{"id":15770787,"date":"2025-04-10T00:47:47","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T05:47:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wodehouse2.websitesforasong.com\/?p=15770787"},"modified":"2025-06-05T11:15:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T16:15:05","slug":"convention-2009-saint-paul-mn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wodehouse.org\/test\/convention-2009-saint-paul-mn\/","title":{"rendered":"2009: St. Paul, MN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>St. Paul, Minnesota: A Little Wodehouse on the Prairie: June 12\u201314, 2009<br \/>\n<\/b><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speakers: Mike Eckman, Dick Heymann, Len Lawson, Elliott Milstein, Thomas Molitor, Norman Murphy, Faith Sullivan, Brian Taves<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our first, and so far only, June convention proved to be another winner. The TWSCC had yet another rousing game of cricket, with the two teams (this time named the Nodders and the Old Florentians) playing as only Wodehouseans know how to play it. (The Old Florentians won by 21 runs.) The Friday evening reception became a much more organized affair in St. Paul with a dinner at which cricket prizes were awarded, followed by a top-class entertainment. Accompanied by Dan Chouinard on piano, professional opera singer Maria Jette sang a medley of PGW songs, ending with \u201cBill,\u201d which brought the house down. So fantastic were they that Maria and Dan have been brought back to perform at every convention since then, thus establishing a new tradition. The following night, after an excellent day of talks that included a playlet presented by the Chicago Accident Syndicate (\u201cBertie and Jeeves in Lake Wobegone\u201d), banquet-bound members piled aboard the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Betsey Northrup<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for a dinner cruise down the Mississippi River\u2014another convention first. And to add to the fun, those who stayed on after the Sunday brunch went to the horse races, where more than a few bets were placed. We can\u2019t help but feel that Plum would have approved!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">See the full report of this convention in <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/wodehouse.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/PL_v30_nr3.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Plum Lines<\/span><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Volume 30, No. 3 (Autumn 2009)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<div id=\"6a39281a0f90a\" class=\"gg_gallery_wrap gg_true_gallery gg_masonry_gallery gid_15770693 gg_hidden_ol gg_ol_bottom_mode gg_main_ol_show_on_h \" data-col-num=\"4\" data-gid=\"15770693\" data-nores-txt=\"No images found\">              <div class=\"gg_loader\">            <div class=\"ggl_1\"><\/div>            <div class=\"ggl_2\"><\/div>            <div class=\"ggl_3\"><\/div>            <div class=\"ggl_4\"><\/div>        <\/div>  <div class=\"gg_container\"><div class=\"gg_img \" data-gg-url=\"https:\/\/wodehouse.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Pin-2009-St-Paul.jpg\" 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class=\"gg_overlays\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gg_img \" data-gg-url=\"https:\/\/wodehouse.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2009-St-Paul-6-Tamaki.jpg\" data-gg-title=\"2009 St Paul 6 Tamaki\" data-gg-author=\"\" data-gg-descr=\"\" data-gg-tags=\"\" data-img-id=\"7\" data-gid=\"15770693\">  <div class=\"gg_img_inner\"><div class=\"gg_main_img_wrap\"><div class=\"gg_img_wrap_inner\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" data-gg-lazy-src=\"\/\/wodehouse.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/ewpt_cache\/390x0_90_1_c_FFFFFF_88798abf7a652185a49fa5b70c216d24.jpg\" alt=\"2009 St Paul 6 Tamaki\" class=\"gg_photo gg_main_thumb\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wodehouse.org\/test\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/2009-St-Paul-6-Tamaki.jpg\" alt=\"2009 St Paul 6 Tamaki\" \/><\/noscript><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gg_overlays\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"gg_img \" 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