HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-02-27-TCC-min Town Celebrations Committee
Minutes of Meeting
February 27, 2019
Lexington Community Center
Members Present
Lorain Marquis, Chair; June Baer, Suzanne Caton, Kim Coburn, Wei Ding, Linda Dixon, Karen
Gaughan, Cerise Jalelian, Sondra Lucente, Julie Miller, Bill Mix, Sandy Podgorski, Sue Stering,
Members Not Present
Glen Bassett, Carol Flynn, Mary Hutton, Paul Jenkins, Gresh Lattimore, Wayne Miller, Geetha Padaki,
Rita Pandey, Dave Taylor, Bob Tracey, Sam Zales
Business:
• The chair reported that a quorum was present and the meeting was called to order at 7:05 pm.
• Minutes from the meeting of February 13, 2019 were approved.
• The committee briefly discussed the Heritage of America band concert which was held on
Monday, 2/25. The concert went well but the committee regretted that there wasn't a larger
audience, perhaps due to bad weather.
• Lorain noted that the TCC Facebook page is being reviewed by the Town Manager's office.
• June Baer informed the committee that she will create a database to hold photos from TCC
functions and asked committee members to send her any photos they might have. Be sure to
identify the content and date of the photos.
• Linda and Lorain reported that they have contacted the new Superintendent of Lexington
Schools and hope to set up a meeting with her soon. The Superintendent responded very
positively to Linda and Lorain about getting involved with TCC.
• Lorain noted that she is planning to set up a meeting with the Arlington Town Celebrations
Committee very soon.
• The next TCC meeting will be on March 13, 2019.
Patriots' Day, April 15, 2019:
• June Baer and Sue Stering reported on their recommendations concerning parade units
proposed by Golden Bough Productions. The units they recommended be followed up on
included:
➢ Uncle Sam stilt walker
➢ Hip Hop band
➢ African drummers
➢ Hot Tamales Brass Band
• Lorain will follow up with Golden Bough.
• Bill Mix will talk to Larry Conley about getting some antique cars to participate in the parade.
• Sondra Lucente suggested someone should contact Barrett Jackson about antique cars for the
parade.
• Sandy noted that she has created a poster to advertise that the Navy Band will be in the parade.
She also asked how many copies of the Patriots Day Weekend Schedule should be printed. The
committee recommended 600 copies.
• Sandy brought up the issue of counting the parade audience and noted that when she researched
the issue, it became clear that we couldn't hire an outside firm to do the counting because of
cost and size of the parade.
• Bill Mix suggested that the committee could ask the Minutemen sitting on their float to count
people, especially during the early part of the parade route.
• The committee discussed when and where we should ask the Old Guard to perform. It was
suggested that we could ask them to perform on Saturday at Tower Park before the running
battle starts at 4 pm.
• Linda Dixon and Lorain reported that they had met with members of the Town Economic
Development Department who have access to many email lists of people who have indicated an
interest in Lexington. They have offered to create a"newsletter" about Patriots Day and send it
out several times to the email lists between now and Patriots Day.
Patriots' Day 2020:
The following committee members volunteered to be on a sub-committee to develop a proposal to
shorten the route of the parade starting in 2020: June Baer, Bill Mix, Sondra Lucente, Sandy Podgorski,
Linda Dixon, Lorain Marquis. It was recommended that the sub-committee get Police Chief Corr
involved in the discussions.
Approval of Parade Applications
The Committee approved the applications of the following units involving no fees:
• Lexington High School Class of`65
• IAL
• LexFarm
• Lexington Historical Society
• Lexington Lions Club
• Liberty Ride
• Mahoney's Garden Center
• National Society of DAR
• The Old Guard
• US Coast Guard Auxiliary
• USS Constitution Color Guard
• Waldorf School
• Wilson Farm
The Committee approved the applications of the following units involving fees:
• Bedford Minutemen Company
• Lexington High School Band
• Lexington Police Department Honor Guard
• Lexington Police Explorers
• Sons of Italy Drum and Bugle Corp
• Sudbury Fife and Drum Corp
• Waltham American Legion Band
The following applications were tabled for further discussion:
• HM I"Regiment of Foot
• Tony Barrie Band
• Worcester Sound & Light
The meeting adjourned at 8:30 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Suzanne Caton, Co-Secretary