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The 2014 BSI Dinner

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Sherlock Holmes’s 160th birthday also marked the 80th birthday of the BSI.  It was celebrated with tri-colored cupcakes that matched Holmes’s dressing gown (blue, purple, and mouse) and after-dinner brandy. 
 
Mike Berdan toasted Mrs. Hudson.  Theodora (Teddie) Niver gave the toast to Mycroft Holmes.  <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/12/glen-miranker-interview-oral-history.html">Glen Miranker</a> had us raise our glasses to Watson's second wife, and Mark Levy toasted Sherlock Holmes.   David Houle led the responsive reading of the Musgrave Ritual. 
 
Jan Burke spoke on the forensic nature of Holmes’s work.  Judge Albert Rosenblatt led a debate among Andrew Fusco, Leslie Klinger, Lou Lewis, John Linsenmeyer, Andrew Peck, and Betsy Rosenblatt on whether to amend the BSI’s Constitution and Buy-Laws.  Sonia Fetherston spoke of an Old Irregular, Bliss Austin. Henry Boote led the musical presentation. Francine Kitts, once again, performed a moving “Standing upon the Terrace” ceremony, remembering those whom we have lost. 
 
Seven deserving Irregulars received their Shilling.  Marilyn Nathan was toasted as The Woman. Randall Stock received the Two-Shilling Award for extraordinary devotion to the cause beyond the call of duty. Les Klinger was awarded the Edgar W. Smith Intrepid Irregular Award for his role on behalf of the public domain status of Sherlock Holmes qua literary character and all other canonical characters and events that currently exist in the public domain in the United States.  Mike Whelan presented the BSI's “Tip of the Deerstalker Awards” to Andy Peck, Mitch Higurashi, Susan Rice, Don Curtis, and Maggie Schpak 
 
The evening concluded with Evelyn Herzog reciting 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.  Paul Singleton, Nick Martorelli, and Mary Ellen Rich performed a Sherlock Holmes radio play. 
 
Dinner Details: January 17, 2014 
The Yale Club, New York 
 
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Dinner Photo Information</h4>
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Key to People in the 2014 BSI Dinner photo (not available at this time, but see the <a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/dinner/bsi-dinner-2014-attendees.pdf">2014 Table Seat Assignments</a> (PDF) 
 
 
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BSI Honours List</h4>
Investitures: 
Mark Alberstat as Halifax 
Sonia Fetherston as The Solitary Cyclist 
Harrison Hunt as The Something Hunt 
Peter McIntyre as Arthur Cadogan West 
Jacquelynn Morris as The Lion's Mane 
Christopher Music as Wagner Night at Covent Garden 
SJ Rozan as The Imperial Palace of Peking 
* 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: 
Randall Stock. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is a Two-Shilling Award?</a> 
 
The Woman: 
Marilyn (Mrs. Hartley) Nathan. 
<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) 
Peter G. Ashman (Peter Steiler the Elder, 1982) 
Vincent Brosnan (That Gap on That Second Shelf, 2011) 
Robert C. Burr (The Rascally Lascar, 1987) 
Father George Leonard Cochran (Cardinal Tosca, 1973) 
Irving Kamil (Monsieur Oscar Meunier of Grenoble, 1981) 
Theodore G. Schulz (The Amateur Mendicant Society, 1961) 
Dr. James E. Smith, II (Winner of the Jackson Prize, 1998) 
Dr. Gerald N. Wachs (Sir James Saunders, 1995) 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the origin of “standing on the terrace?”</a> 
 
Morley-Montgomery Award: 
Anastasia Klimchynskaya, "A Study in Scarlet and the Study of Mankind: Sherlock Holmes and Pope's Essay on Man." 
The Baker Street Journal 63.4 (Winter 2013): 25-31. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the Morley-Montgomery Award?</a> 
 
The BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture: 
James O’Brien, “Reassessing Holmes the Scientist” 
The Baker Street Journal 64.1 (Spring 2014): 6-21. 
<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 64.1 (Spring 2014): 51-63.<div> </div><div><a href="https://bakerstreetirregulars.com/2014/05/22/2014-birthday-weekend/">The 2014 BSI Weekend Report</a> (BSI website) 
 
Blau, Peter, <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/links.html#news">Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press</a>, (January 2014): 1-2. 
 
<a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/dinner/bsi-dinner-2014-attendees.pdf">List of 2014 BSI Dinner Attendees</a> (PDF) 
 
 
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Recordings</h4>
A recording of portions of the 2014 BSI Dinner is available in 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, “BSI Poem 2014,” The Baker Street Journal 64.1 (Spring 2014): 64-66. The Rosenblatts’ rhyming retrospective, delivered at the January 18, 2014 Sherlockian Cocktail Reception. 
 
Previous dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/04/the-2013-bsi-dinner.html">2013 BSI Dinner</a> 
 
Next dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/05/the-2015-bsi-dinner.html">2015 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. 
 
Page composed on 4/28/2017 by Tamar Zeffren 
Page updated 4/29/2017 by Andrew Solberg.<div>This page last updated 6/29/2024 by Jerry Kegley, Peter Blau, and Randall Stock. 
 
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The 2014 BSI Dinner

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The 2013 BSI Dinner

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Sherlock Holmes’s 159th birthday was marked with erudite presentations, heartfelt toasts, and, above all, the enduring Sherlockian camaraderie that underpins and infuses every gathering in celebration of the Master.  The theme of the evening was celebrating past BSI leaders. 
 
Daniel Polvere toasted Mrs. Hudson.  Maggie Schpak gave the toast to Mycroft Holmes.  Don Hobbs had us raise our glasses to Watson's second wife, and Peggy Perdue toasted Sherlock Holmes.   John Linsenmeyer read the Constitution and Buy-Laws.  Thomas Francis led the responsive reading of the Musgrave Ritual. 
 
Given the theme of the evening, (almost) all of the presentations were about former heads of the BSI. Steven Rothman spoke on the life of Christopher Morley.  Gregory Darak spoke on Edgar W. Smith.  Peter Blau reminisced about Julian Wolff.  Susan Rice and Evelyn Herzog talked about Tom Stix, Jr.  Russell Merritt then spoke on the many faces of Moriarty in early films.  Julie McKuras spoke of an old Irregular, former University of Minnesota Librarian and <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">Two-Shilling Award</a> holder, Errett Weir McDiarmid, Jr.  Henry Boote and Lyndsay Faye presented a musical tribute to characters from “The Copper Beeches” and “A Scandal in Bohemia.”  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.  Wiggins presented the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">Two-Shilling Award</a> to Michael Kean for extraordinary devotion to the cause beyond the call of duty.  He presented an Eddy Award to <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/itemsforsale/bsimanuscriptseries.html">John Bergquist</a> (Associate Publisher of BSI Press), <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/wrongpassage.html">Robert Katz</a>, <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/christmasannuals.html">Sonia Fetherston</a>, and <a href="http://www.bakerstreetjournal.com/wrongpassage.html">Andrew Solberg</a>. James Saunders was recognized for 50 consecutive years of presenting <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">The Woman</a> of the year with a corsage. 
 
Elaine Coppola was toasted as <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">The Woman</a>. 
 
The evening concluded with Don Novorsky singing Mollie Hardwick’s “221B, 1887-1987.” 
 
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 11, 2013 
The Yale 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 2013 BSI Dinner photo (not available at this time, but see the <a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/dinner/bsi-dinner-2013-attendees.pdf">2013 Table Seat Assignments</a> (PDF) 
 
 
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BSI Honours List</h4>
Investitures: 
Jan Burke as The Most Winning Woman 
Philip Cunningham as Abe Slaney 
Stefano Guerra as Count Negretto Sylvius 
Thomas A. Horrocks as Colonel Sebastian Moran 
Mark Levy as Don Juan Murillo 
Rosane McNamara as Lady Mary Brackenstall 
Daniel Moss as Culverton Smith 
Franklin B. Saksena as Jonathan Small 
* 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: 
Michael H. Kean. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is a Two-Shilling Award?</a> 
 
The Woman: 
Elaine (Mrs. Joseph A.) Coppola. 
<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) 
Pamela Bruxner (The British Government, 1998) 
Alfred A. Levin (Abe Slaney, 1993) 
Richard H. Miller (The Grice Patersons in the Island of Uffa, 1982) 
Dr. Robert E. Robinson (The Hansom Cab, 1986) 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the origin of “standing on the terrace?”</a> 
 
Morley-Montgomery Award: 
Peter Calamai, "Why He Isn't 'Sir Sherlock' Today" 
The Baker Street Journal 62.3 (Autumn 2012): 13-17. 
<a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/glossary.html">What is the Morley-Montgomery Award?</a> 
 
The BSI Distinguished Speaker Lecture: 
Kim Newman, “Manifold Moriarty” 
The Baker Street Journal 63.1 (Spring 2013): 6-11. 
<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 63.1 (Spring 2013): 56-68. 
 
Blau, Peter, <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2015/01/links.html#news">Scuttlebutt from the Spermaceti Press</a>, (January 2013): 1-2. 
 
<a href="http://files.bsitrust.org/pdf/dinner/bsi-dinner-2013-attendees.pdf">List of 2013 BSI Dinner Attendees </a>(PDF) 
 
 
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Recordings</h4>
A recording of portions of the 2013 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: 2013,” The Baker Street Journal 63.1 (Spring 2013): 68-71. The Rosenblatts’ rhyming retrospective, delivered at the January 12, 2013 Sherlockian Cocktail Reception. 
 
Previous dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/03/the-2012-bsi-dinner.html">2012 BSI Dinner</a> 
 
Next dinner: the <a href="http://www.bsitrust.org/2017/04/the-2014-bsi-dinner.html">2014 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 3/27/2017 by Tamar Zeffren 
This page last updated 4/2/2017 by Andrew Solberg. 
 
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The 2013 BSI Dinner

Sherlock Holmes’s 159th birthday was marked with erudite presentations, heartfelt toasts, and, above all, the enduring Sherlockian cam...

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