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The dinner celebrating Sherlock Holmes’s 158th birthday was another evening of recognition, celebration, and scholarship.  The dinner's theme was "His Last Bow" in celebration of the centenary of the beginning of Holmes's involvement in the case.  Wiggins (Michael Whelan) began the evening by lauding the large number of presentations that the BSI has published over the previous decade. 
 
Lyndsay Faye toasted Mrs. Hudson.  Andrew Solberg gave the toast to Mycroft Holmes.  James Saunders had us raise our glasses to Watson's second wife, and Donald Novorsky toasted Sherlock Holmes.   Costantine Rossakis read the Constitution and Buy-Laws.  Vincent Brosnan led the responsive reading of the Musgrave Ritual. 
 
As the dinner's theme was "His Last Bow," Burt Wolder, Robert Katz, and Barbara Rusch all gave related presentations.  Paul Singleton and Scott Monty gave a Sherlockian rendition of the Carl Reiner and Mel Brooks “2,000 Year Old Man” (who sounded very much like <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/10/peter-blau-interview-oral-history.html">Peter Blau</a>).  Otto Penzler spoke of tales of book selling and sellers, including the old Irregular Lew David Feldman.  Henry Boote led us in singing the BSI’s anthem, “Aunt Clara.”  Francine Kitts, once again, performed a moving “<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">Standing upon the Terrace</a>” ceremony, remembering those whom we have lost. 
 
Eight deserving Irregulars received their Shilling.  The BSI Trust presented its Benefactor’s Award to <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/12/glen-miranker-interview-oral-history.html">Glen Miranker</a> in recognition of his outstanding generosity to the BSI’s archives.  Wiggins presented The <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">Two-Shilling Award</a> to Henry Boote for extraordinary devotion to the cause beyond the call of duty.  He presented an Eddy Award to Mary Ann Bradley for editing the 2011 <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/articlesandextras/currentcontents.html">Baker Street Journal</a> Christmas Annual.  
 
Constance Kean was toasted as <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">The Woman</a>. 
 
Marsha Pollak concluded the evening’s program with her recitation of Bill Schweickert’s “<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/06/robert-thomalen-interview-oral-history.html">A Long Evening with Holmes</a>.” 
 
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.  In addition, Henry Boote and James Saunders gave an adapted version of “Mr. Gallagher and Mr. Sheen.” 
 
Dinner Details: January 13, 2012 
The Yale Club, New York 
 
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Dinner Photo Information</h4>
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Key to People in the 2012 BSI Dinner photo (not available at this time, but see the <a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/dinner/bsi-dinner-2012-attendees.pdf">2012 Table Seat Assignments</a> (PDF) 
 
 
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BSI Honours List</h4>
Investitures: 
Peter X. Accardo as Thorneycroft Huxtable 
Phillip Bergem as Birdy Edwards 
Mary Ann Bradley as Mary Morstan 
Helen F. Dorey as Helen Stoner 
Akane Higashiyama as Baritsu 
Donald J. Hobbs as Inspector Lestrade 
Mark Schwartz as Thucydides 
Donald Zaldin as John Hector McFarlane 
* 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: 
Henry Boote. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is a Two-Shilling Award?</a> 
 
The Woman: 
Constance (Mrs. Michael H.) Kean. 
<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) 
James H. Bready (The Disappearance of James Phillimore, 1955) 
Dr. Bryce L. Crawford, Jr. (The Solitary Cyclist, 1985) 
Dr. George L. John (“Sir Jasper Meek, 1969) 
Jason Pierre Rouby (Vanderbilt and the Yeggman, 1968) 
J. Warren Scheideman (Count Von und Zu Grafenstein, 1982) 
Peter Harry Wood (The Second Stain, 1985) 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the origin of “standing on the terrace?”</a> 
 
Morley-Montgomery Award: 
Sonia Fetherston, "I Met Harry Murcher: Getting Acquainted with Holland Grove’s Elusive P.C." 
The Baker Street Journal 61.1 (Spring 2011): 6-13 (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: 
Dr. Lisa Sanders, “Is Holmes as Crazy as a Fox, or Just Plain Crazy? Diagnosing Mental Illness in Sherlock Holmes” 
The Baker Street Journal 62.2 (Summer 2012): 6-15. 
<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 62.1 (Spring 2012): 55-67. 
 
Blau, Peter, <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/links.html#news">Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press</a>, (January 2012): 1-2. 
 
<a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/dinner/bsi-dinner-2012-attendees.pdf">List of 2012 BSI Dinner Attendees</a> (PDF) 
 
 
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Recordings</h4>
A recording of portions of the 2012 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: 2012,” The Baker Street Journal 62.1 (Spring 2012): 67-69. The Rosenblatts’ rhyming retrospective, delivered at the January 14, 2012 Sherlockian Cocktail Reception. 
 
Previous dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/02/the-2011-bsi-dinner.html">2011 BSI Dinner</a> 
 
Next dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/04/the-2013-bsi-dinner.html">2013 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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The 2012 BSI Dinner

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The dinner celebrating Sherlock Holmes’s 157th birthday was an evening of recognition, celebration, and scholarship.  There was a distinct “Knoxian” theme. 
 
Wiggins (Michael Whelan) began the evening by thanking the following members for their volunteerism in performing a variety of important tasks that had benefited the BSI: Michael Dirda, George McCormack, Irving Kamil, James Saunders, and Donald Terras.  Wiggins also thanked the following for their contributions to the BSI publishing effort: John Bergquist, Steve Rothman, Steve Doyle, Mark Gagen, Randall Stock, and Michael Kean. He also thanked Maggie Schpak for her design of BSI medals.  Mike introduced four attendees who have been members of the BSI for 50 years or more: George McCormack (50 years), <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/04/russell-merritt-interview-oral-history.html">Russell Merritt</a> (51 years), <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/10/peter-blau-interview-oral-history.html">Peter Blau</a> (52 years), and <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2016/10/arthur-levine-interview-oral-history.html">Arthur Levine</a> (56 years).  Each of them was presented with a plaque to commemorate the occasion. 
 
John Bergquist read the Constitution and Buy-Laws.  Pj Doyle toasted Mrs. Hudson.  Lynn Walker gave the toast to Mycroft Holmes.  Roy Pilot had us raise our glasses to Watson's second wife, and Michael Homer toasted Sherlock Holmes.   Richard Olken led the responsive reading of the Musgrave Ritual. 
 
John Linsenmeyer enlightened us about Monsignor Ronald Knox, acknowledging that Knox deserves to be considered the founder of the Grand Game.  Sarah Montague, Andrew Joffe, and Paul Singleton performed an imaginative, and amusing, heavenly meeting between the spirits of Conan Doyle (Joffe) and Dorothy L. Sayers (Montague), interspersed with brief conversations between their famous characters, Sherlock Holmes and Lord Peter Wimsey (Singleton).  James Zych, winner of the BSI essay contest, delivered his paper (see Related Material, below).  Les Klinger presented his interview with Robert Downey, Jr.  Nick Utechin offered a toast to an Old Sherlockian, Ronald Knox, and revealed the very recently discovered details of Knox’s elusive third reading of his paper at Oxford (see Related Material, below). Henry Boote had written Knoxian lyrics to the music of “It’s the Hard-Knock Life” from Annie and, accompanying at the piano, led us in singing this rendition and then in singing the BSI’s anthem, “Aunt Clara.”  Francine Kitts, once again, performed a moving “Standing upon the Terrace” ceremony, remembering those whom we have lost. 
 
Six deserving Irregulars received their Shilling.  Whelan presented Eddy Awards to the following editors and authors: Andrew Fusco, Otto Penzler, Laurie King, Leslie Klinger, Peggy Perdue, Nick Utechin, Enrico Solito, and Gianluca Salvatori.  Klinger, Fusco, and Rothman surprised Mike Whelan by gifting him with a special medal, “The Wiggy,” to acknowledge and honor Mike’s continued, outstanding involvement at all levels - from supervising to proofreading—in the BSI publishing effort. 
 
Gail Postal was toasted as The Woman. 
 
Burt Wolder concluded the evening’s program with his recitation of Vincent Starrett’s “221B.” 
 
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.  In addition, Mike Whelan presented Candace Lewis (The Woman, 2007) with an Eddy for her editorial work on <a href="https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/2009/11/04/two-celebrations/">Two Celebrations</a>. The afternoon’s program concluded with a musical offering arranged by Lyndsay Faye from the musical adaptation of her Sherlockian pastiche Dust and Shadow (by Jonathan Howard, with music by Jonathan Reid Gealt, lyrics by Dustin Sullivan, and book by Kasey Marino). 
 
Dinner Details: January 7, 2011 
The Yale Club, New York 
 
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Dinner Photo Information</h4>
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Key to People in the 2011 BSI Dinner photo (not available at this time, but see the <a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/dinner/bsi-dinner-2011-attendees.pdf">2011 Table Seat Assignments</a> (PDF) 
 
 
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BSI Honours List</h4>
Investitures: 
Vincent Brosnan as That Gap on That Second Shelf 
Terence Faherty as Sir Charles Baskerville 
Lyndsay Faye as Kitty Winter 
Frank Ferry as Dr. Leon Sterndale 
David W. Houle as The British Museum 
Peggy Perdue as Violet Westbury 
* 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: 
The Two-Shilling Award was not given in 2011. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is a Two-Shilling Award?</a> 
 
The Woman: 
Gail Postal. 
<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) 
Alastair B. Martin (Colonel Sebastian Moran, 1972) 
Thomas A. Stetak (The Head of the Police at Cleveland, 1990) 
Bernard Davies (A Study in Scarlet, 1985) 
Dr. Tsukasa Kobayashi (Baritsu, 1989) 
Dr. David Musto (Dr. Anstruther, 1969) 
Herbert P. Tinning (Dr. Leon Sterndale, 1974) 
Bob Mangler (Sir Hugo Baskerville, 1962) 
Robert C. Clyne (The Opal Tiara, 1959) 
Dr. Charles E. Henry (The Lion’s Mane, 1980) 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the origin of “standing on the terrace?”</a> 
 
Morley-Montgomery Award: 
Michael Pollak, "The Spies Who Never Were with Some Observations on Holmes's Retirement" 
The Baker Street Journal 60.2 (Summer 2010): 49-55 (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: 
Michael Sims, “The Light of Reason” 
The Baker Street Journal 61.2 (Summer 2011): 6-14 (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 61.1 (Spring 2011): 53-63 (available in the eBSJ). 
 
Blau, Peter, <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/links.html#news">Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press</a>, (January 2011): 1-2. 
 
<a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/dinner/bsi-dinner-2011-attendees.pdf">List of 2011 BSI Dinner Attendees</a> (PDF) 
 
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 Recordings</h4>
A recording of portions of the 2011 BSI Dinner is available at Harvard as part of the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/archive.html">BSI Archive</a>. 
 
<h4>
 Related Material</h4>
Rosenblatt, Albert M., and Betsy Rosenblatt, “The Sherlockian Year In Verse: 2011,” The Baker Street Journal 61.1 (Spring 2011): 64-65 (available in the eBSJ). The Rosenblatts’ rhyming retrospective, delivered at the January 8, 2011 Sherlockian Cocktail Reception. 
 
Zych, James, “How Moriarty Survived Reichenbach Falls,” The Baker Street Journal 61.1 (Spring 2011): 21-24 (available in the eBSJ). 
 
Utechin, Nicholas, “The Case of the First Reading,” The Baker Street Journal 61.1 (Spring 2011): 34-47 (available in the eBSJ).  See also Utechin, Nicholas, From Piff-Pouff To Backnecke: Ronald Knox and 100 Years of “Studies In The Literature of Sherlock Holmes,” The Baker Street Journal Christmas Annual (Christmas 2010) (available in the eBSJ). 
 
Previous dinner: the<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/02/the-2010-bsi-dinner.html"> 2010 BSI Dinner</a> 
 
Next dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/03/the-2012-bsi-dinner.html">2012 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. 
 
 Material in the BSI Archive 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</a> page. 
 
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The 2011 BSI Dinner

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The dinner celebrating Sherlock Holmes’s 156th birthday was held (for the first time) at the Yale Club, with the evening proceeding in (paraphrasing from the Baker Street Journal report) a lofty, plaster-embellished banquet hall, lit by the sort of candelabra under which Henry Baskerville likely found himself. 
 
The program began with Wiggins (Michael Whelan) presenting an engraved crystal vase to Freda Howlett, the 90 year old “Grand Lady of the International Sherlockian World,” recognizing her as co-founder, honorary member, and past president of The Sherlock Holmes Society of London.  Donald Izban read the Constitution and Buy-Laws, reading the first two Articles in Polish.  Allan Devitt toasted Mrs. Hudson. Walter Jaffee toasted Mycroft Holmes.  Gregory Darak had us raise our glasses to Watson's second wife, and Donald Novorsky was to toast Sherlock Holmes but, unfortunately, had a family emergency.   Curtis Armstrong led the responsive reading of the Musgrave Ritual. 
 
Nils Nordberg reported on Holmes’s traveling during “the hiatus,” and proposed that Sherlock Holmes was Norwegian. Hartley Nathan reported on an authentic Penang lawyer that security concerns prevented him from bringing onto the plane in Canada.  Sue Vizoskie discussed what might have happened if Sherlock Holmes had been a woman, and Peter Blau gave a stirring toast to Old Irregular Bill Rabe.  Special guest Ray Jessel, who wrote music and lyrics for the 1965 Broadway musical Baker Street, spoke of the joys and difficulties of composing for Holmes and Watson.  He also performed a few “snippets” from the musical. Leslie Klinger attempted to show a video presentation of a Robert Downey, Jr. interview (in which Downey sent his regards), but was unfortunately thwarted by a Moriarty-masterminded bug in the media’s sound player.  As usual, Henry Boote led the throng in “Aunt Clara.”   Francine Kitts performed a moving <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">“Standing upon the Terrace”</a> ceremony, remembering those whom we have lost.  <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/01/autumn-2016-newsletter.html">She graciously took over for Irv Kamil</a>, who had performed this difficult task for many years. 
 
Nine deserving Irregulars received their Shilling.  John Bergquist, Bob Coghill, and Steven T. Doyle were 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. Steven Rothman, John Bergquist, Leslie Klinger, Susan Dahlinger, Glen Miranker, and Gianluca Salvatori received the Editor’s Medal (“Eddies”) in recognition of their services as editors of books and Christmas Annuals published by the BSI.  An Eddy was also given posthumously to Paul Jeffers, who had recently unexpectedly passed “Beyond the Reichenbach.” 
 
Karen Gurian was toasted as <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">The Woman</a>. 
 
The evening ended with Ben Vizoskie reading Bill Schweickert’s <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/06/robert-thomalen-interview-oral-history.html">“A Long Evening with Holmes.”</a> 
 
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.  In addition, Ray Jessel performed the song “Finding Words for Spring” from the musical Baker Street as well as a couple of other wonderful songs that he had composed. (See the section on Recordings, below.) 
 
Dinner Details: January 15, 2010 
The Yale Club, New York 
 
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Dinner Photo Information</h4>
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Key to People in the 2010 BSI Dinner photo (not available at this time) 
 
 
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BSI Honours List</h4>
Investitures: 
Thomas M. Cynkin as Lord Bellinger 
Pj Doyle as Ettie Shafter 
Sir Christopher Frayling as Vernet 
Patricia Guy as Imperial Tokay 
Laurie R. King as The Red Circle 
Sarah Montague as Violet Smith 
Daniel M. Polvere as Holloway and Steele 
Sally Sugarman as The Three Gables 
Maria Carmen Vieja Hazen as Isadora Klein 
* 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: 
John Bergquist, 
Bob Coghill, and 
Steven T. Doyle. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is a Two-Shilling Award?</a> 
 
The Woman: 
Karen Gurian (Mrs. Andrew Jay Peck). 
<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) 
Dr. Frank Beckman (Lord Backwater, 1984) 
Dr. Joseph Fink (The Martyrdom of Man, 1986) 
H. Paul Jeffers (Wilson Hargreave, 1999) 
Edwin King, Jr. (Captain Arthur Morstan, 1991) 
Dr. Edward Lauterbach (Thorneycroft Huxtable, M.A., Ph.D., etc., 1965) 
Edward Starr (The Bogus Laundry Affair, 1959) 
Richard Warner (High Tor, 1987) 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the origin of “standing on the terrace?”</a> 
 
Morley-Montgomery Award: 
Marshall Berdan, “Holmes Alone: Glimpses of Post-Watson Baker Street.” 
The Baker Street Journal 59.1 (Spring 2009): 25-28 (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: 
Joan Winterkorn, “On the Paper Trail: Exploring the Attics, Cellars, and Cupboards of England” 
The Baker Street Journal 60.2 (Summer 2010): 34-48 (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 60.1 (Spring 2010) pp. 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 2010): 1-2. 
 
List of 2010 BSI Dinner Attendees (not available at this time) 
 
 
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Recordings</h4>
A recording of portions of the 2010 BSI Dinner is available at Harvard as part of the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/archive.html">BSI Archive</a>. 
 
There are also three online videos from the January 16, 2010 Sherlockian Cocktail Reception. 
 
Ray Jessel performing <a href="https://youtu.be/zX-WbRW1gEE">“Finding Words for Spring”</a>  (YouTube). 
 
Ray Jessel performing <a href="https://youtu.be/MhsPYMdxxM4">“Short Term Memory Loss Blues”</a>  (YouTube). 
 
Ray Jessel performing <a href="https://youtu.be/oPHg-whim20">“Shirley Levine” </a> (YouTube). 
 
 
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Related Material</h4>
Kitts, Francine, "Standing on the Terrace," For the Sake of the Trust No. 18 (Autumn 2016): 3-4. Her paper in the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/01/autumn-2016-newsletter.html">Autumn 2016 newsletter</a> describes the history of this ceremony. 
 
Rosenblatt, Albert M., and Betsy Rosenblatt, “The Sherlockian Year In Verse: 2010,” The Baker Street Journal 60.1 (Spring 2010): 15-17 (available in the eBSJ). The Rosenblatts’ rhyming retrospective, delivered at the January 16, 2010 Sherlockian Cocktail Reception. 
 
Previous dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/01/the-2009-bsi-dinner.html">2009 BSI Dinner</a> 
 
Next dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/02/the-2011-bsi-dinner.html">2011 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 2/11/2017 by Andrew Solberg.

The 2010 BSI Dinner

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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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View or Download the Newsletter</h4>
<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>. 
 
 
<h4>
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.

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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> 
 
 
<h4>
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) 
 
<h4>
 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>. 
 
 
<h4>
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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