Jenn & Steve Steve and Jenn Hall met in 2012 in the Astoria Choir. Jenn, 39, remembers meeting Steve, 30, during a wine mixer after her first choir rehearsal. “At the wine mixer, he was one of the first people to come up to me, and I thought, ‘Well! Here’s a very friendly, adorable fellow,’” said Jenn, who works as a supervisor of risk pool and data analytics. “And I didn’t really think anything else of it; we were actually both just out of very long-term relationships, so I was not looking for love just yet, just looking for a good, fun organization and looking for opportunities to sing.” Steve, a structural engineer, remembers meeting Jenn “in the blur of trying to meet as many new choir members as possible because having already been in 20 FEBRUARY 2 0 1 7 the choir for a year, we try to make it as inviting as possible for everyone else.” The first time Jenn and Steve really talked was a couple weeks later when a group of singers went out to Bareburger on 31st Avenue after rehearsal. Monday night football was on the TV, and Jenn and Steve are both football fans. Steve is a Bears fan from Illinois, and the Bears were playing against Dallas that night. “I just made the comment, not realizing that I was scoring points, saying that I’d always thought that the Bears were such a fun team … and how cool it would be to be a Bears fan,” she said. “I ended up finding out over the course of the night that he’s actually a big Bears fan.” The Halls, who live in the Ditmars area, got married on Nov. 8, 2015. The man who married them, Adam Eggleston, is the conductor of the Astoria Choir where they first met. Steve and Jenn are still both members of the choir. “I didn’t realize how close-knit this choir group was going to be and how many new best friends I would get just in one organization,” Jenn said. “It really changed my life.” They are now expecting their first child. FAVORITE DATE SPOTS: Former Brick Café location (now Halsey’s Tavern/Mom’s Kitchen) Burger Club HinoMaru Ramen Photo courtesy of Jenn Hall VALENTINE'S DAY
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