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Autumn 2016 Newsletter

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The Autumn 2016 newsletter includes these articles: 
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<li>From the Chair by Andy Solberg.</li>
<li>Standing on the Terrace by Francine Kitts.</li>
<li>“Let it Play!” by Joe Coppola.</li>
<li>From the Vault by Steven Doyle.</li>
<li>The BSI Trust 101.</li>
<li>Added to the Archives.</li>
<li>Gifts to the Treasury.</li>
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<a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/news/trust-newsletter-2016-autumn.pdf">Autumn 2016 BSI Trust newsletter</a> (PDF - 2 MB) 
 
 
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Prior Newsletters</h4>
You can view or download <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/search/label/Newsletter">all prior issues of the BSI Trust Newsletter</a>. 
 
You can also see <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/search/label/News">other BSI Trust news</a> on the Trust website. 
 
 
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Contact the Editor of the Newsletter</h4>
See the Contact Us page to <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/contact.html">send email to the editor</a> of the newsletter.

Autumn 2016 Newsletter

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The 2009 BSI Dinner

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The dinner celebrating Sherlock Holmes’s 155th birthday also marked the BSI’s 75th Anniversary. The Baker Street Journal’s correspondent describes “immaculate” proceedings, “splendid” and “occasionally curious” goody bags, and “an orgy of chat and signature-hunting,” which all contribute to “one hectic weekend of frenzied schmoozing at a most literate level.” The account concludes: “The event and the company transcended all.” 
 
Andrew Fusco read the Constitution and Buy-Laws. Michael Kean toasted Mrs. Hudson.  Barbara Roisman Cooper toasted Mycroft Holmes.  Dana Richards had us raise our glasses to Watson's second wife, and Sébastien Le Page toasted to Sherlock Holmes.  Bob Coghill led the responsive reading of the Musgrave Ritual. 
 
Guy Marriott and Nicholas Utechin had some fun kicking off the presentations with a hilarious debate on the Oxford-Cambridge controversy.  Andrew Solberg repeatedly insisted that he was Professor Coram discussing how the outside (and inside) world viewed the BSI.  David Stuart Davies performed a side-splitting one man radio version of “The Red-Headed League.”  Jens Byskov Jensen and Henry Boote (violin and piano respectively) gave us that "Tra-la-la-lira-lira-lay" piece plus a version of Harvey Officer's Baker Street Suite for Violin and Piano. 
 
Twelve deserving Irregulars received their Shilling.  Daniel Posnansky was honored with <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">The Two-Shilling Award </a>for extraordinary devotion to the cause beyond the call of duty, particularly for his work on the BSI Archives.  Yuichi Hirayama, Doug Elliott, Bill Barnes, John Bergquist, Susan Rice, and Nicholas Utechin received the Editor’s Medal in recognition of their services as editors of books and Christmas Annuals published by the BSI. 
 
Sharon Klinger was toasted as <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">The Woman</a>.  Because weather had prevented the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/01/the-2008-bsi-dinner.html">2008 recipient</a> from being present to receive said honor, Priscilla Juvelis was feted, as well. 
 
The evening ended with a masterly reading of Starrett's "221B" by George McCormack. 
 
At the next day’s Sherlockian Cocktail Reception at the New York City Bar Association, Judge Albert Rosenblatt and his daughter, Betsy Rosenblatt, once again performed their remarkable rhyming summation of the previous year and of the Festivities. 
 
Dinner Details: January 9, 2009 
Union League Club, New York 
 
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Dinner Photo Information</h4>
Click on the above photo to see a larger version of it, and maximize your browser window to see the most detail. 
 
Key to People in the 2009 BSI Dinner photo (not available at this time, but see the <a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/dinner/bsi-dinner-2009-attendees.pdf">2009 Table Seat Assignments</a> PDF) 
 
 
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BSI Honours List</h4>
Investitures: 
Bill Barnes as The Gloria Scott 
Jeffry A. Bradway as A Case of Identity 
S. E. Dahlinger as The Bruce-Partington Plans 
Greg Darak as The Engineer's Thumb 
Allan Devitt as The Dancing Men 
Robert Ellis as The Illustrious Client 
Walter W. Jaffee as The Resident Patient 
Jens Byskov Jensen as The Blanched Soldier 
Sébastien Le Page as The Six Napoleons 
Michael Pollak as The Blue Carbuncle 
Barbara Rusch as The Mazarin Stone 
Joel Schwartz as The Three Students 
* received Investiture at another event during the year 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is an Investiture?</a> 
 
 
Two-Shilling Award: 
Daniel Posnansky. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is a Two-Shilling Award?</a> 
 
The Woman: 
Sharon (Mrs. Leslie) Klinger. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is The Woman honour?</a> 
 
"Stand with me here upon the terrace..." 
(as named at this Dinner, not their year of passing) 
Billy Ross (The Abergavenny Murders, 1977) 
Shirley Dickensheet (Ivy Douglas, 1993) 
Robert H. Steele (The Scowrers, 1959) 
Philip Sherman (The Six Napoleons, 1969) 
Ralph E. Edwards (Dr. Barnicot, 1963) 
Robert H. Schutz (The Arnsworth Castle Business, 1961) 
David Galerstein (Bert Stevens, 1972) 
Alan C. Olding (Cooee, 1988) 
Bruce Montgomery (The Red Circle, 1994) 
Joseph Gillies (The Aluminium Crutch, 1962) 
John Ruyle (Baron Dowson, 1983) 
Paul G. Churchill (Corot, 2006) 
Robert Q. Carver (The Case of Mme. Montpensier, 1962) 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the origin of “standing on the terrace?”</a> 
 
Morley-Montgomery Award: 
Mattias Boström, "The Humble Dr. Mortimer: On the Real Swedish Pathological Society” 
The Baker Street Journal v59 n3 (Winter 2008) pp. 6-11 (available in the eBSJ). 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the Morley-Montgomery Award?</a> 
 
The BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture: 
John Lescroat, “The Adventure of the Giant Rat of Sumatra” 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture?</a> 
 
 
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Reports on the Dinner</h4>
The Baker Street Journal v59 n1 (Spring 2009) pp. 6-15 (available in the eBSJ). 
 
Blau, Peter, <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/links.html#news">Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press</a>, (January 2009): 1-2. 
 
<a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/dinner/bsi-dinner-2009-attendees.pdf">List of 2009 BSI Dinner Attendees</a> (PDF) 
 
 
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Recordings</h4>
A recording of portions of the 2009 BSI Dinner is available at Harvard as part of the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/archive.html">BSI Archive</a>. 
 
 
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Related Material</h4>
Rosenblatt, Albert M., and Betsy Rosenblatt, “The Sherlockian Year In Verse: 2008 (sic),” The Baker Street Journal v59 n1 (Spring 2009): 16-18 (available in the eBSJ). The Rosenblatts’ rhyming retrospective, delivered at the January 10, 2009 Sherlockian Cocktail Reception. 
 
Previous dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/01/the-2008-bsi-dinner.html">2008 BSI Dinner</a> 
 
Next dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/02/the-2010-bsi-dinner.html">2010 BSI Dinner</a> 
 
For an index to all BSI Dinners and photos, see our <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/dinner-summary.html">BSI Dinner Summary</a> list. 
 
 
The BSI Archive is located at the Houghton Library at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Archival material may be used by any qualified scholar, subject to the normal rules and regulations of the Library. For links to a detailed finding aid and related information, see our <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/archive.html">BSI Archive at Harvard </a>page. 
 
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This page last updated 2/6/2017 by Randall Stock.

The 2009 BSI Dinner

The dinner celebrating Sherlock Holmes’s 155th birthday also marked the BSI’s 75th Anniversary. The Baker Street Journal’s correspondent...

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The 2008 BSI Dinner

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The dinner celebrating Sherlock Holmes’s 154th birthday was an evening replete with tradition, yet sprinkled with surprises.  This year also marked the 75th anniversary of the publication of Vincent Starrett’s The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, and honoring Starrett was a theme of the evening. 
 
Andrew Fusco read the Constitution and Buy-Laws.  Warren Randall toasted Mrs. Hudson.  John Bergquist toasted Mycroft Holmes.  Marilyn MacGregor had us raise our glasses to Watson's second wife, and Marina Stajic toasted to Sherlock Holmes, featuring the ditty "Sherlock Holmes in Manhattan" accompanied on the piano by Henry Boote.   Sherry Rose-Bond led us in the responsive reading of the Musgrave Ritual. 
 
From Michael Dirda, we learned that his Investiture namesake, Langdale Pike, was actually Vincent Starrett. Betsy Rosenblatt ripped Naked Is the Best Disguise to bits.  This year’s <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">Morley-Montgomery Award</a> winner, Ray Betzner, made a tribute toast to the Old Irregular, Vincent Starrett. 
 
Seven deserving Irregulars received their Shilling.  Sherry Rose-Bond was honored with <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">The Two-Shilling Award </a>"for extraordinary devotion to the cause beyond the call of duty.”  Roy Pilot, Al Rosenblatt, and Christopher and Barbara Roden received the Editor’s Medal.  George McCormack was recognized for attending his 50th consecutive BSI Dinner. 
 
Priscilla Juvelis was toasted as <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">The</a><a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html"> Woman</a>.  Unfortunately, weather prevented her from being present to receive said honor. This did not, however, lead to any interruptions in the presentation of impressive women at the Birthday festivities, as Wiggins seamlessly introduced a surprise guest, Heloise Rathbone, the granddaughter of Basil Rathbone from his first marriage.  Ms. Rathbone spoke about her grandfather and what it was like to be part of the Rathbone family. 
 
The festivities were neatly wrapped up by <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/06/robert-thomalen-interview-oral-history.html">Bob Thomalen</a>, who read "A Long Evening with Holmes" by the late Bill Schweickert. 
 
At the next day’s Sherlockian Cocktail Reception at the New York City Bar Association, attendees saw the New York premiere of The Other Side, a one-act play by Jerome Coopersmith who, more than 40 years before, wrote the book for the musical Baker Street.  The Other Side dealt with the differing approaches to Spiritualism of two prominent couples: Harry and Bess Houdini (portrayed by Paul Singleton and Elyse Locurto) and Jean and Arthur Conan Doyle (played by Mary Ellen Rich and Bob Thomalen).  Michael Pollak introduced the piece, which also featured Kate Karlson as a medium and Dana Richards on sound.  In addition, Judge Albert Rosenblatt and his daughter, Betsy Rosenblatt, once again performed their remarkable rhyming summation of the previous year and of the Festivities. 
 
Dinner Details: January 11, 2008 
Union League Club, New York 
 
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Dinner Photo Information</h4>
Click on the above photo to see a larger version of it, and maximize your browser window to see the most detail. 
 
Key to People in the 2008 BSI Dinner photo (not available at this time) 
 
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 BSI Honours List</h4>
Investitures: 
John Genova as Harry Pinner 
Guy C. Marriott as The Grand Hôtel du Louvre 
David F. Morrill as Count Von Kramm 
Dana S. Richards as The Priory School 
Cooper Barbara Roisman as Mary Maberley 
Betsy Rosenblatt as Lucy Ferrier 
Randall Stock as South African Securities 
* received Investiture at another event during the year 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is an Investiture?</a> 
 
 
Two-Shilling Award: 
Sherry Rose-Bond. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is a Two-Shilling Award?</a> 
 
The Woman: 
Priscilla Juvelis (Mrs. Daniel Posnansky) 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is The Woman honour?</a> 
 
"Stand with me here upon the terrace..." 
(as named at this Dinner, not their year of passing) 
Not named in the 2008 BSJ report of the Dinner. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the origin of “standing on the terrace?”</a> 
 
Morley-Montgomery Award: 
Raymond Betzner, "The Wicked Beginnings of a Baker Street Classic!" 
The Baker Street Journal v57 n3 (Autumn 2007) pp. 6-12 (available in the eBSJ). 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the Morley-Montgomery Award?</a> 
 
The BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture: 
Sir Christopher Frayling, “The Writing of The Hound of the Baskervilles” 
The Baker Street Journal v58 n1 (Spring 2008): 18-32 (available in the eBSJ). 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture?</a> 
 
 
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Reports on the Dinner</h4>
The Baker Street Journal v58 n1 (Spring 2008): 6-14 (available in the eBSJ). 
 
Blau, Peter, <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/links.html#news">Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press</a>, (January 2008): 1-2. 
 
List of 2008 BSI Dinner Attendees (not available at this time) 
 
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 Recordings</h4>
A recording of portions of the 2008 BSI Dinner is available at Harvard as part of the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/archive.html">BSI Archive</a>. 
 
 
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Related Material</h4>
Rosenblatt, Albert M., and Betsy Rosenblatt, “The Sherlockian Year In Verse: 2008,” The Baker Street Journal v58 n1 (Spring 2008): 14-17 (available in the eBSJ). The Rosenblatts’ rhyming retrospective, delivered at the January 12, 2008 Sherlockian Cocktail Reception. 
 
Previous dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2016/12/the-2007-bsi-dinner.html">2007 BSI Dinner</a> 
 
Next dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/01/the-2009-bsi-dinner.html">2009 BSI Dinner</a> 
 
For an index to all BSI Dinners and photos, see our <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/dinner-summary.html">BSI Dinner Summary</a> list. 
 
 
The BSI Archive is located at the Houghton Library at Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Archival material may be used by any qualified scholar, subject to the normal rules and regulations of the Library. For links to a detailed finding aid and related information, see our <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/archive.html">BSI Archive at Harvard</a> page. 
 
Page composed on 12/5/2016 by Tamar Zeffren 
This page last updated 12/25/2016 by Andrew Solberg.

The 2008 BSI Dinner

The dinner celebrating Sherlock Holmes’s 154th birthday was an evening replete with tradition, yet sprinkled with surprises. This year a...

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