MAY I say how much I enjoyed The Wizard Of Oz at Rowntree Theatre recently.

The New Earswick Musical Society may be a smaller group but the casting by director Ann McCreadie made it a memorable show.

There was Carol Richardson's wicked witch, Alan Rome's tin man, and Steve Padfield's cowardly lion; and who would have guessed that Gareth Cheesman was making his debut as a scarecrow that stumbled all over the stage? It was a super show.

I only went to see my brother-in-law play the wizard, but I came out whistling all the tunes.

Allan Denney,

Catesby House,

Holgate Road, York.

Updated: 10:20 Tuesday, November 16, 2004