| It was a well -attended event with many colorful and interesting participants, as you shall see...
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Paula Salo
The waiter at Il Fornaio confers with our Sterndale, Paula Salo, about the possibility of offering the Gales the little-known "Scion Discount," as Queen Victoria looks on.
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| Len Moffat prepares to read his poem
"Mustering the Blustering Gales," as Radix J.P. "Van" Gordon does roadie work. |
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Sterndale Paula Salo begins her
dissertation on "Twenty-Five Blustering
Years." |
| Our Diaboli, Carol Sperling,
presents her paper on "The James
Phillimore Society and the Lyceum
Loungers." |
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Lyn Moran educates us on "Holmes and the Cornish Gales." |
| Rick and Jackie Hennig add elegance to the
evening's proceedings. |
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Karen Anderson discusses "The
Sherlock Holmes Science Fiction / Fantasy Connection." |
| Two of the guest speakers from our Jubilee, Karen Anderson and Mel Gilden. |
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Warren James and Mel Gilden interview
each other at our October 12, 2002 Silver Jubilee. |
| Midway through the evening, Dan
Lambert, Jackie Hennig, and Rick Hennig found themselves trapped in a cosmic wormhole and transported to the late nineteenth century. Note the vintage attire. |
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Warren James interviews Sherlock
Holmes (who looks suspiciously like Chuck Kovacic), as two lovely Victorian
ladies (looking suspiciously like Maryellen and Beth) frame the picture nicely. |
| Chuck Kovacic, as Sherlock Holmes,
narrates a slideshow presentation on his 221-B Baker Street sitting room, as
Chris discovers the eldritch horrors of Il Fornaio's little-known "coffee tax."
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The first meeting of the group that became the Blustering Gales from the South-West was
held in February 1977. In January 1978, they were recognized by the Baker Street
Irregulars as a scion society of that worthy organization. - Thus 2002 may be considered
the 25th year of our scion and the Blustering Gales and was celebrated with a Silver Jubilee. It was a festive dinner with a retrospective of the highlights of our 25 years, special guest speakers, souvenirs, surprises and entertainment.