Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Sounds 1973
Adjudicators:	Roy Newsome
Venue:	Opera House, Winter Gardens, Blackpool, Lancashire

Position	Band	Conductor	Points
1	Williams Fairey Band	James Gourlay	197
2	BNFL Leyland Band	Richard Evans	196
3	Britannia Building Society Foden Band	Howard Snell	195
4	Marple	Garry Cutt	194
5	Besses o' th' Barn	Derek Broadbent	0
6	British Telecom	Alan Lawton
7	Wingates Band	Nicholas Childs	0
9	Stalybridge Old	John Maines	0
10	United Norwest Co-op	Roy Curran	0
11	Poynton Band	Lindsay Lawrie	0
12	Blackburn and Darwen Band	Edward Tarling	0
13	Dobcross Silver Band	Mark Owen	0