The Fall Meeting of the comrades from upper Swandam Lane will begin at 6PM with a cash bar. President Art Renkwitz will deliver greetings and direct the toasting ( Toasts ) as the Denizens settle in for a delightful meal and unique festivities.
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INDEX Click on any category below to view John Reisinger visits THE London diggs The Featured Presentation with Henry Zecher The Story of the Evening: The Mazarin Stone |
John
Reisinger reports on visiting THE London diggs by dropping
in on Mr. Holmes.
Here's Jim's description of his presentations:
Drawing from material I pulled together -- much of it as yet unused --for a talk I gave several years ago at The Pratt, the idea is a series titled, "A Goodly Daze of Evil Knights -- Noble in Name Only," featuring members of the nobility who fall far from the mark when it comes to sterling character. Some possibilities would be:
[1] Sir George Burnwell and His Royal Highness Albert Edward, the Prince of Wales, in "The Beryl Coronet".
[2] John Clay, in "The Red-Headed League".
*[3] Count Negretto Silvius, Baron Dowson, and Lord Cantlemere, in "The Mazarine Stone".
[4] Sir Robert Norberton, in "Shoscombe Old Place".
[5] The man with name as long as a country mile our hereditary King of Bohemia, in "A Scandal in Bohemia".
[6] Colonel Sebastian Moran, in "The Empty House".
[7] Baron Adelbert Gruner, in "The Illustrious Client".
[8] Charles Augustus Milverton the first non-noble ignoble of my series.
*[3] Count Negretto Silvius, Baron Dowson, and Lord Cantlemere, in "The Mazarine Stone".
To hear Jim describe his presentation, Start the audio player below:
Alice Zalik has created a pillow for this meeting's raffle that is, as always, absolutely astounding! The raffle tickets are $5 each and worth every penny to have a chance to own this creative Sherlockian masterpiece.There is text and clues upon this creation, along with all of the skill that went into it. Don't miss your opportunity to own this one-of-a-kind Sherlockian treasure. Alice offers the image of a masterpiece created for a BSI member. She says that the pillow she is working on will be similar.Below is Alice's description of the pillow:
"The silk, dacron, and rayon ties used for the pillow are primarily gold, yellow, gray and beige as the Mazarin stone is a yellow diamond and sharks, referred to twice in connection with the Count, are mostly gray. Two of the ties have repeat oval and rectangular patterns that reminded me of the extra door in the story and of the sort of alcove behind the curtain, something I don't believe was mentioned in any of the other stories. Another tie has a repeat pattern of a lion atop a crown, which reminds me a tad of the British monarchy. The pillow is embellished with Japanese and Czech seed beads, bugle beads, fresh water pearls, shell beads, Swarovsky crystal beads, a cubic zirconia pendant, pressed metal decorations (I couldn't find a phonograph, so had to make do with a fancy violin and a musical note), a metal crown pin, a ceramic shark pendant, and a shark's tooth pendant (the latter, purchased in Fiji, has been sitting in a basket for the last seven years waiting for just this pillow to be called for). The trim is made of two commercial trims sewn together with he citrine stone beads on the back.
During
the January 2010 Meeting of the BSI in New York, Alice contributed
a pillow for the Watson Fund. The fund raises money to help
Irregulars who find the expense of the New York trip a bit
daunting.
The pillow was The Abbey Grange. It brought $260 at auction and was bought by Leslie Kinger whose investiture is the Abbey Grange. Pictures are below with some comments from Alice on the pillow and its construction:"The pillow took a lot longer than I thought it would to bead and sew -- nearly 63 hours! (but who's counting?) Anyway, it looks pretty good so I hope that it will bring a good amount for the Watson fund.They might want to add to the kinds of beads - opal, because I put 6 real opal beads on the pillow since the word "opalescent" appears at least twice in the story and Australia is famous for its opals, among many other things."
The
Adventure of the Mazarin Stone
