User blog comment:Sophia McLaren-Cobb/Hogwarts Song Contest - Inaugural 2037/@comment-24344137-20180317180545

Suggestion: Maybe do this next IC year? Students can talk about it over the summer, the details can be better hammered out, and there's always more interest in Hogwarts (classes, etc) at the beginning of a term, than at the end of it.

Personally... I don't really get it. I've tried to, and I want to participate... but since I'm not familiar with it's RL counterpart, I struggle to get excited about it, especially since I don't have any characters who would necessarily audition, because I don't have musically inclined characters.

I do know that there are characters with musical talents, though. But because of the rushed nature of this-- no forewarning, just having it dropped on everyone-- they aren't auditioning. It may not necessarily be because it's rushed-- it might be because of the lack of understanding, or just OOC business... but the rushed nature of "here's an event, let's just do it now" doesn't help things. Events should be advertised several OOC weeks before they begin, so that IC they can be hyped up-- like Bond mentioned below.

Just my two cents.