Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Ralph B. Tarn , Ernest Woodhouse
Venue:	Locarno Ballroom, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	Wigan and District	Edward Gray	Victorian Melodies	7	179
2	Whitworth Vale and Healey	Hugh Parry	The Shipbuilders 1960	17	178
3	Radcliffe Borough	Charles A. Randall		6	177
4	Rothwell Temperance	Gordon Roberts	Suite in Bb [Jacob] 1955	1	176
	Parr Public	Bob Kerwick		2
	Long Lea Valley	Royce Pritchett		3
	Windsor	Jack Clayton		4
	Colne Borough	W. Bower		5
	Christ Church	Ernie Wedgewood		8
	Tintwistle	John Golland	Labour and Love 1913	9
	Haigh	Alan Mason	Homage to Pharaoh	10
	Latchford	Fred Ingham	Labour and Love 1913	11
	Yorkshire Transport	Edward Griffiths		12
	Warrington Youth	Len Andrews		13
	Boarshurst	A. F. Ashworth		14
	Preston Youth	Tom Mitchell		15
	Earby	Harold Smith		16

Prizes - 1st £20 and trophy, 2nd £12, 3rd £6.
21st annual contest.
17 bands competed.