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<br /> <br />th <br />Lexington 300 Anniversary Celebration Committee <br />Fiske School Library – 7:00 p.m. <br />March 3, 2011 <br />Minutes <br />Members: <br />Eric Carlson Not Attending Susan Rockwell Attending <br />Denise Dube Attending Cynthia Savage Not Attending <br />Mary Gillespie Attending Ernest Van Seasholes Attending <br />Donna Hooper Attending Benjamin Soule Not Attending <br />Jane Hundley Attending Jessie Steigerwald Attending <br />Richard Kollen Attending Suzanne Barry, Ex-Officio Attending <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />AGENDA: <br /> <br /> <br />Welcome <br /> <br /> <br />Presentation by Jane Hundley – School LEF grant initiative <br /> <br /> <br />Draft Calendar <br /> <br /> <br />Incorporation/Celebration Weekend – what is envisioned? <br /> <br /> <br />Participant Brainstorming <br /> <br />Community meeting purpose – to gather input, ideas, and excitement from <br />representatives of community groups. <br /> <br />Approximate 20 were in attendance <br /> <br />1.Sue Rockwell welcomed those in attendance and reviewed plans for the evening. <br /> <br />2.Jane Hundley made a presentation on the LEF grant to the Lexington Public <br />th <br />Schools regarding Lexington’s 300 anniversary. <br /> <br />3.Jessie Steigerwald reviewed preliminary calendar of events and presented an <br />overview of a broad picture of the year [summary handout provided] <br /> <br />Public Comment/Questions: <br />st <br /> <br /> <br />March 31 weekend in 2012 is Easter weekend – change date? <br /> <br /> <br />Tanya Morrisette – LEF Trivia Bee 2012 – focus on Lexington history <br /> <br /> <br />Fred Johnson – Composition Competition, composers <br />th <br /> <br /> <br />Liz – April 7 – Lexington Symphony performance; <br /> <br /> <br />Bring Your Own Beethoven <br /> <br /> <br />Susan Bennett, Lexington Historical Society <br /> <br />Progressive dinner – colonial theme, fare, dress <br />o <br /> <br />Book – 300 iconic images of Lexington – to 1713, objects & events <br />o <br /> <br />Exhibit – open kickoff weekend through March – objects of importance to <br />o <br />Lexington history thru time <br /> <br /> <br />DAR – Muffie Martin/Shirley Lane - genealogy workshops – February?; <br /> <br /> <br />Consider history of your house, historic records, genealogy, tracing <br />Lexington roots as a 4-part program? <br /> <br /> <br />Carolyn Goldstein/Janet Kern – Agricultural past – harvest festival/fair; <br />grange? Strawberry festival? <br /> <br /> <br />Denise Dube – any record/information on Lexington having a community <br />oven? <br /> <br /> <br />Cary Library – Betty Clarke - Ripley mural of Lexington in the Past – <br />Lexington art? <br />th <br /> <br /> <br />Ann Webster – Garden Club – 135 anniversary of club in 2011 – <br /> <br />Reviewing their archives; make something engaging to citizens, then & <br />o <br />now photographs; A Lexington PLANT – seeds competition, pansies, <br />blue/yellow – involve Minuteman Tech? <br /> <br />