Wifely Kudos: Harry Potter Pride!

For the past two years, Debbie has been working her butt off as the head of Lumos 2006, a non-profit, educational conference set for the last week of July in Las Vegas. Putting her admin skills to excellent use, she and her dedicated unpaid crew have turned the event into a sold-out affair with all the bells and whistles.

Imagine my pride when this happened last week, as reported in today's Luminosity newsletter for event attendees:

HARRY AND THE POTTERS SAY, “LET’S DRINK TO ARAGOG!”
By Genii Grimsley

Last month, Harry and the Potters asked people to submit titles for a new song. In the past month, you responded by sending us a ton of lovely and hilarious possible song titles. Unfortunately, only one winner could be picked, but Harry and the Potters were up to the challenge. The band chose their favorites in a blind vote based solely on the song titles.

Nonetheless, the winner of the song title contest is none other than our Minister of Magic, Debbie McLain, who submitted the title “Let’s Drink to Aragog.” In a quick interview with the band, they told us, “We chose ‘Let’s Drink to Aragog’ because, like the scene from the book, the whole idea of raising a glass to this hideous monster is rather absurd.” Harry and the Potters will award Debbie with a hygiene kit, an autographed t-shirt, a poster, and a set of the band’s CDs. In addition to all of that, Debbie will receive the ultimate prize of hearing her song played at Lumos for the first time ever.

Once again, Lumos and Harry and the Potters would like to thank everyone for submitting their wonderful titles. For now, the band “expect[s] to spend the next few weeks in the van passing around all sorts of sing-a-long verses in preparation for the premiere of this song at Lumos.” We will see everyone in just a few short weeks. Don’t forget to bring a glass to raise to Aragog as Harry and the Potters sing their brand-new song!"

WAY TO GO DEBBER!