HomeMy WebLinkAbout2024-03-06-TCC-minTown Celebrations Committee
Minutes of Meeting (Draft)
March 6, 2024
By Zoom Teleconference
Members Present:
Glen Bassett, Geetha Padaki, co-chairs
Dave Grabel, Sandy Podgorski, Lorain Marquis, Sue Stering, Cerise Jalelian, Linda Dixon,
Sondra Lucente, Yifang Gong, Pan Winters, Sudha Balasuryan, Hong Xie
Guest: Karen Tyler
Members not Present
Kevin Collins, Dabby Harter, Mary Hutton, Julie Miller, Hong Xie, Bonnie Karshbaum, Steve
Cole, Ashley Rooney
Business
• Meeting called to order at 7:02 pm
• 2/7 and 2/21 Meeting minutes corrected and approved.
PD planning
• Select Board approved TCC’s PD plan. We have notified the town manager and the DPW
about our plan.
• Glen offered a tribute to David Williams, recently deceased, who has volunteered for the
town for over 50 years.
• Lorain Marquis: The parade sponsors committed $7000, which is not bad at this stage.
• Sudha will manage the signage.
• There are 30 VIP tickets (reviewing stand) and more Bleacher tickets. If people are
looking for VIP tickets, please get their names to avoid duplicates.
• Bonnie and Sue Stering work effectively on the morning parade.
o Kicking off at 7:30 am, arriving at Battle Green by 8 am. The ceremony will start
at 8 am.
• Linda Dixon: The morning ceremony has two LHS student MCs, Sarah Kochi and Sarah
Chen.
• Sondra negotiated and brought the prices down for many parade units.
• David Grabel: we have 75 – 80 parade units.
• The motion to approve the parade units David presented (listed below) was approved
unanimously.
o Uncle Sam's Patriotic Jazz Band
o Trend N Motion - Hip Hop Dancers
o Hot Tamales Brass Band
o Peter Panic, Juggler on Unicycle
o Uncle Sam on Stilts
o Veronica Robles Mexican Mariachi
o Lexington Police Honor Guard
o Lexington Historical Society
o Munroe Center for the Arts
o CALex
o Hanscom Air Force Base
o AYLUS LEXINGTON BRANCH
o Michelson's Shoes
o Lexington Firefighters Honor Guard
o Lexington Chapter DAR
o Lexington Lions Club
o Ekam Boston
• David Grabel: How does the Grand Marshal want his name used on the sign? Linda will
ask Jeff Leonard about his preference.
• David Grabel asked about the bus drop location. Maple-Mass Ave intersection is
proposed.
• For people to drive their vehicles: we will give them several options after getting advice
from the Police.
• The acceptance letters haven’t been sent out yet.
• Sue will call Classic Cars and Lex Farm to confirm if they will participate in the parade.
• Parade ambassador group: The application is online; tee shirts can be ordered from the
same vendor.
Lex 250 updates: no updates
Memorial Day Preparations
• NFPP is OK with the scale, as they did last year. They are working to get LHS students to
write poems.
• Linda: A small piece of land next to the Battle Green was created during the rotary
project. Some poppies could be planted there.
• Sue talked to the LHS art department. Students are busy, but younger students might be
able to do something. The LHS English department can arrange a meeting between NFPP
and LHS students to determine what they can do.
The meeting adjourned at 8:34 pm.
The next meeting: 3/20/2024
Respectfully submitted,
Yifang Gong, Secretory