You are cordially invited to help the Stormy Petrels of B.C. celebrate their 35th year as Sherlockian Society. (A scion of The Bootmakers of Toronto)
Date: Saturday, September 10th. It will be an outdoor event.
Time: Registration will begin at 12:30 we will be asking for a modest fee of $10. Registration will include coffee/tea and muffins and you will receive a bag of Sherlockian goodness!
There will be games (croquet, “Silver Blaze” horseshoes, “Getting Gertie’s Garter” (the Leg Game) and more.
Tea time will feature a charcuterie board and wine.
Door prizes will be offered.
There will be a 50/50 draw (perhaps you could win back your $10)
Book sale table: The remainder of the Santaga donation (approximately 100 books)
Dinner will be a pot luck (bring your specialty to share and also bring your choice of meat/fish/chicken, etc. to cook on the barbecue.
Guest speaker: Author, Craig Stephen Copland
Please remember that we will be practising covid-awareness. We will have sanitizers throughout the property, and gloves for those who want them. Also, if you are not comfortable with “Pot luck”, feel free to bring your own sandwich and cutlery.
We ask that you RSVP to Fran at franziskah@shaw.ca as soon as possible, and she will disclose the location (in South Surrey)
If you would like any further info, please contact Fran
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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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