This week's prompt is "Artistic." That immediately made me think of something Mildred Strand wrote in a letter to my mother back in February 1981. She mentioned how proud she was of the drawing talent of her grandchildren, especially Ilene, Marvin, Esther and Venon.
On the Henrickson side, there is more artistic talent. Music seems to run in the family. In this article from the local paper, it mentions the local Swedish community celebrating Midsummer in June. The entertainment included songs sung by one George Henrickson, among others. George, and his wife, Malvina, were both organists at the local church. This ability to play was passed on to my grandfather, Raymond Henrickson. My mom recalled being somewhere once and suddenly seeing her dad go over to the piano and start to play a tune. She never even knew he could play!
Artistic talent also exists on the Strand(t) side of the family too. Carl Strand's 1st cousin, George Strandt, who lived in Chicago, became an organist and played around the country. It was exciting when the Show Business cousin would come visit the country relatives in Allegan.
George was not the only Strandt with musical talent. His oldest son became quite well-known playing jazz organ.
There are more examples of musical talent on this branch of the Strandt family too. They seemed to get all the musical genes. :)
