog makes it even better as I've heard rumours going around about a possible ball..

Perhaps by the title it can confirm those rumours as I've got an update on our traditional ball as well as something new that will be happening this week. Keep reading on for more information!

Before I get into the extensive details about the Yule Ball, I have some exciting news! Flying Grounds a few minutes before that time where we will take a portkey to..

The Quidditch World Cup

That's right all flying students, and even those who doesn't take the class, will be invited to us to watch the Quidditch World Cup as countries Japan and Bulgaria goes against each other to claim the Champion title. This match will take place in the Quidditch World Cup Stadium at 6:30pm, all events in the Flying Grounds will lead up to this.

Interested? Be sure to attend as we have a whole lot of fun, and volunteers, ready to entertain you!

The end of Yule Ball is one of the biggest highlights of the Amino Hogwarts calendar. It gives everyone the chance to dress up, get creatively involved and have a wonderful time mingling amongst each other.

This year the ball will begin at 7pm BST on Friday 19th and end at 12am BST on Monday 22nd.

We will have two ball chats:

- one central chat for roleplay and big events

- one quiet chat for those who gets overwhelmed with large amounts of messages

I won't keep you in suspense any longer though, I'm thrilled to finally announce that this year's ball theme will be...

That's right, Seasons of Style. We're transforming our ballroom into a whirlwind of seasons and enchanting our courtyard to be typical British weather by changing it every minute. So get creative, as this topic is expecting you to come up with outfits beyond imagination to fit a season, or weather, of your choice.

I can't wait for you to see what we've got in store but I thought you'd appreciate a headstart when it came to planning your outfits!

Before you all rush to the comment section, let me take this section from dear Avalyn and let her blog answer a couple of our more popular questions:

Q: Can you bring a date?

A: Yes you can!

You are allowed to bring a date to this event however it is by no means mandatory! You can ask each other, boy, girl or nb; go with a group of friends; or fly solo. It's up to you though it's a lot of fun to have a dancing partner when the music starts.

Q: Do AH rules still apply?

A: Absolutely

This event is still a part of the Amino Hogwarts event and AH rules therefore still apply. It may be the end of the year but that doesn't mean the staff will be tolerating any disorderly behaviour i.e. all firewhiskey will be confiscated!

Q: How can I showcase my outfit?

A: There's plenty of options but no outfit blogs!

As this is a formal event, all student and staff attending will be expected to dress appropriately for the theme!

We understand that outfits are a big part of this event, and you can put a lot of effort into deg them, but we have some restrictions on how you can do this.

Since they are considered roleplay related content, blogs that are solely dedicated to your outfit will be disabled. Instead, here are some ways to show off your yule ball outfit:

- Use your outfit as a profile picture

- Add it to your bio

- Add it to the end of your entry for the heistress' challenge...

Keeping to tradition, there will a Challenge to complete in celebration for the Yule Ball. This year however, it will be called the 'Head Girls Challenge' as our fantastic Head Girl Corinne created three wonderful challenges for all to get involved in; lets get into them, shall we?

Billius' Blogging Broadcasters

We all know the characters of the Harry Potter series tried to start their own clubs or student groups time and time again, looking, for example, at S.P.E.W. or Dumbledore's Army. Your task this time around is to create your own club, specifically, nature based. Seeing as this year's ball is all about the seasons, it gets you thinking about the outdoors. So, your club can be all about nature preservation, or a hiking club, or anything of the sort. Let us know who's leading, who would , when and where you'd meet, and pretty much all the specifics. Maybe make a flyer that you'd use to your club, write out the rules, etc, just be sure the nature connection is clear.

Fred's Fanfic Fanatic's

As the seasons change, holidays come and go. The idea with this is to celebrate each of these events on your own or, more accurately, the Harry Potter characters . Essentially, I want you to take an idea, starting with a holiday, and turn that in to a story. For example you pick Thanksgiving and from there, make a menu that one of the characters has to cook for their celebration. Then, go on and tell us how that process worked out, did the feast go off without a hitch, or did the kitchen end up in flames. New years, make a resolution for a character and then write out how they do (or don't) stick to their new goals. Now, I don't want to steal all the ideas for myself so I'll stop here, but I think you can get the idea. Decide on a holiday and a leading topic, like a thanksgiving menu or a new years resolution, and build up a story around it for us all to enjoy.

Charlie's Creative Curse-Breakers

Now this last option may seem a bit similar to one of last year's own ideas, but I promise, it's got a key difference. Unlike Fleur's Floral Fashion show, you're not deg an outfit for a character to wear to the ball, in fact, you're deg a lot more then that. I want you to design a wardrobe for one or more characters of the Harry Potter series. You've heard of back to school shopping, and we all know there comes a time when people trade in their jackets for simple, short sleeved T-shirts. Basically, as the seasons change so does our attire, and keeping that in mind you need to tell me who's wearing what. Does someone favor sweater vests, or do they tough it out with shorts in the winter? Do they like a plain design or bright, printed tees? Are their outfits always matching, or is it more of a thrown together style? It's all for you to decide, just make sure you give me at least one outfit for each season.

No matter which option you pick, here's how to take part:

- Create your entry as a blog

- Include lots of detail, images and try to be as creative with the design as possible

- At the end of the blog, you may opt to share your own outfit for the ball

- Make sure to include the hashtag #AHSeasonsOfStyle

- All entries for this challenge will be featured if they meet the requirements for the category they fit it

- Every entry by a ed student (everyone in the community is welcome to take part!) will receive 25 points, 50 if the blog is featured.

- The best entry in each category will be announced as the winner at the ball and the authors will receive the custom title "Seasonal Creator" to keep forever

- The deadline is 22nd August, good luck!

Finally, our two chatrooms for this event can be found linked below. They will both open at 7pm BST on Friday for the yule ball to officially begin and you may even see some of your favourite professors and chat hosts organising fun activities for you all!

The Yule Courtyard

The Yule Ballroom

To end our blog, I'll be giving out the last house point update until the final results are released in our final AH blog.

Gryffindor - 568

Hufflepuff - 2300

Ravenclaw - 1902

Slytherin - 2099

That is all for this update, we still have our inquisitors who are staying for another week and may even us for the Yule! We also have student societies running smoothly and organisations such as the Inquisitorial Squad forming. All very exciting..

I'll see you all very soon at the Flying Trip, and I wish that you all have a fantastic time at the Yule ball, good bye for now!

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