Suan and Dick Hanson

Suan and Dick Hanson are two of the most talented individuals we know.  Suan plays flute, composes music for our UU Choir, writes stories for her three grandchildren, and sews many of her clothes.  And she knits.  Plus she is an artist and pens tiny black dots as her medium.  We have two of her pieces, one of our house on Augustine Way and another of the house out here in Charterwood.  Suan has pet turtles, big guys. 

Dick is one of these fellas who can can build, remodel, or fix car problems.  Dick was instrumental  making the new entry way to the Church a reality with his expert engineering skills.    Dick likes to sail and hunt.  As a springtime ritual, Dick and a group of his buddies head up to the boundary waters to hunt.  Plus he has this sail boat.  One of our friends needed Dick to travel out East with him to pick up a boat the other fella purchased.

Both Suan and Dick did the first remodel of the RE lower level of the Church years ago.

They sing with us in Civic Chorale as well as Choir at UU.On this gargantuan trailer, their two snowmobiles get hauled so they may enjoy the white stuff.   
When Laurie and Tim got married, they were away so their daughter Damaris was the official Hansen representative.  

We attended their son Chris's wedding up in Green Bay years ago.  A group of recorder players,  friends of Suan's provided the music. 

Many years ago the four of us were asked to sing a UU hymn, Let It Be a Dance, at a friend's daughter's wedding up in Chicago.  Suan did the piano accompaniment and put it on tape (no cd's in those days) and there we were, each of us with a microphone belting out this fabulous tune.   When they decided they were going to attend Neal and Carla's wedding, Suan suggested we sing "Let It Be a Dance."   A few other UU's were there so the group burst out in song, again with Dick in charge of  setting up the boombox so the accompaniment would come through clearly.  Song sheets were distributed with everyone joining in.