All HDSA members are invited to attend our first combined Annual General Meeting and wine tasting.**

This year's AGM aims to be an elegant mixture of business and pleasure. The goal is that HDSA members have the opportunity to become informed, inspired and connected.

The first 75 minutes will be dedicated to important AGM business, including an exciting progress report on our Strategic Planning process.

Following this, members can relax and reflect as they enjoy a professional wine tasting hosted by our own certified guest sommelier, Sarah Goddard. Three select South American wines will be matched by food parings prepared by Chartwell's own chef, Jim Duggan.

Sarah Goddard is a certified sommelier based in Toronto. In 2008, she graduated from the Canadian Association of Professional Sommeliers program at George Brown College. She received the Sommelier Scholarship from the International Wine and Food Foundation of Canada, having achieved the highest academic standing in her graduating class.

In 2008, Sarah placed 3rd in the professional round of The Wine Tasting Challenge, one of the largest wine tasting competitions in North America.

Sarah provides sommelier services through her company, Simply Sommelier. See http://www.simply-sommelier.com for more information.

Sarah also maintains a wine blog called Sommelier Scribbler, found at http://sommelierscribbler.wordpress.com, and is the Feature Writer for the Old World Wine section of the online magazine Suite 101.

The wine tasting will be followed by a new, 16 minute award winning animated documentary film about four adult artists with Down syndrome. The film, called Tying Your Own Shoes, is described as "an artful, four-way essay about ability." Acclaimed film maker Shira Avni provides an "intimate glimpse into the exceptional mindsets and emotional lives" of its talented subjects.

The HDSA wishes to thank Sarah Goddard for her consultation and generous provision of professional sommelier services.

The HDSA also acknowledges Chartwell Classic Oakville for so grasciously providing meeting facilities along with other supports.

PLEASE NOTE: Seating is limited, so please RSVP EARLY to avoid disappointment.

** If you still need to renew your membership, you may do so at the beginning of this event. This must be done in order to vote.

Event Details:

Location:Chartwell Classic Oakville, 180 Oak Park Boulevard, Oakville, ON Ph. (905) 257-0095 (Map below)

Time:  Evening program begins at 7 PM, runs until 9:30 PM. (Membership renewal is at 6:45 PM)

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