We first met in 2001 in the Berkeley Community Chorus. Safe to say, sparks did not immediately fly. We remained friends for the next 12 years, singing in several choruses, and Dave convinced Kate to audition for the California Revels in 2009. Over the long hours of rehearsal, Kate began thinking that Dave was starting to look... interesting. Dave remained unconvinced. A bit of back and forth ensued, spurred on by Kate's mom Liz, who regularly asked "what about Dave Hildebrandt?" when Kate would lament her singleness. Finally, in 2013, Kate offered Dave a ride to his car... which was a block away. Two hours and some tentative hand-holding later, we had decided that we were both looking for something more then casual dating... and that hand-holding felt really weird after 12 years of platonic friendship, but nice! And we decided to do it some more.