Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Richard Evans
Venue:	Octagon Theatre, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	Hollingworth	James Cant		1	188
2	Bollington	Brian Taylor		3	177
3	Bury Brass	R. L. Jackson		4	174
	Fairfield Buxton	Unknown		2
	Royal British Legion Syston	A. M. Bestwick		5
	Eccles Borough	Graham Smith		6
	Sale	Robert Richards		7
	New Mills Co-op	Charles Woodward		8
	Elmfield	Jack Bennett		9
	Goodshaw	Edwin Bull		10
	Micklehurst	D. Ritchie Howard		11
	Cadishead Public	J. R. Hesford		12
	Chapel-en-le-Frith	Gordon Booth		13
	Burbage Buxton	Barry Thompson		14

Prizes - 1st £135 and trophy, 2nd £85 and trophy, 3rd £70 and trophy.
29th annual contest
14 bands competed.