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And the Biggest Harry Potter Fan in the Chathams Is...

One girl took a train, Hogwarts-style, to visit the Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando, Fla.

Erin Collier is more than your average Harry Potter fan. She may just be .

Her brother Colby wrote in to nominate "my Ginny Weasley look-alike sister" for the prize of two free tickets to see the last Harry Potter movie, "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2."

In his nomination letter, he said that Erin has dedicated "numerous childhood weekends and rainy days" to watching the Harry Potter films. She was once visited by Hagrid as a treat.

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Erin has traveled to New York City to see Daniel Radcliffe in "Equus" and "How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying." On both occassions, Colby said, she was able to get Radcliffe's autograph.

Colby also wrote about when the entire family traveled to Orlando, Fla. to visit the Harry Potter theme park, The Wizarding World of Harry Potter, at Universal Studios. "Our family elected to mimic the Hogwarts Express train by traveling to Orlando via Amtrak overnight train out of Penn Station. This proved to be quite the lengthy journey, and the trolleys with chocolate frogs and jelly slugs were missing.

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"We did, however, have a lot of time to watch numerous [Harry Potter] movies in our parent’s room. Actually, it was a room, bathroom and shower all in one. Quite uncomfortable, but definitely worth it," Colby wrote.

So congratulations to Erin Colby, the winner of Chatham Patch's Biggest Harry Potter Fan in the Chathams contest!

"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2" opens Friday morning at 12:01 a.m.


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