Sunday, December 24, 2023

Peter Blau and the future of the Sherlockian world

One of the very first blog posts I made described the presentation by Glen Miranker BSI at the Red Circle of DC. You can read more about Red Circle meetings at the official site (http://www.redcircledc.org) and for each meeting you can see Peter Blau's notes on each meeting.

At the June 2023 meeting of the Red Circle, the intended presenter was the actor Paxton Whitehead (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paxton_Whitehead). Sadly, Paxton passed away just days before the meeting, and the illustrious leader of the Red Circle, Peter E. Blau BSI, stepped up and presented. I'm embarrassed to say it took me six months to organize the recording into a formatted presentation and my good friend Kyle Brimacombe created a formatted recording. That recording has now been posted on Youtube, and is embedded into the blog post below.

The presentation itself includes a lovely introduction from Beverly Wolov and Ross Davies BSI. They are costumed in Peter Blau's trademark powder blue blazer and tie embroidered with "Snoopy the detective" (created by Bev Wolov specifically for Peter). 

 
Left: Ross Davies and Bev Wolov dressed as Peter and introducing Peter. Right: Close-up detail of Peter's hand-embroidered signature tie.

Peter's talk was entitled "The Future Lies Ahead" and recalls his more than six decades as a Sherlockian. It's a very enjoyable talk and worth watching both for the content and for an opportunity to see Peter's personable and comedic style.

 The video can be accessed directly at : www.youtube.com/watch?v=egBds8GZVus  

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