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Town Celebrations Committee <br /> Minutes of Meeting <br /> March 11, 2020 <br /> Lexington Community Center <br /> Members Present <br /> Lorain Marquis, Chair; June Baer, Vice Chair; Kim Coburn, Linda Dixon, Karen Gaughan, Paul <br /> Jenkins, Sondra Lucente, Julie Miller, Wayne Miller, Bill Mix, Sandy Podgorski, Sue Stering <br /> Members Not Present <br /> Glen Bassett, Suzanne Caton, Wei Ding, Mary Hutton, Cerise Jalelian, Gresh Lattimore, Geetha <br /> Padaki, Rita Pandey, Dave Taylor, Bob Tracey, Sam Zales <br /> Guests: Steve Cole; Suzie Barry, Select Board Member. <br /> Business: <br /> • The chair reported that a quorum was present. <br /> • The minutes of the meeting of February 26, 2020 were approved. <br /> Patriots' Day 2020 (April 18 —20): <br /> • It's time to think about the parade lineup plan. Lorain provided a color-coded chart <br /> identifying musical units. This will be a big help in placement planning. <br /> • Lorain was happy to report that she has successfully recruited two bagpipe bands, to the <br /> delight of sponsor Kirkland and Shaw Plumbing. <br /> • Sandy distributed the finished schedule for Patriots Weekend along with a flyer. <br /> • Paul Jenkins and Steve Cole are recommending the committee invite a group of special <br /> needs individuals to occupy some of the vacant seats on the bleachers on Parade Day. <br /> • One unit(Lexington Pride) has requested transportation assistance for some participants <br /> in wheelchairs from the high school parking lot to their parade lineup position. C&S <br /> Transportation has specially-equipped buses and may be able to help. <br /> • Mary Hutton is unable to coordinate buses at the LHS parking lot this year. We will need <br /> to recruit a new volunteer for this job. <br /> • Sondra is still negotiating with the New England Patriots on payment arrangements for <br /> the Patriots mascot Pat Patriot to appear in the parade. <br /> • Sue Stering has identified another classic car group and will invite them to participate in <br /> the parade. <br /> • Kim and Linda have reviewed the inventory of remaining tee shirts for Parade <br /> Ambassadors and Kim will order enough to replenish our supply. <br /> • Steve reported that the William Diamond Fife and Drum Corps are unable to perform on <br /> Saturday afternoon at Tower Park. This led to a discussion about the Tower Park <br /> reenactment and it was concluded that this event falls under the jurisdiction of the <br /> Lexington Minute Men; therefore, unless invited, the TCC will not initiate plans for a <br /> 3:00 program at Tower Park. <br />