The Notorious Canary-Trainers
A Scion of the Baker Street Irregulars
for friends and fans of Sherlock Holmes
-- celebrating our 40th year!

We're starting a new journey through the Canon Join us as we again explore all 60 Sherlock Holmes cases 11/14/2009

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THE NOTORIOUS CANARY-TRAINERS are beginning a new cycle of studying the 60 documented cases of Sherlock Holmes, making now an ideal time for newcomers to the Holmes' Canon and the Canary-Trainers to begin the journey with us.

Having just said "goodbye" last month to a Sherlock Holmes in retirement (in "His Last Bow"), we next tag along with Dr. Watson to say "hello" to Sherlock Holmes in the first published account which introduced him to the world.

Starting with our Nov. 15 meeting, we're taking each case in order of publication. We've just concluded a five-plus years of study taking the cases in chronological order of their occurrence, as determined by Sherlockian scholar William S. Baring-Gould.

We begin this new series with "A Study in Scarlet," first published in 1887. One of the four novel-length accounts, we'll study Part 1 Nov. 15 and finish with the second and last part on Dec. 20. Meetings take place at Booked for Murder, 2701 University Ave. in the Lakepoint Commons shopping center. (For a complete 2010 meeting schedule, click here.)

Please join us, and bring along friends you think might be interested. There's no charge to attend and our meetings are open to the public. (You also don't have to be a Sherlock Holmes expert.)

Each month we provide background on our Web site about the upcoming story of the month. Check out our November case notes when we begin our new cycle.

TV ALERT! Wisconsin Public TV this month continues to air Sherlock Holmes episodes with Jeremy Brett. Remaining this month: Nov. 19: "The Three Gables;" and Nov. 26: "The Dying Detective." All air at 8 p.m.

HERE ARE THE PLANS FOR OUR 10TH ANNUAL OBSERVANCE OF SHERLOCK HOLMES' BIRTH which include a Jan. 3 luncheon and a viewing of the new Hollywood movie, "Sherlock Holmes." We still have one seat left for the luncheon in the private dining room,and can accommodate (as of Nov. 16) up to 4 more who can eat nearby in the restaurant and join us for the program. More

HERE'S THE LATEST TRAILER – apparently the final one this year -- which Warner Bros. released the first week of November promoting the Dec. 25 opening of "Sherlock Holmes" with Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. (See the separate article immediately above about our Jan. 3 party plans for this movie.)

It runs 2 minutes 30 seconds and includes scenes not in previous trailers.

TWO NOTORIOUS CANARY-TRAINERS HAVE SET UP A FAN SITE at Sherlocking.org for a new BBC "Sherlock" production set to air in 2010. Read more about it here.

TURNER CLASSIC MOVIES HAS SCHEDULED A SHERLOCK HOLMES MOVIE MARATHON starting Christmas Day! We've compiled the complete schedule here.

WE CELEBRATED OUR 40TH ANNIVERSARY in April 2009 in a variety of ways listed here.

Included was an April 20 one-hour program on Madison's WORT-FM with five Canary-Trainers talking about Sherlock Holmes. You can listen to the full program here.

A report on our 40th Anniversary meeting also may be found here where the special 40th anniversary edition of our newsletter, the Tweet Sheet, also is available as the next item. (Scroll down to the end of the "M" section.)

THE LATEST -- APRIL 2009 -- ISSUE OF THE TWEET SHEET, our newsletter, now is available online, as is the most recent (Oct. 18, 2009) meeting report. Download either or both here.

CHECK OUT THE LATEST MUSINGS ON THE BAKER STREET BLOG at the bottom of this page.

CHECK OUT SOME VIDEOS WE'VE RECENTLY FEATURED ON OUR WEB SITE. Click here.

READ ABOUT THE HISTORY OF GROUP from its founding in 1969. Click here.

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INTERESTED IN MORE ABOUT SHERLOCK HOLMES? Click here for an excellent Internet starting point for your explorations. It's maintained by the University of Minnesota.