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Minutes
Town Celebrations Committee
January 21, 2015
201 Bedford Street Cafe
Members Present
Lorain Marquis, Rich McDonough, Suzie Barry, Linda Dixon, Carol Flynn, Mary Gillespie, Paul
Jenkins, Barbara Manfredi, Julie Miller, Wayne Miller, Bill Mix, Henry Murphy, Geetha Padaki,
Charlie Price, Sandy Podgorski
Members Not Present
Kim Coburn, Karen Gaughan, Cerise Jalelian, Sondra Lucente, Dave Taylor and Bob Tracy
Q = 6 Lorain, Rich, Suzie, Linda, Mary, Sondra, Barbara, Henry, Sandy, Charlie, Bob, Kim, Carol,
Karen, Cerise, Paul, Julie, Wayne, Tanya, Bill, Geetha, Dave, and Sam
Guest
Suzanne Caton
Business
This non-meeting began at 7:00.
Previous minutes for meetings in 12/10/14 and 1/7/15 were
deferred.
Group discussed but did not vote on any business.
*New member applications were discussed. There are several that Lorain will call and
gauge interest level.
* Discussion of donations from Wilson's for Patriot's Day and Memorial Day.
* Suzie summarized MLK activities.
* Suzie told committee about CAAL contacting her and asking for a $ 500 donation
for Chinese New Year on January 24th. Group felt that this request was beyond the
preview of the committee to do so. We are responsible for 5 celebrations….Patriot's
Day, Memorial Day, Veteran's Day, MLK Day and Dance Around the World.
Geetha let the committee know about the plans for this and that they are trying to find a
co-chairman. Rehearsals will be 2/28 and 3/1. The celebration itself will be on 3/14.
* Suzie described the official process on how to solicit sponsors. A letter needs to be
sent to Carl Valente who forwards this to the Selectmen. Applications are due back
Feb 15th and March 1st.
* Linda said Colonial Times and Lexington Shopper will run ads soliciting Parade
Ambassadors, especially students who could earn 4 hours of Community Service.
*Clergy involvement…. Linda told us that Pastor Brent Maracle from St. Paul's
Evangelical has already volunteered for the April events.
*There are approximately150 tickets for the reenactment.
* There will not be any handouts at the parade. Candy, flyers, balls will not be
allowed. Only flags will be allowed.
* Grand Marshall choice is Hank Manz.
* We still need a Grand Marshall for Memorial Day. Linda suggested Bill Stern.
Bill is a member of the Lexington Veteran's Association and a WW2 vet. Bill is 95
years old. Linda will follow up with this.
* Saturday, April 11th will be the rehearsal for the reenactment on the green.
* Radios will be available through MEMA. Paul will check with Officer Fero.
* Lorain needs to know about any conflicts during Patriot's Day weekend…
Minutemen, Police and Historical Society need to come to consensus.
* Patriot's Day award ceremony will be held at LHS auditorium if weather is inclement.
* If any new sponsors are added, Paul will order banners.
* Chamber of Commerce is taking a year off from overseeing the floats and are
looking for new leadership. Sondra is the float liaison.
*Lorain went over assignments for Patriot's Day.
* The parade will go on no matter what. Only once was it cancelled due to a
"noreaster".
*The subject of jackets was discussed. Linda asked if we could try them on in order to
choose the right size. We can go to "Embroider Me" in Waltham ourselves. Charlie
will try to bring in a full range of sizes to our next meeting on 2/4/15.
* We left the cafe @ 8:35
Respectfully submitted by
Barbara Manfredi