Daniel Smith and Deana Saada

Announcement is made of the engagement between Deana Corinne Saada and Daniel Hopkins Smith. An August 2007 wedding is being planned.

Now a resident of Arlington, Mass., Mr Smith is a former resident of Newtown and a member of Newtown High School Class of 1996. He then attended Hobart and William Smith Colleges, graduating in 2000 with a bachelor of arts degree in anthropology. He is pursuing his master’s in museum studies at Harvard University Extension School.

Mr Smith is an exhibit developer at The Museum of Science Boston. His parents are Mr and Mrs Dunham Smith of Sandy Hook.

Ms Saada is a 1997 graduate of Williamsville High School in Williamsville, N.Y. She graduated from Ithaca College in 2001 with a bachelor’s of music in music education and French horn performance, and received her master’s in music education earlier this year, also from Ithaca College.

Also a resident of Arlington, Ms Saada is a band director for Carlisle (Mass.) Public Schools.

She is the daughter of Sandra Saada and the late René Saada of Buffalo, N.Y.