Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Second Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals 1954
Adjudicators:	C. Brian Buckley , Gordon Higginbottom
Venue:	Pontins Holiday Centre (Ballroom), Ainsdale Beach, Southport

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Norwest Co-op Wardle	Anthony Briggs	6	188
2	Freckleton	Gordon Clough	14	186
3	Yorkshire Evening Post	Malcolm Simpson	13	185
4	Longridge	Anthony Hindley	7	183
5	Northop Silver	Jim Davies	9	182
6	Greenfield	Nigel Lawless	5	181
7	Home Charm Paints Thornhill	Graham Walker	2	179
	Hesketh Bank	Barry Taylor	1
	Ind Coope Burton Brewery	Eric Johnson	3
	Llanrug	Frank Boylin	4
	Greenalls Brewery	Trevor Halliwell	8
	Tintwistle	Geoff Bradley	10
	City of Chester	Philip Mottershead	11
	Pemberton Old	Edward Tarling	12
	Monklands Youth	Jim Smith	15
	Bedford Leigh	Stephen Tighe	16
	Lockwood	Bob Lennon	17
W	Boldon Colliery

Prizes - 1st £400 and cup, 2nd £250, 3rd £175, 4th £100, 5th £75, 6th £50.
17 bands competed.