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Town Celebrations Committee Minutes of Meeting January 11, 2017 Parker Room, Cary Hall Members Present Lorain Marquis, Chair; June Baer, Suzanne Caton, Dick Crogan, Linda Dixon, Carol Flynn, Karen Gaughan, Mary Hutton, Cerise Jalelian, Paul Jenkins, Sondra Lucente, Bill Mix, Henry Murphy, Geetha Padaki, Sandy Podgorski. Members not present Glen Bassett, Kim Coburn, Julie Miller, Wayne Miller, Linda Levitt, Rich McDonough, Dave Taylor, Bob Tracey, Sam Zales Business The Chair reported that a quorum was present. The minutes of the meetings of November 16, 2016 and November 30, 2016 were approved. The next meeting will be January 25, 2017. Martin Luther King Day, Monday, January 16, 2017 A full day of activities begins at 9:00 a.m. at Grace Chapel. The event received excellent coverage in the January 5 edition of the Minuteman. Lorain encouraged committee members to attend some of the day’s events. Patriots Day, Monday, April 17, 2017 All applications have been sent out and 14 have been returned so far. On March 1 we will follow up with any units who have not responded. We are collecting good information about the physical size of the units, number of vehicles, etc. This should be a great help in planning the space layout for the parade lineup. Lorain asked for suggestions for new marching units to invite this year. Bill Mix offered to review parade lists of other towns where the Minutemen have marched for possible good candidates. VIP invitations to state government officials will go out by February 1. Lorain reviewed the detailed checklist of tasks to be performed for the parade. A Stakeholders meeting is scheduled for Thursday, February 23, 10:00 a.m. in the Parker Room. We don’t know whether the Old Guard plans to attend this year. Need to contact Suzie Barry or Kim. Mary Hutton has an informal contact with the Guard. We will explore the possibility of allowing young children to sit on Town-supplied tarps just inside the perimeter fence for the Reenactment. This will be an item on the Stakeholder meeting agenda. The Reenactment rehearsal will be on Sunday afternoon, April 2 at 2:00 p.m. The rain date is on Saturday afternoon, April 8 at 2:00. Karen Gaughan will serve as Clergy Liaison and will help out with Parade Ambassadors. The Parade Grand Marshal is Coach Bill Tighe, scheduled to be Grand Marshal of the 2015 Memorial Day Parade that was rained out. We’ll consider adding an introduction of the Parade Grand Marshal in the ceremony on the Green. Peter Kelley’s convertible is used for the recipient of the White Tricorne Hat. Peter may have a second convertible suitable for transporting the Grand Marshal.John Carroll may possibly have a car as well. Paul Jenkins will follow up. Paul will also ask John Carroll for a van to transport banners from Paul’s barn to the East Lexington Fire Station.