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hogwarts.clubs compiled by the lovely poems      charms An environment which allows students keen on charms to discuss current theories, recent developments and practice skills learned in the classroom, Charms Club is a space for experimentation. Going beyond the more "theoretical" academics, Charms Club incorporates a variety of themes that allow the space and room for more frivolous magic. Run under the cheerful guiding hand of Flitwick, students are encouraged to attempt to bring their own interests to weekly meetings: from cosmetic charms and light-hearted jinxes to complex debates on difficult theories of foundational magic, Charms Club is an open forum for students to enhance and build on their knowledge accrued in the classroom. Faculty Head: Professor Flitwick Student Representative: Minerva McGonagall Meeting Times: One hour, Tuesdays and Thursdays Activities: Students help one another with homework, debate current developments in charms' research and are introduced to magic that would be considered otherwise "un-academic". Less structured than other clubs, Flitwick often builds themes into the weekly meetings, but encourages his students to be pro-active and to put issues on the table which interest them. Members: Adelaide Brown, Fildelmia Dunstan, Cornelius Fudge, Olive Hornby, Caroline Macmillan, Minerva McGonagall, Tristan Urquhart, Eleanor Waffling   chess Perhaps not considered as noble as Quidditch, the Chess Club should be given more credit than it usually is. Comprised of students who wish to improve their game, the Club meets twice weekly to discuss the week in Chess, dissect professional games, debate tactics and hone their skills. Each week, students are taught strategy to best approach their game and out-manoeuvre their opponent. Professor Euler takes an analytical approach to the game and ensures his students leave understanding that Chess is not a game one simply plays -- it is a game one thinks, rationalises and masters. Using principles of Arithmancy, students are encouraged to strategise and dissect both their own games and those of their peers to produce bright, sharp students -- many of whom go on to play professionally. Faculty Head: Professor Euler Student Representative: Wilhelm Wigworthy Meeting Times: One hour on Mondays, Fridays, and Saturdays Activities: Weekly round-up (analysis and debate), tactical strategies, and peer vs. peer matches (these matches often go beyond the official meeting times of the club). Members: Polly Applebee, Millicent Bagnold, Myrtle Glumwiddle, Bartlett Hornby, Arsenius Jigger, Ann Marchbanks, Ignatius Prewett, Aloysius Selwyn, Ishmael Smith, Charmaine Travers, Phineas Twilfitt, Wilhelm Wigworthy   choir & theatre A favourite for many students, Hogwarts' Choir & Theatre club are responsible for the entertainment of their peers in the form of concerts, pantomimes and even the occasional play or musical. The mandate of the club changes depending on the season, but, generally speaking, the two-hour meetings are divided up equally between arranging, practising and performing choir-music and learning different aspects of theatrical performance ranging from comedic timing, mime, dramatic acting, improvisation and various historical modes. Unlike the choir, the theatrical productions of Hogwarts do not draw exclusively from the members of this club (though, generally, those talented in drama do hold membership). When approaching choir concerts, the theatre hour is often dropped in favour of further rehearsals; likewise, meetings of the choir may become more truncated when approaching a school play. It should be noted, however, that rehearsals for any school productions tend to fall outside club meeting times as, though closely linked, the two function as separate entities. Faculty Head: Professor Beery Student Representative: Dagmar Wigworthy Meeting Times: Two hours, Sundays and Fridays Activities: Practising, arranging, and performing choir music; theater techniques and putting on small performances to be critiqued by both peers and the faculty head. During times of production, the club may also take time to discuss budget, and brief everyone on set construction and lighting. Members: Walburga Black, Adelaide Brown, Xenia Flint, Florean Fortescue, Bartlett Hornby, Olive Hornby, Arsenius Jigger, Aletheia Lovegood, Cressida Nott, Wendelin Potter, Augusta Prewett, Ernestine Travers, Violet Turlington, Helena Turpin, Eleanor Waffling, Dagmar Wigworthy   duelling The Duelling Club's mantra has always been quite simple: to teach Hogwarts students the etiquette and finesse required to engage in a duel. Originally, the club was founded to breed a sort of good-natured rivalry between students and groom young witches and wizards as well-mannered, fair, and honourable opponents. However, the gentile nature of the club has necessarily undergone a degree of change since the onset of the war, and the faculty advisers now take a more earnest interest in teaching students how to think on their feet. Beyond the etiquette of duelling, the club seeks to teach offensive and defensive posture, proper wand manoeuvring, confidence, and quick-thinking to students in high-stress situations. Meetings are structured so that defensive spells are paired up with their offensive counterparts, allowing students to logically rationalise the best way to respond to and navigate dangerous duelling situations. Single combat is emphasised, but in recent years tactical positioning when out-numbered has been brought into the club's repertoire. Although the club is open to both genders, mixed gender duels are not allowed by request of the Board of Governors. Faculty Heads: Professors Viridian and Merrythought Student Representative: Tom Riddle Meeting Times: Three hours on Saturdays Activities: Partnered duelling and role-play scenarios; application of defensive and offensive charms, hexes and curses learned in various classes. Members: Benedict Bagman, Henry Bones, Rudolf Brand, Agatha Chubb, Conall Moran, Edmund Corner, Dedalus Diggle, Desmond Diggory, Antonin Dolohov, Fidelmia Dunstan, Kenneth Ellerby, Ernest Fenwick, Emrys Fletcher, Cornelius Fudge, Camilla Greengrass, Jameson Kirke, Rodolphus Lestrange, Algernon Longbottom, Mortimer Longbottom, Aletheia Lovegood, John Lupin, Hamish MacFarlan, Ann Marchbanks, Catriona McCormack, Minerva McGonagall, Douglas McKinnon, Alastor Moody, Gwendolyn Morgan, Darren O'Hare, Augusta Prewett, Ignatius Prewett, Tom Riddle, Conrad Ridgebit, Augustus Rookwood, Brutus Scrimgeour, Juliet Scrimgeour, Rufus Scrimgeour, Tristan Urquhart, Dagmar Wigworthy   Future mothers Meant to prepare female students for their future beyond Hogwarts, the Future Mothers meet weekly to ensure those not pursuing non-domestic careers are well informed and poised for the often gruelling task of domestic housekeeping and the care of children. Given the complex task of such an undertaking, the once-weekly meetings survey a wide array of topics that address early care to behavioural issues, proper hygiene and issues surrounding paediatric nutrition. More importantly, however, is its extension beyond the classroom of practical, household magic to encompass current skills of running a household in the midst of war. Students are schooled on proper rationing and economical tricks to make money go farther. Building on a foundation built in Practical Magic, the tools gained within the Future Mothers help to ensure success in domestic pursuits, even in the most dire of times. Faculty Head: Professor Gulch Student Representative: Cecilia Selwyn Meeting Times: One hour Wednesdays Activities: Each week focuses on a different topic, and has both a discussion and practical component. From turning a table cloth into a bra to darning socks, managing rations to re-preparing leftovers, the focus -- especially this year -- remains on acquiring a skill-set which will aide young witches as they set out to start families in the most difficult time in British memory. Members: Adelaide Brown, Vesper Crabbe, Xenia Flint, Elvira Grimstone, Olive Hornby, Lystra Kettleburn, Aletheia Lovegood, Ann Marchbanks, Catriona McCormack, Cressida Nott, Augusta Prewett, Euphemia Prewett, Druella Rosier, Cecilia Selwyn, Charmaine Travers, Ernestine Travers, Louisia Yaxley   gobstones Considered by many Wizarding Britain's national pastime, the Gobstones club isn't particularly complicated; every week, students meet to play games against one another, improving their skill and competing against their peers in occasional round robin tournaments. The game -- loosely similar to Muggle marbles, though with remarkably more ink to the eye -- is more practical than theoretical and, though the occasional discussion ensues on competing techniques, generally students are left to their own devices and critiqued on form by one another, as well as their Professor. The popularity of Gobstones has grown exponentially in the past few years; tournaments are set-up in the Great Hall and often attended by a sizeable group of students in an attempt, no doubt, to take their mind of other, more serious matters. Faculty Head: Professor Binns Captain: Eileen Prince Meeting Times: One hour Mondays Activities: Playing gobstones! Though the critiquing of technique and form is important to club members, the Gobstones Club is decidedly less theory-based than the Chess Club. Some meetings are devoted to the practicalities of arranging of tournaments (and budgetary concerns), members are keen to get down to business. Members: Bartlett Hornby, Mortimer Longbottom, Hamish MacFarlan, Wendelin Potter, Eileen Prince   slug club An elite group of Hogwarts' finest, the Slug Club doesn't operate the same way most student organizations do. Membership is by invitation only, and while those privileged to Slughorn's inner circle tend to fancy themselves the crème de la crème, it often happens -- particularly at the beginning of the semester -- that admission is just as much about familial connections as it is individual talent. Ambition and lofty aspirations can assist one in gaining entrance to the club, which doesn't do much of anything save partaking in private dinners and parties with Slughorn himself. While it's true that the Slug Club tends to be compromised mostly by Purebloods, a pioneering spirit and an above-average intelligence has gained a small number of muggleborns admittance to this inner circle. Given their lack of practical activities, one might wonder why anyone would choose to spend their time with a Professor outside of official class hours. To be sure, even the most sceptical of students might be lured by the invaluable connections that are sure to be created by admission to the Slug Club. Famous Quidditch players, high-ranking Ministry officials, the movers and shakers of the Wizarding World are often on hand to offer advice, support and general camaraderie. Faculty Head: Professor Slughorn Meeting Times: Once weekly...ish. Meeting times are not as official as with other student clubs. Activities: What the Slug Club does remains a mystery to many. While more often than not, they meet simply to be regaled by Slughorn's stories of so-and-so, lively debates can ensue around their dinner tables. Given the talent and intelligence of many of the students, magic is discussed and argued, as are politics. Lively banter is the Slug Club's mantra and, once they hit their stride, it is generally to be found. Members: Araminta Burke, Barnabus Cuffe, Hector Dagworth-Granger, Algernon Longbottom, Evander Nott, Tiberius Ogden, Darren O'Hare, Tom Riddle, Dagmar Wigworthy, Eldred Worple   wireless As all of Britain remains glued to their Wireless', Hogwarts' Wireless Club is preparing students for the ins and outs of journalistic broadcasting. So integral to the war efforts at home, students are schooled in proper procedures, fact-checking and how to organize stories so that information can be produced and related quickly, efficiently and as accurately as possible. Practising with both war updates and in-school stories, students learn to produce pieces that could be presented on the wireless. Using the nearby Hogsmeade broadcasting station to assist in teaching practical skills, the Wireless Club aims to produce students prepared for taking important positions within the WWN to assist in future war efforts. Faculty Head: Professor Egg Student Representative: Rupert Brookstanton Meeting: One hour, Sundays and Tuesdays Activities: Students are asked to "update" their peers on one news piece every week and are asked to critically analyse broadcasts based on the skills learned in Club meetings. This small portion leads into the more vigorous pursuits of producing and writing pieces which they then "broadcast" the week following. Students learn the manners and language necessary for wireless broadcasts, understand the technological magic of the WWN and practice their "radio voice" in anticipation of a potential future career. Members: Millicent Bagnold, Rudolf Brand, Rupert Brookstanton, Edmund Corner, Florean Fortescue, Lystra Kettleburn, Abraxas Malfoy, Gertrude Teague, Helena Turpin