Act Two
Scene Four
(In Harry's house. There is a party going on. Many people are there, including Harry, Hermione, Ron, Brian, Rebecca, Pansy, Susan, Fred, and George, along with other old school friends such as Oliver Wood, Seamus Finnigan, Lavender Brown, and their children.)
SUSAN: Harry, thanks to you and Ginny for having this big party! It sure is wonderful.
HARRY: Well, we wanted to have some sort of event for Brian, since I doubt he's been to many parties before.
SUSAN: Yes, I guess you're right.
HARRY: I think we should get some music going and people could dance. Would you sing for us?
SUSAN: Oh, yes, of course!
HARRY: Great! Something upbeat and fun, if you don't mind!
SUSAN: Music, maestro!
(song)
What's that playing on the radio?
Why do I start swaying to and fro
I have never heard that song before
But if I don't hear it anymore
It's still familiar to me, sends a thrill right through me
Cause the chords remind me of the night that I first fell in love to
Those magic changes, my heart arranges
A melody that's never the same
A melody that's calling your name
It begs you please, come back to me
Please, return to me, don't go away again
Oh, make them play again, the music I want to hear is once again
You whisper in my ear, oh, my darling, oh yeah.
(Hermione and Ron are dancing, as are Brian and Rebecca. Fred is over on the side, talking to Oliver Wood, George, and Harry. Pansy is standing near him, listening and watching.)
I'll be waiting by the radio
You'll come back to me someday I know
Been so lonesome since our last goodbye
But I'm singing as I cry.
While the bass is pounding, while the drums are sounding
Beatings of my broken heart will rise to first place on the chart
My heart arranges, oh those magic changes,
Oh yeah.
(song ends, everyone claps)
LAVENDER: Oh Susan, that was wonderful!
SEAMUS: Great job!
HARRY: Come on, everyone, get out their dancing!
PANSY: Fred, would you like to dance?
FRED: (song)
I won't dance, don't ask me
I won't dance, don't ask me
I won't dance, madame, with you
My heart won't let my feet do things that they want to do.
When you dance you're charming, and you're gentle.
Yeah, especially when you do that continental.
And this feeling isn't purely mental.
For heaven rest us, I'm not asbestos
And that's why, why
You're lovely, you know what, so lovely
Merci beaucoup
I know that music leads the way to romance
So if I hold you in arms
I won't dance!
(song ends. On the last two lines, Fred pulls Pansy into his arms, and then after the song is over he kisses her.)
GEORGE: Oh, come on, you're making me sick!
HARRY: Yeah, let's have some real entertainment!
HERMIONE: Well, where's Ginny? She's always ready to have some fun! She was always the life of the party years ago.
HARRY: She was still upstairs in our room, getting ready. I haven't seen her in hours.
GEORGE: Well, tell her to get down here, we need some of her wonderful entertainment!
GINNY (from upstairs): Did you say entertainment?
(She enters at the top of the stairs. Think very dramatic, a long banister. She's wearing a drop dead gorgeous dress, looking absolutely stunning.)
GINNY: (song)
Hello, George
Well hello, Harry
It's so nice to be back home where I belong.
You're looking swell, Ronnie,
I can tell, Ollie
You're still growin', you're still crowin'
You're still going strong.
I feel the room swaying
And the band's playing
One of my old favorite songs from way back when
So bridge that gap fellas,
Find me an empty lap, fellas
Ginny'll never go away again!
MEN: Hello, Ginny
Well hello, Ginny
It's so nice to have you back where you belong.
You're looking swell, Ginny
I can tell, Ginny
You're still growin', you're still crowin'
You're still going strong.
We feel the room swaying
For the band's playing
One of your old favorite songs from way back when
So...
GINNY: Here's my hat, fellas,
I'm staying where I'm at, fellas
ALL: Promise you'll never go away
GINNY: Ginny'll never go away
ALL & GINNY: Ginny'll never go away again!
(song ends)
(Ginny continues into the party and mingles with the other guests. She is talking to some girls over on the side of the room.)
HERMIONE: You look absolutely wonderful, Ginny!
GINNY: Thanks.
SUSAN: You've always been the fashionable one.
GINNY: Well...
(song)
In life, one has to face a huge assortment
Of nauseating fads and good advice.
There's health and fitness, diet and deportment
And other pointless forms of sacrifice.
Conversation, wit, I am a doubter
Manners, charm, they're no way to impress
So forget the inner me, observe the outer
I am what I wear, and how I dress.
Oh now I believe in looking
Like my time on Earth is cooking
Whether polka-dotted, striped, or even checked.
With some glamour guaranteeing
Every fiber of my being
Is displayed to quite remarkable effects.
From your cradle via trousseau
To your death bed you're on view, so,
Never compromise, accept no substitute.
I would rather wear a barrel
Than conservative apparel
For dress has always been my strongest suit.
WOMEN: Overwear, underwear Anytime, anywhere
GINNY: Staying in or hitting townwards
From the top and working downwards
I ensure that every stitch is stitched in time.
WOMEN: Is stitched in time
GINNY: Whether wig, or hat, or turban
Whether clad boudoir or urban
Not to strut your stuff outrageously is a crime.
WOMEN: It's such a crime.
GINNY: And the few who are invited
To my wardrobe are delighted
As they wander through my things to find en route.
WOMEN: They wander en route your things.
GINNY: That is negligee or formal
I am anything but normal
For dress has always been my strongest suit.
WOMEN: Overwear, underwear
Anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear
Anytime, anywhere
GINNY: I am what I wear
I said anytime, anywhere
So bring me all my finest
Most audacious, my divinest
Most revealing, most expensive
And to boot
WOMEN: Most arresting
GINNY: Most arresting
WOMEN: Most heart-stopping
GINNY: Most heart-stopping
Most free-flowing, most eye-popping
Most arresting, most heart-stopping
Oh, dress has always been
My strongest suit
My strongest suit
You know that I am what I wear
Dress has always been my strongest
My strongest
My strongest
My strongest
My strongest suit!
(end song, end scene)
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A/N: Whew, sorry about the long update guys! Midterm week coming up, you know. There will be one more chapter after this. Look for it, it'll out soon!
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. If I did, I'd know what was going to happen in the 5th book (coming out June 21!!!!)! As it is, I'm dying to know!
Those Magic Changes- Grease
I Won't Dance- Hmm, I think this was Frank Sinatra, but I know it from RJ Helton from American Idol. Anybody watching that? It's so good!
Hello, Dolly- Hello, Dolly!
My Strongest Suit- Aida
HarryPotterFanFicGirl- You have me hooked on Aida! I love it! I want to see it on broadway for my birthday now.
Kayah- I was Helen, you know, one of the telephone girls!
Twinklebell- *twitch* Annie *cough cough* Yes, I was in that too.
polgara-5- a theater near me is doing How To Succeed... soon, so hopefully I'll become aquainted with it then!
Please review!
Scene Four
(In Harry's house. There is a party going on. Many people are there, including Harry, Hermione, Ron, Brian, Rebecca, Pansy, Susan, Fred, and George, along with other old school friends such as Oliver Wood, Seamus Finnigan, Lavender Brown, and their children.)
SUSAN: Harry, thanks to you and Ginny for having this big party! It sure is wonderful.
HARRY: Well, we wanted to have some sort of event for Brian, since I doubt he's been to many parties before.
SUSAN: Yes, I guess you're right.
HARRY: I think we should get some music going and people could dance. Would you sing for us?
SUSAN: Oh, yes, of course!
HARRY: Great! Something upbeat and fun, if you don't mind!
SUSAN: Music, maestro!
(song)
What's that playing on the radio?
Why do I start swaying to and fro
I have never heard that song before
But if I don't hear it anymore
It's still familiar to me, sends a thrill right through me
Cause the chords remind me of the night that I first fell in love to
Those magic changes, my heart arranges
A melody that's never the same
A melody that's calling your name
It begs you please, come back to me
Please, return to me, don't go away again
Oh, make them play again, the music I want to hear is once again
You whisper in my ear, oh, my darling, oh yeah.
(Hermione and Ron are dancing, as are Brian and Rebecca. Fred is over on the side, talking to Oliver Wood, George, and Harry. Pansy is standing near him, listening and watching.)
I'll be waiting by the radio
You'll come back to me someday I know
Been so lonesome since our last goodbye
But I'm singing as I cry.
While the bass is pounding, while the drums are sounding
Beatings of my broken heart will rise to first place on the chart
My heart arranges, oh those magic changes,
Oh yeah.
(song ends, everyone claps)
LAVENDER: Oh Susan, that was wonderful!
SEAMUS: Great job!
HARRY: Come on, everyone, get out their dancing!
PANSY: Fred, would you like to dance?
FRED: (song)
I won't dance, don't ask me
I won't dance, don't ask me
I won't dance, madame, with you
My heart won't let my feet do things that they want to do.
When you dance you're charming, and you're gentle.
Yeah, especially when you do that continental.
And this feeling isn't purely mental.
For heaven rest us, I'm not asbestos
And that's why, why
You're lovely, you know what, so lovely
Merci beaucoup
I know that music leads the way to romance
So if I hold you in arms
I won't dance!
(song ends. On the last two lines, Fred pulls Pansy into his arms, and then after the song is over he kisses her.)
GEORGE: Oh, come on, you're making me sick!
HARRY: Yeah, let's have some real entertainment!
HERMIONE: Well, where's Ginny? She's always ready to have some fun! She was always the life of the party years ago.
HARRY: She was still upstairs in our room, getting ready. I haven't seen her in hours.
GEORGE: Well, tell her to get down here, we need some of her wonderful entertainment!
GINNY (from upstairs): Did you say entertainment?
(She enters at the top of the stairs. Think very dramatic, a long banister. She's wearing a drop dead gorgeous dress, looking absolutely stunning.)
GINNY: (song)
Hello, George
Well hello, Harry
It's so nice to be back home where I belong.
You're looking swell, Ronnie,
I can tell, Ollie
You're still growin', you're still crowin'
You're still going strong.
I feel the room swaying
And the band's playing
One of my old favorite songs from way back when
So bridge that gap fellas,
Find me an empty lap, fellas
Ginny'll never go away again!
MEN: Hello, Ginny
Well hello, Ginny
It's so nice to have you back where you belong.
You're looking swell, Ginny
I can tell, Ginny
You're still growin', you're still crowin'
You're still going strong.
We feel the room swaying
For the band's playing
One of your old favorite songs from way back when
So...
GINNY: Here's my hat, fellas,
I'm staying where I'm at, fellas
ALL: Promise you'll never go away
GINNY: Ginny'll never go away
ALL & GINNY: Ginny'll never go away again!
(song ends)
(Ginny continues into the party and mingles with the other guests. She is talking to some girls over on the side of the room.)
HERMIONE: You look absolutely wonderful, Ginny!
GINNY: Thanks.
SUSAN: You've always been the fashionable one.
GINNY: Well...
(song)
In life, one has to face a huge assortment
Of nauseating fads and good advice.
There's health and fitness, diet and deportment
And other pointless forms of sacrifice.
Conversation, wit, I am a doubter
Manners, charm, they're no way to impress
So forget the inner me, observe the outer
I am what I wear, and how I dress.
Oh now I believe in looking
Like my time on Earth is cooking
Whether polka-dotted, striped, or even checked.
With some glamour guaranteeing
Every fiber of my being
Is displayed to quite remarkable effects.
From your cradle via trousseau
To your death bed you're on view, so,
Never compromise, accept no substitute.
I would rather wear a barrel
Than conservative apparel
For dress has always been my strongest suit.
WOMEN: Overwear, underwear Anytime, anywhere
GINNY: Staying in or hitting townwards
From the top and working downwards
I ensure that every stitch is stitched in time.
WOMEN: Is stitched in time
GINNY: Whether wig, or hat, or turban
Whether clad boudoir or urban
Not to strut your stuff outrageously is a crime.
WOMEN: It's such a crime.
GINNY: And the few who are invited
To my wardrobe are delighted
As they wander through my things to find en route.
WOMEN: They wander en route your things.
GINNY: That is negligee or formal
I am anything but normal
For dress has always been my strongest suit.
WOMEN: Overwear, underwear
Anytime, anywhere
Overwear, underwear
Anytime, anywhere
GINNY: I am what I wear
I said anytime, anywhere
So bring me all my finest
Most audacious, my divinest
Most revealing, most expensive
And to boot
WOMEN: Most arresting
GINNY: Most arresting
WOMEN: Most heart-stopping
GINNY: Most heart-stopping
Most free-flowing, most eye-popping
Most arresting, most heart-stopping
Oh, dress has always been
My strongest suit
My strongest suit
You know that I am what I wear
Dress has always been my strongest
My strongest
My strongest
My strongest
My strongest suit!
(end song, end scene)
************************************************************************
A/N: Whew, sorry about the long update guys! Midterm week coming up, you know. There will be one more chapter after this. Look for it, it'll out soon!
Disclaimer: I don't own Harry Potter. If I did, I'd know what was going to happen in the 5th book (coming out June 21!!!!)! As it is, I'm dying to know!
Those Magic Changes- Grease
I Won't Dance- Hmm, I think this was Frank Sinatra, but I know it from RJ Helton from American Idol. Anybody watching that? It's so good!
Hello, Dolly- Hello, Dolly!
My Strongest Suit- Aida
HarryPotterFanFicGirl- You have me hooked on Aida! I love it! I want to see it on broadway for my birthday now.
Kayah- I was Helen, you know, one of the telephone girls!
Twinklebell- *twitch* Annie *cough cough* Yes, I was in that too.
polgara-5- a theater near me is doing How To Succeed... soon, so hopefully I'll become aquainted with it then!
Please review!