A very special costume party Potter fans dress the part while waiting.(News)

Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), July, 2007

Byline: Shreya Baxi sbaxi@@dailyherald.com One wouldn't need to possess the divination abilities of Hogwarts Professor Trelawney to predict that Muggles would be out in full force Friday night as they anticipated the midnight release of the seventh and final book in the Harry Potter series, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows." Among a slew of different events held in honor of the occasion was a "Party under the Stars" organized by Elgin store Books at Sunset.

Elgin resident Matt Dewis transformed into jolly Hogwarts groundskeeper Rubeus Hagrid, ...