ORGANISERS of the Dudley Festival of Music, Drama and Dance are desperately seeking a new treasurer and dance secretary to help co-ordinate the popular event.

The festival committee fear they will not be able to run next year's festival if they cannot find anyone to take over the voluntary positions by July's AGM.

Chairman Gillian Bloore said more than 1,500 people take part in the festival each year and it would be "a great shame to deny performers a platform in order to gain confidence in demonstrating their artistic skills in front of an audience" if they can't find enough people to help organise and run the event.

Anyone interested in taking on one of the roles or joining the committee should call Gillian on 01384 837536 or Mary Burns on 01922 691578.