Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Festival Music (Symphonic Suite) 1956
Adjudicators:	Arthur Butterworth , Kenneth Dennison
Venue:	Belle Vue (Cumberland Suite), Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Brodsworth Colliery Welfare	Denis Carr	20	193
2	Roberts Bakery	Colin Cranson	6	191
3	Rockingham	Graham O'Connor	14	188
4	Stalybridge Tetley Walker Brewery	Ernest Woodhouse	18	186
5	Hymac (Rhymney) Works	C. Brian Buckley	12	185
6	Andrews Heat for Hire	David Hirst	19	184
	Vickers Barrow Works	William Maginn	1
	Dobcross	Les Beevers	2
	Lewis Merthyr	Nigel Seaman	3
	Point of Ayr Colliery	Graham Jones	4
	Yorkshire Relish	Graham Walker	5
	Northop	Kevin Bolton	7
	Urmston & Davyhulme	Geoffrey Seals	8
	Lancashire Constabulary	Anthony Briggs	10
	Edge Hill	Robert Dean	11
	Harton & Westoe Colliery	Ken Johnson	15
	Shirland Miners Welfare	Doug Carlin	16
	Greenall's Champion	John Hudson	17
	Solent Concert	Wesley Garner	18
W	Hepworth
W	Kippax
W	Loughborough

Prize:

1st: 300
2nd: 250
3rd: 175
4th: 125