HAZEL HODDER Hazel Hodder, a doyenne of community theatre began performing and dancing with Burnley Light Opera Society in her early teen on an annual basis eventually becoming the choreographer for this society for many years. She is now a life member of this group. In the 1970s she became disappointed that the town of Burnley no longer had any organisation performing the traditional family pantomime and it was from here a journey of almost 40 years began. Burnley Pantomime Society first production was Cinderella performed in a local church hall in front of audiences totalling a couple of hundred over a few performances. She made most of the costumes, family and friends created the sets and musical accompaniment. From those humble beginnings Burnley Pantomime Society become a very highly regarded organisation which now performs to well over 4000 children and adults every year producing pantomimes which their audiences say can rival any major professional pantomimes across the North West. Her creative ideas have ensured the society continues to go from strength to strength through her roles of choreographer, director, producer and more recently chair, she is responsible for an integral part of the Burnley amateur theatre movement.
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