Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	From the New World [arr. D. Rimmer]
Adjudicators:	John Baldwin , Cyril Yorath
Venue:	Octagon Theatre, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Slaithwaite	Derek Broadbent	4	190
2	Hoyland	Maurice Thompson	9	189
3	Langwith Miners	George Henry Thorpe	3	187
4	Skelmersdale	William Lyon	12	186
	Fairfield Buxton	Trevor Naden	1
	Shirland Miners	Doug Carlin	2
	Berisfords	Charles Cook	5
	Walkden	Ernest Vint	6
	Stalybridge Public	Les Hine	7
	Stanton Works	Albert Lunn	8
	Heage	Tom Street	10
	Dodworth Miners	Stanley O'Connor	11
W	Stretford Old

Choice of From the New World or Song and Dances.
Prizes - 1st £50 and trophy, 2nd £35 and cup, 3rd £25.
Best soprano - Slaithwaite.
12 bands competed.