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Minutes Town Celebrations Committee January 13, 2011 Town Office Building, Room 111 Members present Suzie Barry, Dick Crogan, Linda Dixon, Mary Gillespie, Jo-Anne Granger, Sondra Lucente, Wayne Miller, Bill Mix, Henry Murphy, Sandy Podgorski, and Bob Tracey Members not present Paul Jenkins, Julie Miller, Charlie Price, John Rossi, Jim Shaw and David Taylor Business  Suzie Barry called the meeting to order at 5:30 pm.  The December 2, 2010 minutes were approved with one change. Patriots’ Day, Monday, April 18, 2011  The committee discussed suggestions made last year to improve upon the events of the day.  Suzie will send an e-mail to everyone announcing the planning meeting for town departments and all others scheduled for Wednesday, February 2, 2011 at 9:30 am in the Selectmen’s meeting room.  A meeting with town departments (police, DPW, possibly fire), Lexington Minutemen, th 10 Regiment of Foot, Town Celebrations Committee and the Commission on Disability is still in the planning stages. Items to be discussed are accessibility of Patriots’ Day events, including the reenactment and afternoon parade. Other events for that day will need to be looked at as well. Youth parade and ceremony on the green  Committee members feel that the morning parade is well organized and runs smoothly.  There was discussion again about assigning a committee member as organizer/facilitator to keep things moving at the ceremony on the green.  A suggestion was made to have each speaker escorted to the podium by a Minuteman or two.