HomeMy WebLinkAbout1975-03-27-YC-min.pdf LEXINGTON YOUTH COMMISSION MINUTES
March 27, 1975
PRESENT Sue Abkowitz, Verna Frasca, Doug Gallager; Jeff Hanson,
Jeanne Hathaway, Steve Moore, Steve Politi, Matt Powers, Madelyn
Quinlan, Mary Rockwood.
The meeting started with the announcement that the Youth
Dinner and the GYBSO concert have been canceled. The GYBSO
director has said that they would like to perform a concert in
Lexington, but they can not do it on the 21st because it is
school vacation and many of the members have made other plans.
Theywould like to put on a concert some time later in the season
when the entire orchestra can be assembled. The Youth Dinner was
canceled because we could not use the Regional Vocational School,
and it is rather late to begin looking into using Diamond. Steve
Moore received a letter from Mr. Hall at the Vocational School
saying that they would not be able to cook the dinner or waive the
fee for renting the cafeteria.
The football field has been reserved for the soccer game.
Mr. Bertini sent Chris a letter confirming it, and Mr. Lord now
knows about it. Mr. Fontas has been making arrangements with
Mr Smith in Concord. Uniforms are taken care of, but there is
still a question about referees. The girls° soccer game will be
at 9a.m. and the boys, game will be at 10:30 a.m. During the
break between the two games, the Lighter-Than -Air-Society will
send up a balloon. It will take them at least half an hour to
inflate the balloon, send it up and fly it, and to deflate it and
disassemble it
The deadline on the Essay Contest has been extended until
April 19th. Mr Barnes did send a letter to all the schools with
a copy of the rules, and he will send out more copies to be put
in the main office of the schools Sue Abkowitz is in charge of
making sure it is announced on the P. A. at LHS. And Jeanne Hath-
away and Jeff Hanson are in charge of making sure that announcements
are made at their junior highs
The Talent Show is going along smoothly. Acts have signed up
for the show, but Doug and Mary will be speaking to groups in the
high school ( ie music teachers, music groups, Senior and Junior
Shows, Drama Club, gymnastics. ) to make sure that they are aware
of the show.
The concert is up in the air at the moment. Although every-
one agreed that it would be our biggest attraction, there is a risk
involved in having it School Dances at the high school have been
canceled for the rest of the year because of problems of vandalism
and drugs in the parking lots If the LHS Administration agree
to let us use the auditorium and the LBC okays it, the group will
be the Parker Road Band It will be a 3 hour concert, 7 :30-10 30,
and the band charges $200. It was estimated that we would need
12-15 policemen.
At the end of the meeting the by-laws were discussed. The
Commission will not change in size next year. At the high school
new members will be chosen by interview, but there are still many
details to be worked out
The next YC meeting will be on Thursday, April 3 at 7 15
in G15 of the Town Office Building. There will also be a meeting
on April 10 and probably again on April 17.