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Online schedules: Thursday - Friday - Saturday - Sunday

Thursday, July 10, 2008

12:00 Noon		Openings: Art Gallery, Common Room, Cinema Alley, Vendor Room
		Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone screening
3:00 PM		SpellCast Auditions
		Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets screening
6:00 PM		Welcoming Feast - Feast of the American Southwest
		Vendor Room closes
8:00-10:00 PM		Wizard Rock Concert featuring the Moaning Myrtles and The Mudbloods
8:00 PM		Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban screening
10:00 PM		Closings: Art Gallery, Common Room

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Friday, July 11, 2008

8:30 AM		Registration opens
		Deluxe Continental Breakfast
9:00 AM		Openings: Formal Programming
9:00-11:00 AM		Level 9 Informal Roundtables
10:00 AM		Openings: Art Gallery, Common Room, Vendor Room
Noon-1:30 PM		Keynote Luncheon with Dr. Henry Jenkins: "Beyond the Borders of the Book: The Transformative Power of Fandom in the Age of Media Convergence"
1:30-3:30 PM		Formal Programming continues
2:00-3:00 PM		SpellCast Auditions and Rehearsals
3:30-4:30 PM		Afternoon Tea
3:30-7 PM		Smashing Time Mosaics in Common Room
4:30 - 6:00 PM		Formal Programming continues
5:00 PM		Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire screening
6:00 PM		Registration closes
		Players’ and Officials’ Quidditch Meeting
7:00 PM-2:00 AM		Portus Podcast Palooza
8:00 PM		Art Gallery and Vendor Room close
		Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix screening
8:00-10:00 PM		Dessert Mingler
8:00-11:00 PM		Quidditch: North American Flying Federation’s 140th Merlin's Cup - Qualifying Rounds (land)

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Saturday, July 12, 2008

8:30 AM		Registration opens
9:00-10:30 AM		Plenary Session with Jim Dale
10:30 AM-12:00 Noon		Formal Programming resumes
10:00 AM		Vendor Room, Art Gallery, Common Room open
11:00 AM		Spellcast Readings Performance
11:00 AM-12:00 Noon		Jim Dale autograph session A
Noon		Registration closes
Noon-1:30 PM		Keynote Luncheon with Monique Trottier: "Digital Owls, Pensieves and Portkeys: The phenomenon of electronic media in building and sustaining an online audience of Harry Potter fans"
1:30-3:30 PM		Formal Programming continues
		Jim Dale Autograph Session B
3:00-5:00 PM		Wizard Rockumentary screening
3:30-4:30 PM		Afternoon Tea
4:30-6:00 PM		Formal Programming continues
5:00-7:00 PM		Wizard Rockumentary screening
5:00-8:00 PM		Water Quidditch
6:00-9:00 PM		Fandom Swapmeet
6:00 - 7:30 PM		Dessert with Jim Dale
8:00 PM		Art Gallery, Vendor Room, Common Room close
9:00 PM-1:00 AM		Mystery Masquerade Ball

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Sunday, July 13, 2007

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