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Town Celebrations Committee
February 13, 2013
Training Room, Public Service Building, 201 Bedford Street
Members present
Suzie Barry, Chair; Dick Crogan, Co -Vice Chair; Bob Tracey, Co -Vice Chair; Linda Dixon, Jo -Anne
Granger, Paul Jenkins, Sondra Lucente, Julie Miller, Wayne Miller, Bill Mix, Sandy Podgorski, Charlie
Price.
Members not present
Mary Gillespie, Henry Murphy, Barbara Manfredi, Dave Taylor.
Business
• The group wished co -chair Bob Tracey a happy 80 Birthday.
• The chair declared that a quorum waspresent
• The minutes of February 6, 2013 were approved with minor corrections.
• . The next meeting is Wednesday, February 27.
Patriots Day 2013
• Committee members agreed to meet on Saturday afternoon, April 13 to install the marching
order number stakes.
• Sondra confirmed that Wells Fargo will participate in the parade. They will send in required
paperwork this week.
• Paul has talked with all three military vehicle providers and all indicate they wish to be included
in this year's parade. Some have expressed willingness to shave prices and reduce the number of
vehicles to meet the committee's needs. We are still awaiting paperwork. Paul will stress that
vehicles must arrive no earlier than 11:15 a.m. to avoid conflict with church services.
• All financial issues and approvals for parade participants must be resolved by the committee's
next meeting on February 27, 2013.
• Applications: the committee approved, at no fee, the following three floats:
• Rotary Club of Lexington
• Operation Home Ties (portrait wall of fallen soldiers)
• LexFun
• Suzie is still waiting to hear from the League of Women Voters; Lexington /Bedford Youth
Hockey; Maine Twirl Girls; and the Middlesex Sheriff's Office.
• Parade Ambassadors: the on line sign up form is live on the Committee web page. Linda is
finishing up a blast email invitation letter to all former Parade Ambassadors from last year. This
letter includes a return response form and a fact sheet. It will go out this week.
• The final town -wide planning meeting will take place on February 26. Agenda items will include
use of Hayden and Lincoln Field parking areas; possible bus lineup around Hastings Park at end
of afternoon parade on Sunday; street closings for Old Guard performance on Monday; possible
moving of the reviewing stand after the Reenactment for the Old Guard performance.
The meeting adjourned at 8:25 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Linda Dixon, Co- Secretary