Box and Fiddle
Year 38 No 05
January 2015
Ron Hodgson (1929 – 2014)
by Rob Howard
Ron Hodgson, from Carlisle, was one of the seminal figures in the post-war accordion scene, highly respected, modest, and very well liked and an enthusiast for all things accordion.
He was a superb accordionist, founder/MD of the Ronmar Accordion Orchestra, teacher, composer, arranger, BCA examiner, NAO Chairman and festival organizer, and adjudicator. Gary Blair recalls, “I once phoned Ron late at night before an NAO area competition I was organizing, as a judge had let me down. He came up first thing in the morning, judged all day and refused to take a penny, even for petrol! That was a measure of the man. He will be missed”.
Ron was known to many as an orchestral MD at accordion festivals such as Caister and St. Audries Bay. Ron Hodgson passed away on October 10th, 2014. Harry Hussey played at his funeral service on October 24th. He is survived by his wife Margaret and son Ivor.
by Rob Howard
Ron Hodgson, from Carlisle, was one of the seminal figures in the post-war accordion scene, highly respected, modest, and very well liked and an enthusiast for all things accordion.
He was a superb accordionist, founder/MD of the Ronmar Accordion Orchestra, teacher, composer, arranger, BCA examiner, NAO Chairman and festival organizer, and adjudicator. Gary Blair recalls, “I once phoned Ron late at night before an NAO area competition I was organizing, as a judge had let me down. He came up first thing in the morning, judged all day and refused to take a penny, even for petrol! That was a measure of the man. He will be missed”.
Ron was known to many as an orchestral MD at accordion festivals such as Caister and St. Audries Bay. Ron Hodgson passed away on October 10th, 2014. Harry Hussey played at his funeral service on October 24th. He is survived by his wife Margaret and son Ivor.