EAST Lancashire's very own Oscars will be held at the Dunkenhalgh Hotel in Clayton-le-Moors tomorrow night.

Local theatre and operatic groups will be anxiously waiting to see if any of their productions have won one of the 20 awards up for grabs at the National Operatic and Dramatic Association's annual awards night.

The glittering occasion brings together all the societies who are members of region three of Noda in the North West, covering the whole of East Lancashire.

Among the awards to be presented on the night will be the Lancashire Evening Telegraph Curtain Raiser Award for Outstanding Contribution to Amateur Theatre.

The compere for the evening will be David Lewis.

The nominations:

BEST ACTOR (MUSICAL): Roger Dugdale, Annie (Blackburn Amateurs); Richard Garnett, The Merry Widow (Blackburn G&S Society); David Norris, Hot Mikado (Accrington Theatre Group); Keith Pounder, Ebenezer, (St Stephen's AODS); Simon Westwell, Kiss Me Kate (Burnley LOS).

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (MUSICAL): David Evans, Scrooge - The Musical (St John's Gt Marsden); Barry Hall, Hot Mikado (Accrington Theatre Group); Jim Ogden, Die Fledermaus (Pendle Opera).

BEST ACTRESS (MUSICAL): Sue Avenson, Gypsy (Bacup AODS); Helen Boyes, Hot Mikado (Accrington Theatre Group); Irene Lunt, Gypsy (Bacup AODS); Suzanne Mather, Die Fledermaus (Pendle Opera); Judith Riley, Kiss Me Kate (Burnley LOS).

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (MUSICAL): Susan Fry, Annie (Blackburn Amateurs); Debbie Mitchell, Gypsy (Bacup AODS); Deborah Smith, Me and My Girl (Rossendale AOS); Cassie Riley, Gypsy (Bacup AODS).

BEST ACTRESS (PLAY): Anne Allen, Sylvia's Wedding (Burnley Garrick Club); Jean Jones, The Memory of Water (Blackburn Drama Club); Anita Shaw, The Herbal Bed (Blackburn Drama Club); Ann Starkes, The Importance of Being Earnest (Blackburn Arts Club).

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS (PLAY): Lynne Atkinson, Sylvia's Wedding (Burnley Garrick Club); Angela Boult, Don't Dress For Dinner (Burnley Garrick Club); Lesley Jackson, The Haunting of Hill House (Oswaldtwistle Players); Kathleen Riley, Sylvia's Wedding (Burnley Garrick Club); Sheila Turner, The Herbal Bed (Blackburn Drama Club).

BEST ACTOR (PLAY): lan Hargreaves, That Goodnight (Burnley Garrick Club); Brian Haworth, Don't Dress For Dinner (Burnley Garrick Club); Malcolm Heyworth, Theft (Todmorden AODS); Paul McGowan, Happy Families (Rossendale Players); Franco Paolucci, Beyond Reasonable Doubt (Rossendale Players).

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR (PLAY): Martin Chadwick, Sylvia's Wedding (Burnley Garrick Club); Steven Derbyshire, The Herbal Bed (Blackburn Drama Club); Michael Eccles, The Herbal Bed (Blackburn Drama Club); Eddie Hammond,

Dead Man's Hand (Blackburn Arts Club); Adrian Hartley, Don't Dress For Dinner (Burnley Garrick Club).

BEST ARTISTIC DIRECTION (MUSICAL): David Norris, Annie (Blackburn Amateurs); Howard Raw, Hot Mikado (Accrington Theatre Group); Anthony Williams, Kiss Me Kate (Burnley LOS); Anthony Williams, Gypsy (Bacup AODS).

BEST ARTISTIC DIRECTION (PLAY): Carol-Anne Connolly, Neville's Island (Rossendale Players); Dorothy Perkins, The Herbal Bed (Blackburn Drama Club); Barbara Simpson, Don't Dress For Dinner (Burnley Garrick Club); Peter Wakefield, The Rise & Fall of Little Voice (Todmorden AODS).

BEST CHOREOGRAPHY: Kathy Louise Foster, Hot Mikado (Accrington Theatre Group); Ann Grogan, Sweet Charity (Clitheroe Parish Church AODS); Anthony Williams, Kiss Me Kate (Burnley LOS).

BEST COMEDY PERFORMANCE: Angela Boult, Don't Dress For Dinner (Burnley Garrick Club); David Norris, Hot Mikado (Accrington Theatre Group); Brian Whittaker, Cash On Delivery (Blackburn Drama Club); William Willis,

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (St Mary's Pantomime Group).

BEST CHORUS: Hot Mikado (Accrington Theatre Group); Kiss Me Kate (Burnley LOS).

BEST CONCERT OR REVUE: Christmas Spectacular (Bacup AODS); The Magic of the West End (Todmorden AODS).

BEST COSTUME DESIGN: Annie Get Your Gun (Bacup BYTES); Carousel (Greenbrook AODS).

BEST MUSICAL DIRECTION: Patricia Tarrant Gaunt, Annie (Blackburn Amateurs); Joan Pate, Hot Mikado (Accrington Theatre Group); Roger Purcell, Sweet Charity (Clitheroe Parish Church AODS); Nick Sanders, Kiss Me Kate (Burnley LOS).

BEST PANTOMIME: Aladdin (Bacup AODS); Aladdin (Burnley Panto Group); Hansel and Gretel (Dorothy Bruce School of Dance).

BEST STAGE DESIGN: The Herbal Bed, Geoff Eccles (Blackburn Drama Club); The Merry Widow (Blackburn G & S Society); Neville's Island, David Walton (Rossendale Players); The Rise & Fall of Little Voice, John Thomas (Todmorden AODS).

BEST TECHNICAL DIRECTION: The Herbal Bed (Blackburn Drama Club); Neville's Island (Rossendale Players); The Rise and Fall of Little Voice (Todmorden AODS).

BEST LIGHTING DESIGN: Ebenezer (St Stephen's AODS); Hot Mikado (Accrington Theatre Group); Kiss Me Kate (Burnley LOS); That Goodnight (Burnley Garrick Club).