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Town Celebrations Committee Minutes of Meeting October 25, 2017 Parker Room, Town Office Building Members Present Lorain Marquis, Chair; Glen Bassett, Suzanne Caton, Kim Coburn, Linda Dixon, Carol Flynn, Karen Gaughan, Mary Hutton, Cerise Jalelian, Sondra Lucente, Julie Miller, Bill Mix, Henry Murphy Members Not Present June Baer, Dick Crogan, Paul Jenkins, Linda Levitt, Wayne Miller, Geetha Padaki, Sandy Podgorski, Gina Rada, Sue Stering, Dave Taylor, Bob Tracey, Sam Zales Business • The minutes of October 11, 2017 were approved. • The next meeting will be on November 1, 2017 in the Parker Room. • Carol confirmed that the nametags have been ordered and should be ready in time for the breakfast. • Lorain asked the committee if they would be willing to have our meetings at the Community Center when the Parker Room is not available. The committee was in favor of using the Community Center when necessary. Veterans Breakfast, Saturday, November 4, 2017 • Bill Mix reported that the Minutemen Fife and Drum musicians have been practicing the military service songs and will be ready to perform them live at the breakfast. The live performance will replace the recorded music used previously. • Bill also reported that Gina Rada is ordering the Merchant Marine flag because she has the budget for it. • Lorain reported that the slide show will be finished soon. Linda Dixon would like to get the length of the slide show and Lorain suggested that Linda ask Ed LoTurco for that information. • Karen Gaughan and Kim Coburn showed the design for the sandwich board posters that will be displayed at St. Brigid's. Kim noted that since she added the Town of Lexington seal as a graphic in the posters, she needs to get approval from the Board of Selectmen to use the seal. • Lorain has ordered the food for 200 people for the breakfast. There was a discussion by the committee about how many people we should expect at the breakfast and general consensus was that the number will probably be around 200. • Lorain confirmed that the breakfast is free, although tickets are required. It will be suggested that non-veterans make a $5 donation for their breakfast. • Linda reported that an article about the breakfast has been submitted to the Colonial Times and will be included in the next edition of the paper. Linda will submit another article to the Lexington Minuteman paper closer to the date of the breakfast. • After discussion, it was agreed that, as we did last year, we will provide veterans with a form that they will have to fill in, in order to enter the raffle. Kim will create a layout for the form. • Lorain initiated a discussion about assignments for committee members who will attend the breakfast. She asked that committee members wear their white TCC shirts and dark pants to the breakfast. • Glen Bassett will be the MC for the breakfast. Linda Dixon will introduce the guest speaker.