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Town Celebrations Committee <br />Minutes of Meeting <br />March 20, 2024 <br />By Zoom Teleconference <br /> <br />Members Present: <br />Glen Bassett and Geetha Padaki, Co-Chairs; Steve Cole, Linda Dixon, Dave Grabel, Cerise <br />Jalelian, Sondra Lucente, Lorain Marquis, Sandy Podgorski, Ashley Rooney, Sue Stering <br />Members not Present <br />Sudha Balasuryan, Kevin Collins, Yifang Gong, Dabby Harter, Mary Hutton, Bonnie <br />Karshbaum, Julie Miller, Pam Winters, Hong Xie <br />Business <br />• Meeting called to order by Geetha Padaki at 7:02 pm <br />• Due to the Secretary’s absence, the minutes of the March 6, 2024 meeting will be <br />approved at our next meeting. <br /> <br />Patriots’ Day Detailed Planning <br />Sponsorships: Lorain reported that $15,000 has been received from 30 sponsors so far. Several <br />reliable sponsors have not yet responded and will receive a reminder message. Several other <br />first-time sponsors have sent in modest donations, under $500, a very encouraging sign for the <br />future. They will receive a special welcome/thank you message. Lorain is confident that we will <br />reach last year’s total of $20,000 and may possibly exceed it. <br />VIP Invites: Done by email this year, all have been sent out, a few have been received. Lorain <br />and Cerise will coordinate using the Google file. <br />Patriots’ Day Ceremony: Linda has met with Sarah Kochi and Sarah Chen, the Youth <br />Commission’s selections for Co-Masters of Ceremonies. A promotional story will appear in the <br />April edition of the Lexington Times. Linda has contacted all ceremony participants to confirm <br />their participation. <br />VIP Tickets: Cerise cautioned that in 2025, TCC likely will not have oversight of VIP ticket <br />distribution for the reenactment. Committee members will not automatically receive two <br />reenactment tickets; they must request them, maximum of two, mailed on April 1. All ticket <br />requesters will receive 2 tickets to the afternoon parade reviewing stand. Some will be saved for <br />Gold Star Mothers. Any leftovers will be brought to the Visitors Center. <br />Need for Reviewing Stand Monitors: We need a couple of volunteers to monitor the Reviewing <br />Stand to make sure seats are saved for the authorized ticket holders.