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Minutes
Town Celebrations Committee
April 7, 2010
Room 111, Town Hall @ 7:15 pm
Members present
Suzie Barry, Sally Fisher, Mary Gillespie, Paul Jenkins, Julie Miller, Bill Mix, Henry Murphy, Sandy
Podgorski, Charlie Price, Jim Shaw and Bob Tracey
Not present
Jo-Anne Granger, Sondra Lucente, Jerry Michelson and John Rossi
Guests
Linda Dixon (afternoon parade volunteer) and Henry Liu (Lexington Minuteman)
Business
Suzie Barry called the meeting to order at 7:15 pm.
The March 31, 2010 minutes were approved and accepted.
Patriots’ Day 2010
Reenactment
Minuteman Henry Liu said that the handicap area will be in front of the
reviewing stand.
No children will be allowed under the ropes again this year at the Minuteman
statue and bleacher areas.
The media section may be smaller this year.
The committee discussed the Sam Adams Brewery’s effort to collect Minutemen
signatures in order to petition that Patriots’ Day be made a national holiday.
There are timing and logistics issues surrounding their wish to collect signatures
on the morning of the reenactment which, for one, would cause delays in the
start of the parade and successive events. Henry Liu will talk with the captain of
the Minutemen to express the committee’s concerns, get more details and
determine the brewery’s expectations. Brewery representatives would like to
know where they can park their truck.
Reenactment rain date is set for Saturday, April 24, 2010 at 6 am.
Guest update (reenactment and afternoon seating at the reviewing stand)
The British Consul General and his group may be a little larger this year.
We could possibly have the French Consul General in attendance in addition to
the forty guests from Antony.
Representatives and twenty-five family members of deployed airmen from
Hanscom AFB will be guests.
Morning parade and ceremony
Bill Mix has arranged for a flag bearer and fifer for both the morning and
afternoon parades. A drummer is still needed.
A two-minute time limit has been set for the awards speeches.
Jeff Leonard has arranged for the singers.
Rev. Paul Shupe of Hancock Church is the participating clergy.
Afternoon parade
There are approximately twenty sponsors this year.
Suzie received a late application from the OVA All Media Arts Matrix Girlz
Choir. A motion was made to permit the group to participate; it was
unanimously accepted and approved. Doug Orr’s truck will transport the
girls.
Lex Fun (not a float entry) was given permission to pull children in wagons,
but children will not be permitted to ride bicycles.
A motion was made to have Bob Tracey purchase water for the parade. The
motion was unanimously accepted and approved.
Sheriff James DiPaola, Middlesex County Sheriff’s department, is marching as
a candidate for reelection. There will be no vehicles from the sheriff’s
department in the parade this year.
Memorial Day
The committee will discuss the selection of a chief marshal.
A stop at the fire station (on the way to Westview Cemetery) is a new addition to
the morning’s program.
Meeting adjourned at 8:35 pm.
Submitted by Sandy Podgorski