Mark your calendars! What are we marking?
The Stormy Petrels of B.C. (a scion society of The Bootmakers of Toronto) are turning 30!
Why are we “stormy” and what do we have to do with “boot makers”? Find out at our all-day event taking place on Saturday, September 16, 2017 at the Billy Bishop Legion (Pub). Aha! Now I have your attention!
If you are in Vancouver, please come help us celebrate. If you have not yet planned on being in Vancouver but are looking for a good excuse, now is your chance! The West Coast is calling!
The day promises to be a fun day filled with food, fellowship and featured special guest speakers. The price for our special day is $30, payable at registration time at the door. But we would like to know if you are planning on attending, as we need to know how many cups of coffee to put on.
Registration will begin at 9:00 am and we will wind down at 4:00 pm when the pub will be open to the public (it is, after all, a public house).
Please RSVP to Fran before August 1st, 2017 if you plan on attending this milestone. More details can be made available if you contact Fran at: franziskah@shaw.ca
Hope to see you all there!
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Fran Martin became a member of The Bootmakers of Toronto in 1987 and The Stormy Petrels of B.C. in 1988.
She has attended several Sherlockian conferences including: In 1992 "Aspects of Holmes" in Bradford, England (hosted by The Northern Musgraves); In 2006 "ACD at 35" in Toronto (hosted by The Bootmakers of Toronto); 2013 "Sherlock Holmes Through Time & and Place" in Minneapolis (hosted by The Norwegian Explorers); 2014 "Gillette to Brett IV" in Bloomington (hosted by Wessex Press); 2015 SherlockCon in Seattle; 2015 "A Scintillation of Scions VIII" in Baltimore (hosted by Watson's Tin Box); 2016 "The Misadventures of Sherlock Holmes" (hosted by The Norwegian Explorers); in 2018 in Dayton, Ohio for the "Holmes, Doyle & Friends" conference (hosted by the Agra Treasurers).
Fran has held several positions with The Stormy Petrels of B.C. including secretary, vice-president, special events coordinator and is currently president and editor of the "Petrel Flyer".
She was honoured with being awarded the title of "Master Bootmaker" in 2014. She was very pleased to present a paper to a meeting of Sir Hugo's Companions in Chicago in 2017.
Fran has contributed articles to Canadian Holmes magazine, the Watsonian and Chris Redmond's "About Sixty" and "Sherlock Holmes is Like...". In May, 2018 she attended the 78th annual Speckled Band of Boston dinner. She was very honoured to have been one of the first women invited.
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