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The Wizarding Hour

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

Photo by Michael K. Dakota

Ethan Lord, 6, dresses as Harry Potter for the midnight showing of "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" Tuesday night at Emporia's Flinthills 8 Cinema.

Bedtimes went out the window Tuesday night as Emporia fans of Harry Potter, the boy wizard, flocked to the Flinthills Mall for the opening of “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince,” the sixth film made from the popular books by J.K. Rowling.

The first showing was at midnight. Some fans showed up in costume and participated in a costume contest out in the mall before the show.

The crowd was so big that the Flinthills 8 Cinema had to use five of its eight screens to show the movie.

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