Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Promenade 1969
Adjudicators:	George Thompson
Venue:	Octagon Theatre, Pavilion Gardens, Buxton

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Barrow Colliery	Raymond Elderton	11	189
2	East Lancs Paper Group	David Loukes	1	186
3	Oldham	A. N. Kilroy	18	185
	Ireland Alloys	P. V. Lewis	2
	Tyldesley	Brian Peacock	3
	Berisfords	Charles Cook	4
	Marple	M. McClean	5
	Rothwell Temperance	Gordon Roberts	6
	Hatfield Colliery	Gordon Saville	7
	Colwyn Borough	Frank Boylin	8
	Quaker Sutherland	Murray Slater	9
	Dodworth Colliery	Graham O'Connor	10
	Greenalls Champion	Des Waite	12
	P.O.E.U.	Marcus Cutts	13
	City of Chester	Mervin Hughes	14
	Stocksbridge Works	Fred Partlett	15
	Poulton-le-Fylde	Peter Stephen	16
	Burbage Silver	Don Redfern	17
	Meltham and Meltham Mills	Gordon Pulleyn	19
W	Mossley
W	Whaley Bridge

Prizes - 1st £75 and trophy, 2nd £50 and cup, 3rd £30 and trophy.
Best soloist - soprano of Poulton-le-Fylde.
19 bands competed.
14th annual contest.