Format:	Set Test and Own Choice
Test Piece:	Isaiah 40 1996
Adjudicators:	Bramwell Gregson , William Himes , Steve Sykes
Venue:	Pheasant Run Resort (Ballroom), St. Charles, Illinois, USA

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Total
1	Brass Band of Columbus	Paul Droste		276.0
2	Eastern Iowa Brass Band	John de Salme	English Heritage 1988	262.0
3	Atlantic Brass Band	Salvatore Scarpa	A Lowry Sketchbook 1992	260.4
4	Sheldon Theatre Brass Band	Larry Brentzel	Earth, Fire, Water - Incantation	253.0
5	Central Ohio Brass Band	Les Susi	La Forza del Destino (The Force of Destiny) - Overture [arr. F. Wright] 1962	243.2

Illinois Brass Band ineligible to compete having won in 1996, 1997 and 1998

Total points calculated as 60% of Set Piece points plus 40% of Own Choice points

Single draw format with bands playing all items consecutively