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The Sound of the Baskervilles* was a sponsor again of
the Sherlock SeaƩle ConvenƟon in (where else but?) SeaƩle
the weekend of January 9 to 11, 2015. This was the third
such convenƟon, and it’s sƟll going strong and drawing
aƩendance from all over the U.S. and Canada.
So we “manned” a membership table in our usual spot—right inside
the front doors of the Broadway Performance Hall—and, if nothing else,
kept everyone wondering what the heck we were doing!
We had daily quizzes created by our own Pawky Puzzler SOB Margie Deck and Club Lending
Librarian SOB Sheila Holtgrieve. We awarded prizes every day. We sold door prize Ɵckets to raise funds
for Sherlock SeaƩle 2016 and even provided vast amounts of treats one day in celebraƟon of Holmes’
161st birthday!
A Con-goer checks
our message board
Set Decorator Shannon filled the Diogenes Club with comfortable
seating, an array of Mycrofts and unique details
The prizes and rules
for our daily quizzes
SOB VP Kashena
on the run
Vendor Coordinator
SOB Morag
* The Sound of the Baskervilles is a Scion Society of the Baker Street Irregulars, which has served the
Greater Puget Sound Region of Western Washington, USA Since March 31, 1980
We met lots of new folks and spent Ɵme with some of our old pals. We even got to host dinner
one evening for, and spend some one-on-one Ɵme with, our new friends and the Con’s Guests-of-Honor:
Tim Johnson, Curator of Special CollecƟons & Rare Books and the E. W. McDiarmid Curator of the Sherlock
Holmes CollecƟons for the University of Minnesota Libraries, and Peggy Perdue, BSI, Curator of the Toronto Public Library's Arthur Conan Doyle CollecƟon.
But while PFL David, Editor Terri, Club Librarian Sheila and Board Member Emeritus Al Nelson handled the membership table, they weren’t the only SOBs working on or playing at this Con.
SOB Shannon Wallace was
the set decorator for the enƟre
Con, dressing the Diogenes Club,
the morgue, the arƟsts’ alley, Scotland Yard, the auditorium stage—
which served the “221B” programming track—and every nook and
cranny around the building.
SOBs Shannon and Al
SOB Vice President Kashena Konecki served
as game designer for the Con, providing an
interesƟng brain teaser with her combinaƟon
acrosƟc puzzle and scavenger hunt, but was
also seen working in most every area and
sƟll found Ɵme to be on the
3-SOB fandom panel (leŌ).
SOBs Airy, Lauren and Kashena (l to r) at their panel, part of
the programming track held in “Scotland Yard”
SOB Lauren Messenger had a busy and constant presence and served as one
of the two EMTs for the Con. That’s Lauren at leŌ. SOB Morag Logan supervised the
Con’s Vendors Room, which was a busy spot for commerce.
SOB John Longenbaugh was like the Road
Runner—speeding this way and that every single day
throughout the enƟre Con—acƟng as a panelist, a panel moderator and even a pugilist! He could be spoƩed
at nearly every venue in the building. That’s John
at right, with Club Librarian Sheila.
SOB John Longenbaugh moderates a panel with
GOHs Peggy Perdue and Tim Johnson
SOB Airy Maher spoke on two panels:
First, she held her own on the panel Ɵtled
“Mr. Holmes & Dr. Watson on the Air” along
side radio actors John Patrick Lowrie and
Larry Albert, ImaginaƟon Theater’s Sherlock
Holmes and Dr. Watson. Then with SOBs
Kashena Konecki and Lauren Messenger,
she parƟcipated in the discussion of the
characters that made them Sherlockian
fans and the collecƟons and interests that
followed, on the “To Each Their Own: The
Many Faces of Fandom” panel.
SOB Airy with radio actors John Patrick and
Larry (seated) and PFL David
SOB James Romnes gave a lively
talk to a large and interested group, while
son SOB Bryan Romnes provided the a/v
support, on the “Weapons of Sherlock”
workshop. There were guns galore and
James, a pathologists’ assistant at Overlake Hospital, looked right at home in
Shannon’s wonderfully “decorated”
morgue!
We also welcomed our newest Members—Amy Plat and Marian
Cole—who won 2nd place prizes in our daily quizzes and each received a
15-month membership in The Sound of the Baskervilles!! That’s Marian at
right with PFL David (somehow we failed to get a photo of Amy! Sorry,
Amy)!
Above is Stormy Petrel of Vancouver, BC’s
Sara Crauder with her wares
The Vendors Room was bustling.
We plied attendees with sweets for
Sherlock’s 161st birthday at our
membership table ALL day Saturday!!
Lovely Ladies:
SOBs Sheila and Shannon
SOB PFL David Haugen reconnects
with our long-time Canadian pal,
Stormy Petrels of BC’s President
Fran Martin
We also met and spent some quality time with Stormy Petrel
Krista Munro (left), who’s their new Petrel Flyer Editor!!
Above,
Steam Punker Carol.
Above, SOB John Longenbaugh
with the Guests of Honor.
Below, Stormy Petrel Krista
won our door prize—a basket
filled with Sherlockian goodies!
Not to be missed was Sunday’s “Shirtless Chaps Engaged in Many Enterprises” presented by a group calling themselves simply, “BWAHAHAHA”, and including our own SOB John Long enbaugh, who gave the intro.
The crowd of mostly ladies went wild as the fellows
disrobed and performed the marƟal art of barƟtsu, using
all manner of weapons: fists, clubs, sƟcks and swords!
Other SOBs aƩending the Con, not already menƟoned, were SOB Eli Edwards & hubby Brent.
PFL David got a thrill at the Closing Ceremony when he heard the
heart-felt graƟtude that Con Organizer Mimi Noyes expressed to the enƟre
gathering for the support received from The SOBs starƟng with the first
Con back in 2012.
He also got to the take the stage when he
presented to Mimi our cash contribuƟon to Sherlock
SeaƩle 2016. A preƩy cool climax to a great 3-day
event!
Right, our Hostess/Con
Organizer Mimi Noyes
Below, Guests of Honor Tim Johnson
and Peggy Perdue.
Below,
SOB James Romnes at
his weapons workshop.
Above, Stormy Petrels Fran
and Krista at the Closing Ceremony.