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Town Celebrations Committee Minutes of Meeting January 10, 2018 Room 221, Lexington Community Center Members Present Lorain Marquis, Chair; June Baer, Suzanne Caton, Kim Coburn, Linda Dixon, Carol Flynn, Karen Gaughan, Mary Hutton, Paul Jenkins, Sondra Lucente, Julie Miller, Bill Mix, Geetha Padaki, Sandy Podgorski, Sue Stering. Members Not Present Glen Bassett, Cerise Jalelian, Wayne Miller, Henry Murphy, Gina Rada, Dave Taylor, Bob Tracey, Sam Zales. Business • The minutes of November 29, 2017 were approved. • Lorain reminded the committee that additional TCC logo shirts can be ordered. Committee members should talk with her if they want to order a shirt. Order will be sent in soon. • Linda Dixon urged the committee members to attend some of the programs planned for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, 1/15/18. She especially recommended the program that will be held at Brookhaven. Patriots Day 2018 • Lorain reported that 12 Patriots Day Parade applications have been received. Committee voted to accept the applications as shown below in the Approval of Parade Applications section. • Sondra Lucente will contact Hallamore to follow up on their parade application. • Bill Mix volunteered to contact the University of Massachusetts Lowell Marching Band about applying to march in the parade. • Lorain reported that she has received an application from the Westfield High School Marching Band from Westfield, Indiana. Since the band has 210 members, the committee recommended that further discussions be held with the band concerning their expectations for Patriots' Day participation. Sondra Lucente volunteered to talk with them. • Since the Westfield HS Band indicated their desire to attend the reenactment and subsequent pancake breakfasts, the committee decided to contact the 3 current pancake breakfast venues to see if they could handle that many more customers. o Kim Coburn will talk with the Boy Scout Troop at St. Brigid's o Paul Jenkins will talk with the First Baptist Church o Karen Gaughan will talk with the Church of the Redeemer • The committee agreed that we should ask Norm Cohen to be this year's Grand Marshall. Linda Dixon volunteered to ask Norm. • Paul Jenkins noted that the ongoing construction on Massachusetts Ave will start up again in the Spring and will have an impact on the parade line up. • Suzanne reported that the list of businesses to be solicited for parade unit sponsorships and the sponsorship request letter should be ready this month for submission to the Board of Selectmen and Town Manager for approval. • Karen Gaughan will contact the Clergy Association for names of the clergy to participate in the Patriots' Day programs.