The Progressive Dinner

Cats rolling in olives!  Mrs. Keberline dressed as an elf!  Ghosts in the bathroom!  And a whole lot of Hogwarts!  All this and more could be found at this Saturday's third annual progressive dinner.  For anyone who doesn't know, a progressive dinner is a brilliantly fun event during which a group of people travel from one house to another for different courses of dinner.  Usually, there is some sort of theme and everyone wears costumes for added fun.  For the last three years, juniors on prom committee have organized the progressive dinner because it is a great fundraiser for prom, and because it has become one of the best school events of the year.

This year, the theme of the dinner was Harry Potter.  Each of the three houses that the group of eighty juniors and seniors who attended travelled to was decorated to look like one of the Hogwarts houses.  Appetizers at Hufflepuff, dinner at Gryffindor, dessert at Slytherin.  Though we all filled each house to its maximum capacity, the crowding only added to the humorous atmosphere, and the food was excellent.

There was also a fantastic variety of costumes to be seen.  Everyone from Sirius Black to Rita Skeeter to Harry Potter himself could be found.  Even the most minor of characters was brought to life by the creative students of NPA, and prizes (in the form of free dress passes!) were awarded to the Womping Willow, Hagrid, and Moaning Myrtle, among others.

This year's progressive dinner was a great night of quidditch playing, random singing, and spontaneous pumpkin carving.  Congratulations and thank you to everyone involved in the organizing of this event for making it so enjoyable and unique.