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Due to Covid-19 the Dinner/Cocktail Hour/Dancing will be taking place mostly outside right over the water, though we are expecting decent weather on Friday you should bring a jacket in case it gets chilly into the night!
Due to Covid-19 the Dinner/Cocktail Hour/Dancing will be taking place mostly outside right over the water, though we are expecting decent weather on Friday you should bring a jacket in case it gets chilly into the night!
September 10, 2021
Ottawa, Ontario

Amanda & Dave

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Dave McCoppen

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Amanda Taylor

September 10, 2021

Ottawa, Ontario

How We Met

February 2009

Back in 2009 (yes, over a decade ago) Amanda was set to go to Europe with some friends. They had dates picked, deposits made, then one day decided to cancel their trip and instead go on a last minute trip to Cancun. Around that same time Dave had just moved back to Toronto after living in Calgary. His friends were going to Cancun but he wasn't going with them. Before they left he decided he couldn't miss it and booked a last minute trip to join them. That February Amanda and Dave both hopped on planes to Cancun that, up until that month, neither of them had planned to be on. At the hotel, Amanda and her friends became friends with the group in the room next to theirs and would often go to breakfast with them. One morning a handsome stranger moseyed on over to their table, sat down, said maybe three words, ate and left. It turned out this handsome stranger was Dave and his friends were the group in the room next door. One night, after getting to a club with a line that was far too long for her liking, Amanda saw that handsome stranger from breakfast (aka Dave) at the front of the line. Perfect! She asked if they could cut in front, he agreed, and that was that! It was love at first sight! Just kidding! They talked for maybe 30 seconds then Amanda was on her way to the dance floor and Dave was likely on his way to the bar. They didn't see each other again for the rest of the trip. ​ Fast forward a few weeks, Amanda gets a friend request on Facebook - you guessed it - it was Dave! Plans were made for Amanda and her friend to visit Toronto the next month for a "reunion" with their Cancun friends. While out in Toronto at this reunion Dave and Amanda finally said more than 10 words to each other, exchanged BBM pins (because yes, this was so long ago that Blackberry was still a thing), proceeded to speak every day, visit each other multiple times that summer, and eventually decided to give the long distance thing a try. The rest is history!

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