Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Carnival [Perkin] 1957
Adjudicators:	Harold Hind , Frank Wright
Venue:	Belle Vue (Kings Hall), Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Black Dyke Mills	George Willcocks	15	193
2	Carlton Main Frickley Colliery	Jack Atherton	14	191
3	Foden Motor Works	Rex Mortimer	7	189
4	Besses o' th' Barn	Willie Wood	12	188
5	Rushden Temperance	William Scholes	6	187
6	Fairey Aviation	Harry Mortimer	16	186
	Munn & Feltons	Harry Mortimer	1	177
	Grimethorpe Colliery	George Thompson	2
	Edge Hill	William Yates	3
	Wingates Temperance	Hugh Parry	4
	Ransome & Marles	Eric Ball	5
	Barrow Shipyard	Herbert Sutcliffe	8
	Ferodo Works	George Hespe	9
	Leyland Motors	Harold Moss	10
	Sankey's Castle Works	Tom Francis	11
	Prescot Cables	John Capper	13
W	City of Coventry
W	Crossley Carpets

Prizes - 1st £150 and Gold Trophy, 2nd £120 and cup, 3rd £80, 4th £50, 5th £30, 6th £20.
16 bands competed.