When the headmistress reaches the front the girls drop into a bow and the room explodes into applause. Enthusiastic cheers and catcalls come from many of the boys, Harry and Ron offering a standing ovation, as the girls offer a far more tame and unimpressed clapping, Ginny going so far as to remain seated and still. When they reach the podium Dumbledore takes Madame Maxime’s hand and kisses the back of it before rushing back up to the raised platform and throwing out his arms in a dramatic fashion.