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Town Celebrations Committee
Minutes of Meeting
March 29, 2017
Parker Room, Town Office Building
Members Present
Lorain Marquis, Chair; June Baer, Suzanne Caton, Kim Coburn, Dick Crogan, Linda Dixon, Karen
Gaughan, Cerise Jalelian, Paul Jenkins, Sondra Lucente, Rich McDonough, Julie Miller, Wayne
Miller, Bill Mix, Henry Murphy, Geetha Padaki, Sandy Podgorski, Bob Tracey
Members not present
Glen Bassett, Carol Flynn, Mary Hutton, Linda Levitt, Dave Taylor, Sam Zales
Business
The Chair declared that a quorum was present.
The minutes of March 22 were approved
The next meeting will be on April 5, 2017 in the Parker Room, Town Office Building.
Lorain asked TCC members to let her know if they will be purchasing T-shirts with the TCC
logo.
Approval of Applications
No Fee (5 Units)
The Committee approved the following parade units with no fee involved:
DeFelice Lexington VFW – 2 cars
The Fitter Femail – 2 cars
Korean Organization of Lexington – 20 marchers
Minuteman Indivisable – 5 to 6 marchers
Original Freedom City – 50 marchers
Fee Requested (7 Units)
The Committee approved the following units and fees that represented no change from 2016:
Jim Kilroy’s Jambalaya Band
William Diamond Jr. Fife & Drum Corp
Massachusetts Military Museum (George DeBonis) -- WWII Armored Vehicles
The Committee approved the following new units and fees
Martin Cox - two military vehicles
Shriners Fire Brigade clowns
Sons of Italy Drum & Bugle Corp
Worcester Brass Band – military marching band
Patriots Day, Monday, April 17, 2017
Kim announced that the Follen Church will not participate in the parade this year.
Lorain will create a spreadsheet of the vehicles in parade for the Lexington Police to use. Cerise
noted that all vehicles in the parade must have ID tags from the TCC.
Suzanne will create the various versions of the parade roster needed for check in, etc. It was
requested that a column be added to the rosters containing information about the number of
marchers expected for each marching unit. This will allow the TCC to confirm that the number of
marchers promised actually showed up for the parade.
Lorain will speak with DPW about parking for TCC members at the Library on Patriots Day.
Cerise announced that she has the tickets for the morning re-enactment bleachers and reviewing
stand. She needs information about who should be on the reviewing stand vs. just bleacher seats.
Geetha announced that the promotional video will be ready on Friday for review. She asked how
she can get review of the video and feedback from TCC members.
Morning Parade and Ceremony on the Green:
Rich McDonough will be the MC for the morning ceremonies.
Suzanne will prepare the script for the morning ceremonies.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Suzanne Caton, Co-Secretary
Future Meetings
April 5; April 12; April 26;
May 3; May 10; May 17; May 24; June 7.