Format:	Own Choice from a Specified List
Adjudicators:	F. J. Beckingham
Venue:	Radisson Blu Edwardian Manchester Hotel, Manchester, Greater Manchester, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	East Lancs Paper Group	Malcolm Brownbill	Alice in Wonderland [Hanmer] 1974	13	193
2	Berisfords	Charles Cook	Promenade 1969	20	190
3	Goodshaw	John Golland	Promenade 1969	4	187
4	Stacksteads	Alec Evans	Promenade 1969	2	185
5	Newton Heath W.M.C.	Charles Holt	Alice in Wonderland [Hanmer] 1974	19	184
6	Mossley	Harold Robinson	Promenade 1969	5	183
W	Blackley		Promenade 1969	7

Prizes - 1st £25 and cup, 2nd £15 and cup, 3rd £10 and rose bowl.
Contest ran as an experiment - all three sections played together in one pre-drawn contest with a choice of three test pieces per section.
6 bands competed.