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Minutes
Town Celebrations Committee
April 15, 2015
201 Bedford Street Cafe
Members Present
Lorain Marquis, Rich McDonough, Suzanne Caton, Linda Dixon, Carol Flynn, Karen Gaughan,
Cerise Jalelian, Paul Jenkins, Linda Levett, Sondra Lucente, Barbara Manfredi, Julie Miller, Wayne
Miller, Bill Mix, Tanya Morrisett, Henry Murphy, Geetha Padaki, Sandy Podgorski, Charlie Price,
and Bob Tracey
Members Not Present
Suzie Barry, Dave Taylor and Sam Zales
Guests
: Mike Levett, Florence Del Santo from Lex Media
Business/ Patriot's Day
*The meeting began at 7:01
*Minutes for the April 8th meeting, as corrected were approved.
*Lorain passed out blue parking stickers for TCC members to use in the Library parking lot.
* Suzanne volunteered to convert the parade roster to an alphabetical one.
*Florence Del Santo from LexMedia wanted to be updated on any changes in the roster. She also
wanted a copy of the 21 sponsors. Florence will pass on any information to Marilyn and Rick
Beyer, who will announce the parade.
* The TCC will meet next on Friday, April 17th at 3:00 at 201 Bedford St.
* Lorain and Rich met with Joe Pato re: the Bhatki group in the parade.Since there are no written
guidelines, no group can be restricted according to the 1st amendment. Maybe a policy regarding
guidelines would be helpful down the road. Tanya suggested that if we were sending out an e-mail
to all of the entries in the parade, it might be helpful to reinforce the restriction of not passing
anything out to the crowds along the way. This includes passing out any food.
* Lorain told the group that Mahoney's had sent in an application. The group voted to approve their
entry into the parade, though late, because they have been in the previous parades and they do not
charge a fee.
* Sondra asked for the names of the floats to be judged.
* Charlie went over the jacket orders. Everyone should wear their tricorn hat.
*Saturday the Old Guard arrives at approximately 11:30. Lorain and rick will be on the Green at
11:00. Lex Media will cover the Old Guard performance.
* The group decided to meet on Sunday at the East Lexington Fire Station at 4:00 to place the
stakes. About 6 people were needed.
*Rick will meet Wayne & Bob at St. Brigid's on Monday at 3:30 a.m. Everyone else should be at
the Green about 5:00a.m. Wrist band people should be there at 4:45 a.m..
* After the re-enactment everyone should assemble at the entrance to the Munroe Cemetery by
7:00a.m. The parade will leave after the Minutemen begin the procession at 7:30. There will be a
ceremony on the Green. This will end at approximately 9:00 a.m.
* Lorain asked who needed name tags. Tickets for the a.m. reviewing stand should be 25 and 40 for
the afternoon. 75 seats will be needed for the bleachers in the afternoon.
* Lorain and Rich listened to some suggestions for parade roster changes. There seemed to be too
many bands near or next to each other.
* The TCC members put all of the stake numbers into plastic sleeves in chronological order.
* Paul passed out the 2 way radios and explained how to use them. Each person in a golf cart will
have a radio. There will be 10 carts and 12 radios.
* The meeting adjourned at 8:45 and a sub group stayed to continue work on re-arranging the
parade roster.
Respectfully submitted by
Barbara Manfredi, Co-Secretary