The HAA held their 10th Anniversary banquet on Saturday November 8, 2003 at the Royal Botanical Gardens.

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We all got the chance to see a beautiful lunar eclipse during the evening between courses in the meal.

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Bob McDonald
Bob McDonald of CBC fame gave an excellent presentation titled "Vacation in space" which was humorous and thought provoking.

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Ann
Ann Tekatch gave a brief history of HAA.

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Doug Welch
Doug Welch was the master of ceremonies.

KHAN SCOPE CENTRE

Grand Prize
Many door prizes were given away including this NextStar 80GT telescope from Celestron.

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Plaque
Stewart Attlesey (left) presented a special plaque of appreciation to our founder Doug Welch (right).

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Grant
Some people even dressed up for the event.

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Many thanks to Cindy Bingham for a wonderful job of making sure that the evening was successful.

Here is the collectors edition flyer for this banquet.