Annual Harry Potter festival brings witches and wizards to Germantown Avenue [photos]
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First grader David waving his magic wand at the Harry Potter Festival in Chestnut Hill, in 2015. (Natavan Werbock for WHYY)
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(L-R) Flora and Jordana, friends from Baldwin School sward fighting at the Defense Against the Dark Arts Classes (Natavan Werbock/for NewsWorks)
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Dumbledore performing a Sorting Hat Demonstrations on Tottenham Court Road (Natavan Werbock/for NewsWorks)
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Harry Potter (Dan Lemoine) casting a spell with fans Desmond and Damien (Natavan Werbock/for NewsWorks)
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10-year-old Ava getting a palm reading at the Professor Trelawney's Predictions booth (Natavan Werbock/for NewsWorks)
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Jamison Walsh, 6 poses in front of the green screen with his magic sword (Natavan Werbock/for NewsWorks)
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Kids playing Wizard Chess at the Jenks Academy Witchcraft Zone at the Harry Potter Festival (Natavan Werbock/for NewsWorks)
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Dementor, a dark creature and one of the foulest to inhabit the world at the Jenks Academy (Natavan Werbock/for NewsWorks)
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Kids gathered around wand craft station at the Jenks Academy of Witchcraft & Wizardry Kid Zone (Natavan Werbock/for NewsWorks)
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Dan Lemoine as Harry Potter greeting and posing with Harry Potter enthusiasts (Natavan Werbock/for NewsWorks)
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Harry Potter Festival in Chestnut Hill (Natavan Werbock/for NewsWorks)
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Live owls from Philadelphia Zoo were on sight at the Harry Potter Festival (Natavan Werbock/for NewsWorks)
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Harry Potter Festival in Chestnut Hill (Natavan Werbock/for NewsWorks)
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Visitors were able to enjoy Potter activities up and down Germantown Avenue (Natavan Werbock/for NewsWorks)
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Harry Potter Festival in Chestnut Hill (Natavan Werbock/for NewsWorks)
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The 6th Annual Quidditch Tournament at the Chestnut HIll College was a day long event (Natavan Werbock/for NewsWorks)
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(L-R) Cameron, Anna, Amy and Ericka dressed in their Harry Potter best at the Chestnut Hill College campus (Natavan Werbock/for NewsWorks)
The Harry Potter Festival in Chestnut Hill, which took place this past weekend, has become the biggest festival for Potter-fans around.
The neighborhood transforms into the village Hogsmeade from the famous set of books. Witches, wizards and other familiar characters from the books wander up and down Germantown Avenue while wandmaking, owl demonstration, face painting, a Wizard Chess tournament and Defense Against the Dark Arts classes take place.
At Chestnut Hill College, seven Quidditch teams competed in a tournament, running with broomsticks, catching the snitch and following the rules as much as possible in accordance to the book.
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