Due to these dreadful circumstances, this year’s annual event needed to be postponed. Everything is ready to go once we have a new date set. Games. prizes, place mats, lovely programs (only the date needs to be updated) and members have been busy writing toasts.
Please enjoy this flashback to last year’s dinner which took place at The Alpen Club, Vancouver. The theme, of course, was “The Final Problem”.
Orilea (V.P) – Fran (Pres.) – Elsa (Treasurer
John & Rebecca Bollwitt (a.k.a @miss604,
(honorary Petrel since she was 8 years old)
and honorary Stormy Petrel since 1988)
The Alpen Club, Victoria Drive, Vancouver
Programs, games, etc.
President Fran, hair braided, welcomed 30 members and guests to the 31st Annual Dinner wearing her dirndl. It was The Alpen Club, after all!
Program, tickets for prizes and “luggage tags” for the “trip”
There were toasts:
eg: Gary
by Sheldon (author of “Musings: Thoughts on the Sherlock Holmes Stories”
There was singing:
Gary on piano, Joyce and Brian
There were skits:
Sheldon, Krista Lee and Brian
There were prizes galore!
There was an abundance of Alpen-style food:
Schnitzel, spaetzel, red cabbage, and much more!
Everyone received a miniature gold Alpenstock:
Everyone received Fran’s original puzzle book #2:
Please stay tuned for the date of the next dinner (luncheon) 2020!
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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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