Hilary Hodgson, originally from Darwen, Lancashire, lived in Dalston from 1981. She was a gifted mezzo soprano with perfect pitch, a music teacher, a member of the Abbey Singers and the Wordsworth Singers and a former Music Coordinator on the Festival committee. She played piano and recorder and was a member of singing quartet Cantrix. She founded and ran the Dalston Ladies’ Choir for ten years from 1988 but is best remembered for having founded the Dalston Male Voice Choir in 1985 and acted as its Musical Director for 27 fun-filled years.
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