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Home My WebLink About2013-04-03-TCC-min Minutes TownCelebrationsCommittee April3,2013 TrainingRoom,Room201,HadleyPublicServicesBuilding MembersPresent SuzieBarry,DickCrogan,LindaDixon,MaryGillespie,JoAnneGranger,PaulJenkins,Sondra Lucente,BarbaraManfredi,JulieMiller,WayneMiller,BillMix,HenryMurphy,SandyPodgorski, CharliePriceandBobTracey MembersNotPresent DaveTaylor Business SuzieBarryconvenedthemeetingat7:05pm. MinutesofMarch27,2013wereacceptedwithchanges. thth CommitteeisscheduledtomeetnextWednesday,April10andFriday,April12.We maynotneedtomeetonFridayifeverythingisingoodorder. 0 ³±¨®³²ȌDayParade,Sunday,April14,2013 th ChiefMarshal.ThirtyfiveadultswillrepresentWeAreLexington;300isstillwaiting tohearfromseveralotherinvitees.Therearenochildrencountedinthethirtyfiveas oftoday.Honoreeswillbewearinganidentifyingribbon(similartoanawardribbon). EntriesUpdate.Twogroupsexpressedinterestinmarchingintheparade:(1)State PolicePipesandDrums;weexpecttohearsooniftheywillacceptourmonetary counteroffer,and(2)BostonWindjammers;willcome,committeevotedtoaccepttheir askingprice. /ƚƒƒźƷƷĻĻ͸ƭinvitationtoWestPointisbeforetheirboard;theywillletusknow thedecisionsoon. Militarybandtravelbanwasliftedbutlimitedto100miles.NavyBandNorth Eastwasinvitedagaintomarch.Weshouldhearfromthemsoon. FloatsUpdate.WellsFargowillbringaЍЎ͸longfloat.Becauseofitslength,therewere questionsaboutwhetherornotthefloatcouldnegotiatetheleftturnfromBedford StreetontoHarringtonRoad. Media. LindaandSandyhadaproductivemeetingwithCaitlynKelleher,the aźƓǒƷĻƒğƓ͸ƭneweditor.Caitlynwillacceptandpublishahumanintereststory onmemoriesofpastparadesthatLindaofferedtowrite.LindametwithDick MichelsonandtalkedbyphonewithPatFlynntogatherrecollections;sheplans tomeetwithBobTraceyandMaryGillespie. Wehavecoveragein\[ĻǣźƓŭƷƚƓ{ŷƚƦƦĻƩ and.ƚƭƷƚƓDƌƚĬĻ͸ƭNorthWest publication. Weneedtorecruitanannouncerforthereviewingstand. ParadeAmbassadors. Lindareportedthatoutreachisworkingandnowhas32ambassadors.Shefeels thatcommunityserviceisadrawamongthehighschoolvolunteers.Atpresent, theambassadorgroupdistributionisdividedintotwentyfivepercentofeach: 11and12yearolds;14and15yearolds;16and17yearolds;adults. Asuggestionwasmadetotakeaphotooftheparadeambassadorsinfrontof theirsponsoredunitsbeforetheparadestepsoff. th JessieSteigerwaldwillgiveus300Anniversaryvolunteertshirtsforthe ambassadors. Paulwillbuytapetowrapthebannerpolesforbetterhandling. Sondrawillshopforglovestokeephandswarm. Oneofthesponsors,possiblyasecond,willcarrytheirownbanner. SponsorshipUpdate.Atthistimewehaveeightreturningsponsorsandwelcome sevennewcompaniestotaling15confirmedsupporters.Wearestillwaitingtohear fromaboutfiveothers. VehiclesUpdate.Paulreportsthateverythingissetwiththevehicles.Allhavebeen remindedthattheparadeisonSunday. Miscellaneous. Paradegroupcheckinbeginsat11:30amineastLexington. th RogerLeBlancof\[źƷƷƌĻƷƚƓ͸ƭ300Committeeisinterestedinobserving \[ĻǣźƓŭƷƚƓ͸ƭparadeorganizationandwillbringvolunteerstohelponSunday. BrooklineBankwillsendtwovolunteers. BillMixwillcheckwithBillPooleaboutacartotransportseveralMinuteMen downoftheavenue. CommitteewillhaveMEMAradiosforcommunication. Everyonehasaworkassignmentfortheday.Golfcartshavebeenassignedand areavailableforpickupat10:30am,ǝźƭźƷƚƩƭ͸center. 0 ³±¨®³²ȌDay,Monday,April15,2013 Morning. YouthCommissionmembersSaraFopianoandJakeDouvaswillbechiefs marshalandmastersofceremonyatthegreen. RecipientsoftheWhiteTriconHat,YouthCommissionandMinutemanCane th AwardswillbeannouncedpriortoApril15.However,thewinnerswillbe mentionedattheceremony. Miscellaneous. AninvitationwillbeextendedtoTheOriginal{ŷĻƦŷĻƩķ͸ƭPieDixielandJazz BandtojoinNorwichUniversityforan11:30lunchonMondaymorningatSt. .Ʃźŭźķ͸ƭ͵ NoticketswillbeissuedforseatingatNorwichƓźǝĻƩƭźƷǤ͸ƭ2pmperformance. Everyonehasaworkassignmentfortheday. Meetingadjournedat9:15pm RespectfullysubmittedbySandyPodgorski