After Elizabeth’s death, her cherished grand piano became a fixture in Christie’s own music room.Īlice Lyon, choir director extraordinaire at the First Congregational Church, insisted on memorization and perfect harmony, which Christie championed way earlier than her two sisters, courtesy of her own perfect, beautiful pitch. Her vocal mentor was the family’s beloved Elizabeth Rowan, a Billings raised opera singer who moved to New York City, but came back to love, mentor, teach, and sometimes even parent the three Hansen sisters. She became an exceptionally gifted pianist and singer. However, as she grew to adulthood, music and performing became her driving force. She was mesmerizing and brilliant at them both.
She loved to dance and choreograph for others. When she finally emerged from the water, looking like The Birth of Venus, Christie began taking ballet lessons. She and her family cherished their summers swimming in Whitefish Lake and hours and hours around any pool that would have them. She had the Red Cross medal to prove it! She often said she only needed her “gills and fins.” Her lifelong love of the water began at that very early age. She was one of only three babies in the United States to be able to swim the entire length of a YMCA pool. As an infant, Christie didn’t need to learn to walk as she could swim by the time she was 18-months old. They were born into a music, dance and drama loving household. She was the third of three girls, with older sisters Carolyn Campbell and Cathy Brown rolling out the red carpet for her.
This embellisher could take the ordinary story and make it sparkle.Ĭhristie’s story began on April 15th, 1960. Anyone who knew her has experienced laughing until your face and stomach hurt as you tried to catch a breath, all the while pounding on the table pleading with her to please stop! Her joy of living came in a myriad of moments involving both her own stories and the stories of others. Our creative, talented and spirited Christie Lynn (Hansen) Arnold has gone on to glory, meeting up with her mother, her father, and countless dog and cat siblings … family members all.Ĭhristie’s charisma radiated from her megawatt smile and contagious laughter. If you knew Christie Arnold, you knew she was magical.
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