Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	English Folk Song Suite 1956
Adjudicators:	Thomas James Powell
Venue:	De Montfort Hall, Leicester, Leicestershire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Points
1	Rushden Town	F. J. Murdin	186
2	Kibworth Silver Prize	G. M. Elliott	180
3	Burbage Silver Prize (Buxton)	George Hill	175
	A.M.C. Instrumental	Michael Sharp
	Ashbourne Town	George Lyttle
	Barton Town	Gerald Benson
	Bulkington Silver	A. J. Bicknell
	Church Gresley Colliery Welfare	H. J. Middleton
	Darley Dale Silver	D. Shore
	Desford Colliery Welfare	Bernard Springett
	Dunchurch Silver	W. C. Spooner
	Greenway Moor Prize	Edward Gray
	Harworth Colliery	George Lee
	Lincoln British Legion	Harvey Nuttall
	Long Eaton Silver Prize	Arthur Marshall
	Mansfield Colliery Welfare	Reginald Mason
	Michelin Works	Roland Davis
	Rolls Royce Works	Dennis Elliott
	Shirebrook Miners' Welfare	T. Oughton
	Shirley Silver	Charles A. Wilford
	Stamford Town Prize Silver	J. E. Haddon
	Whitwell Colliery Welfare	J. Bright
	Wollaston Town Silver	E. Boddington

23 bands competed.