Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Ralph Nellist
Venue:	Drill Hall, Bury, Lancashire

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	Holme Silver	Unknown		8	192
2	Bolton Borough	Unknown	Three Inventions 1968	2	189
3	Skelmersdale	Unknown	The Shipbuilders 1960	1	188
4	Delph	Unknown	King Lear	7	187
4	Leigh Silver	Unknown	Academic Festival Overture 1936	10	187
	Prescot	George Lawrenson	Themes from Symphony No. 5 [Beethoven]	3
	Bury Silver	Hugh Parry	Peter Schmoll 1961	4
	Radcliffe Borough	Unknown		4
	Prestwich Borough	Unknown		6
	Boothstown British Legion	Unknown		9
	Haslingden Borough	Unknown	Les Preludes [arr. Rimmer]	11

Prizes - 1st £15 and trophy, 2nd £10 and cup, 3rd £5, 4th cup.
20th annual contest.
11 bands competed.