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Movie night conjures up magic
DeKALB - Samantha Stillson didn't purchase her Hermione Granger costume from Diagon Alley, but she did fit the part as the character in the Harry Potter series, complete with wand in hand, Friday night during the DeKalb Park District's Friday Night Movies in the Park at Hopkins Park.
Stillson, 15, was one of about 10 children who participated in the Harry Potter costume contest before the showing of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone” on the blow-up big screen.
“I was Hermione for Halloween in eighth grade and I love the books, so I heard about the contest and I figured, ‘Why not?'” Stillson said. “I already have the costume.”
Stillson put together the ensemble by shopping around local stores for more than a week, searchi
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