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BY CONNIE JIN PHOTOGRAPHY BY JENNIFER STRANGE JENNIFER-STRANGE.COM
Jennifer Evans ran cross-country for East Chapel Hill High School
while across town, Duncan Hoge competed for Chapel Hill High School. The two even ran at the same cross-country meets but they never crossed paths until a mutual friend introduced them. They hit it off immediately, scheduled a run for a few days later and started dating soon after. Years later, Duncan proposed to Jennifer at sunrise during a camping trip to Timothy Lake on Mount Hood in Oregon, having scouted the perfect location beforehand. The couple celebrated with a run around the lake and drove into town a couple hours later to tell their families when they couldn’t keep the news to themselves any longer. The two moved to Portland, Oregon, two years ago for Duncan’s job, but returned this fall to their hometown for their wedding at The Chapel Hill Carriage House, just a mile from Duncan’s childhood home. Friends and family pitched in to contribute to the wedding, with flowers from McAdams Farm and a cake baked by Susan Gardner, the friend who introduced the couple five years earlier. Also 110
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in attendance were Jennifer’s parents, Kim and George Evans, and Duncan’s parents, Paula and Steve Hoge. For Jennifer and Duncan, one of the most magical parts of their special day was being surrounded by the people they loved, in the place they grew up in. “People say ‘It takes a village,’ and we were lucky to be raised in the greatest village,” Jennifer says. CHM