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| Excellent bookseller Kathy Harig at a previous Scintillation |
Next Friday, June 12, Ann and I will be enjoying
the company of about a hundred of our best friends, some of which we will be
meeting for the first time.
We are driving to Maryland for A
Scintillation of Scions VIII, my fourth time at the event. Scintillation is a symposium
of fans of Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, sponsored
by the Watson's Tin Box scion society.
Creator and organizer Jacquelynn Morris,
ASH, BSI, calls it “a Sherlockian family reunion.” And so it is. In addition to
a terrific lineup of speakers, Scintillation presents ample opportunities to hobnob
with fellow Sherlockians, from the opening night reception on Friday evening (6-9:30
p.m.) to the first Basil Rathbone Celebratory Birthday Dinner on Saturday.
In this digital age, no Sherlockian
needs to be isolated. We can communicate with like-minded fanatics from all
over the world on-line. But as I’ve written before, shyness and even self-doubt
should keep no one from the pleasure of real-world events. The benefits of
attending a Sherlock Holmes conference are multiple, as I have enumerated at length.
If you have never been to a Sherlockian
event, A Scintillation of Scions VIII is a great place to start. But hurry! Registration
ends at midnight Friday, June 5. So register now!
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