HomeMy WebLinkAbout2011-03-03-LEX300-min Lexington 300th Anniversary Celebration Committee
Fiske School Library - 7:00 p.m.
March 3, 2011
Minutes
Members.
Eric Carlson Not Attending Susan Rockwell Attending
Denise Dube Attending Cynthia Savage Not Attending
Mary Gillespie Attending Ernest Van Seasholes Attending
Donna Hooper Attending Benjamin Soule Not Attending
Jane Hundley Attending Jessie Steigerwald Attending
Richard Bollen Attending Suzanne Barry, Ex-Officio Attending
AGENDA.
• Welcome
• Presentation by Jane Hundley— School LEF grant initiative
• Draft Calendar
• Incorporation/Celebration Weekend—what is envisioned
• Participant Brainstorming
Community meeting purpose—to gather input, ideas, and excitement from
representatives of community groups
Approximate 20 were in attendance
1 Sue Rockwell welcomed those in attendance and reviewed plans for the evening.
2 Jane Hundley made a presentation on the LEF grant to the Lexington Public
Schools regarding Lexington's 300th anniversary
3 Jessie Steigerwald reviewed preliminary calendar of events and presented an
overview of a broad picture of the year [summary handout provided]
Public Comment/Questions
• March 31St weekend in 2012 is Easter weekend— change date
• Tanya Morrisette—LEF Trivia Bee 2012 — focus on Lexington history
• Fred Johnson— Composition Competition, composers
• Liz—April 7th—Lexington Symphony performance,
• Bring Your Own Beethoven
• Susan Bennett, Lexington Historical Society
o Progressive dinner— colonial theme, fare, dress
o Book—300 iconic images of Lexington—to 1713, objects & events
o Exhibit — open kickoff weekend through March— objects of importance to
Lexington history thru time
• DAR—Muffle Martin/Shirley Lane - genealogy workshops—February9,
• Consider history of your house, historic records, genealogy, tracing
Lexington roots as a 4-part program
• Carolyn Goldstein/Janet Kern—Agricultural past —harvest festival/fair;
granges Strawberry festival
• Denise Dube— any record/information on Lexington having a community
oven
• Cary Library—Betty Clarke - Ripley mural of Lexington in the Past —
Lexington art9
• Ann Webster— Garden Club — 135t1i anniversary of club in 2011 —
o Reviewing their archives, make something engaging to citizens, then&
now photographs, A Lexington PLANT — seeds competition, pansies,
blue/yellow— involve Minuteman Tech
Lexington 300th Anniversary Celebration Committee
Ideas to attract donors, fundraising
Rising Star Quilters—Bebe Fallick
Lexington Pops—Bebe & Janet —Lexington Pops— commissioned piece— Gweneth
Walker— 30th Anniversary of the Chorus 2013
Create a tercentennial chorus
LHS orchestra
Intergenerational Chorus
Historical Fashion Show—Lexington thru time
• Tourism—Bebe Fallick—Revolutionary Revelry— month of May 2011 -
fife & drum, classic cars, sock hop9, colonial community sing, Lexington
Open studios— art9
• Antony Park- date to be determined
Venues
Susan Bennett —Include Indian & Chinese American residents
Jessie Steigerwald— international dance mght9
Kids— interviewing older persons
Story Corps
Mass Memories Roadshow—UMASS Boston— [Susan Bennett]
Time Capsule— contents
Raya Gildor—transportation in Lexington, Veterans, Lexington role in the wars, USS
Lexington ships, day in a life of a family—what year9, street names, walking tours—GPS
treasure hunt, letter boxing
Meeting Adjourned 8 30 p m.
Respectfully Submitted, Donna Hooper Scribe