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Home My WebLink About2015-10-21-TCC-min (2) Minutes TownCelebrationsCommittee October21,2015 Cafe,201BedfordStreet Memberspresent LorainMarquisandRichMcDonough,CoChairs;DianaBishop,SuzanneCaton,KimCoburn,LindaDixon, CarolFlynn,KarenGaughan,CeriseJalelian,JulieMiller,WayneMiller,BillMix,HenryMurphy,Sandy Podgorski,BobTracey Membersnotpresent PaulJenkins,MelanieLin,LindaLevitt,SondraLucente,GeethaPadaki,DaveTaylor,SamZales. Business Declaringthataquorumwaspresent,LorainintroducednewmemberDianaBishop,recentlyretired fromacareerasaconsultantinhealthcareanalytics. GinaRada,VeteransServicesDirectorforLexington/Bedford,andGlenBassett,retiredMarineand prospectivecommitteemember,attendedasguests. TheminutesofOctober7,2015wereapprovedwithminorcorrections. DiscussionofExpandedProgramforWreathLayingatMemorials SandyandLindahavepreparedascripttodescribethememorialtreesandplaquesontheBattleGreen honoring8LexingtonianswhoperishedinWorldWarI.Tohelplocatethesememorials,thecommittee willplaceaflagateachtree.AfterthewreathlayingceremonyattheObelisk,theNarratorwillread thescriptabouttheWWImemorials.Therewillbenowreathlaying,buttherewillbethestandard volleyandTapsandEcho.GinawillobtaintheflagsandcoordinatetheirplacementwithSandy. TheKoreanandVietnamwarswillnowbecommemoratedintwoseparateceremonies,eventhough theyarememorializedonthesamestone.EachceremonywillconsistofadescriptionbytheNarrator;a wreathlaying;avolleybytheMinutemen;andTapsandEcho. 5«º«¸§´¹ȟBreakfast,Saturday,October31,2015,KeiltyHall DickCroganwillhandlethearrangementsforanappropriatePOW/MIAsetup. 3¯©±«º¹§²«¹Ȏ GinaRadareportedsalesof106ticketsasfollows:CommunityCenter,50;BedfordCOA, 20;,¯©®«²¹µ´ȟ¹ȍ20,LexingtonMinutemen,16.Committeemembersandinvitedguestswilltotal another30.Afeaturestoryaboutthebreakfastinºµ³µ¸¸µ½ȟ¹edition(October22)oftheMinuteman shouldhelptosellafewmore.Lorainmustgive-«¯²²¯µȟ¹aheadcountbyTuesday,October27. DickCroganwillbringaboomboxfortheplayingofservicesongs. GinawillsendCeriseallnamesgatheredsofarfromticketpurchasesandCerisewillupdatethe databaseshepreparedfromlast¿«§¸ȟ¹attendance. #µµ¸¶¸¯À«¹:Sandyreportedthattherearenow25doorprizesinhand. 3§¨²«ª«©µ¸§º¯µ´¹:BobTraceyhasmetwithWagonWheelandtheyhaveagreedtosupply,onaloan basis,pumpkinthemedcenterpiecesforthetables.Therewillbenochargeaslongaswereturnthe materialspromptlyafterthebreakfast. 3§¨²«¹«º»¶:JuliewillfindoutwhetherthetableswillbealreadysetuponFridayOctober30whenwe arriveforsetup,andwhetherwecanleavethetablesinplaceattheconclusionofthebreakfast. 5«º«¸§´¹ȟDayParade,Wednesday,November11,2015 TherewillbeawalkthroughoftheparadeandwreathlayingceremoniesonThursday,November5, 2015at10:00a.m.(raindateFriday,November6).EveryonewillgatheratthePoliceStation. GlenBassettwillserveasNarratorfortheParadeandRichMcDonoughwillbetheMasterof Ceremoniesfortheindoorceremony. BobTraceywillorderthewreaths(weneedoneextratocovertheseparateKorea/Vietnamceremonies). CaryHallhasbeenconfirmedasthevenue. KimwillcheckwiththeLexingtonHighSchoolBandtoinsurethattheywillhandlelogisticsofstage setupandstageseatingarrangements. SandywillcontactWilsonFarmstorequestadonationofcarnationsasgiftstoveterans. /§¸º¯©¯¶§º¯µ´¨¿§'§´¹©µ³»´¯ºȎ AGirlScoutTroopatHanscomAirForceBasehasaskedtoparticipate intheParade.TheCommitteeapprovedissuinganinvitation,notonlytotheGirlScouts,buttotheBoy Scoutsaswell.CarolFlynnwillbetheliaisonuptoparadedaywithCerisetakingoverthereafter. TheCommitteefeltthattwoothergroupswhoaskedtoparticipateweremoresuitedtothePatriotsDay parade. DanceAroundtheWorld,Saturday,October24,2015 KimCoburnreportedthatplansforthismulticulturaleventhavecometogetherverywell,with13 dancegroupsparticipating.TherewillbeamajorstoryintheOctober22issueoftheLexington ,¯´»º«³§´.Theeventopensat5:30withthesaleofvariousethnicfoods.Dancingbeginsat5:45and continuesat9:30.Volunteersarewelcometohelpdecoratethegymfrom3:00to5:00,andtostayand helpcleanupat9:30. NewBusiness SamZalesisseekingmorefundingforhisMartinLutherKingDayprogram.Hewillbeaskedto submitaproposal. LorainisbeginningtoprepareforthePatriotsDayParade.Inadditiontopostingageneralapplication tothecommitteewebsite,shewillsendaninvitationtoallparticipantsfromlast¿«§¸ȟ¹parade. Themeetingadjournedat8:20p.m. Respectfullysubmitted, LindaDixon,CoSecretary FutureMeetings: 2015 November4,November18;December2;December16 2016 January6;January20;February3;February17;March2;March9;March16;March23;March30;April6;April 13;April27;May11;May25;June8;June22.