n FOLLOWING their successful performance of Handel's Messiah at Blackburn Cathedral, Blackburn Music Society will start rehearsals for Hayden's Creation on January 5 at 7.30 pm.

Practice begins at Leamington Road Baptist Church, for performance in the cathedral on April 24. New members are always welcome.

n MAYHEM, magic and mirth are promised in Burnley Garrick Club's production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, at Burnley Mechanics from January 21 to 24. Box tel 01282 664400.

n TAP your shoes together three times and you may be transported to Brunshaw Youth Centre on Morse Street, Burnley. For that's where Brunshaw Action Group and Brunshaw Youth Centre will be performing the enchanting musical The Wizard Of Oz from Friday January 2 to Sunday January 4 at 7.30pm (Sunday matinee 2.30pm). Tickets £3.50 for adults, concessions £2.50. Tel 01282 715400 or 07984 145141.

n BLACKBURN Amateurs' spring show - South Pacific - runs on May 10 - 15 next year, with singing rehearsals starting on Monday, January 5 at the Thwaites Theatre, Ewood.