Format:	Own Choice Test Piece Contest
Adjudicators:	Denis Carr , Joseph Horovitz , Rex Mortimer
Venue:	Winter Gardens, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Music	Draw	Points
1	Grimethorpe Colliery	James Scott	Connotations 1976	15	581
2	Carlton Main Frickley Colliery Band	David James	Spectrum [Vinter] 1968	2	574
3	Desford Colliery Welfare Band	Howard Snell	Benvenuto Cellini [arr. Wright] 1970	6	567
4	Thoresby Colliery	William Lippeatt	The Accursed Huntsman 1973	13	558
5	Brodsworth Colliery	John Childs	Diadem of Gold 1953	8
6	Lochgelly	George Bennett	Fantasy for Brass Band [Arnold] 1974	16
	Teversal Colliery	Stephen Shimwell	John O'Gaunt [Vinter] 1968	1
	Calverton Celtite	L. J. Hartill	The Judges of the Secret Court (Les Francs Juges) 1961	3
	Lewis Merthyr	Nigel Seaman	Variations on a Ninth 1964	4
	Easington Colliery	David Binding	Le Roi d'Ys 1959	5
	Markham and District	Jim Davies	The Corsair 1969	7
	Shirland Miners	Doug Carlin	James Cook, Circumnavigator 1969	9
	Harton and Westoe	Gary Young	Tam O'Shanter's Ride [Wright] 1956	10
	National Smokeless Fuels	James Foxcroft	La Forza del Destino [unknown arranger]	11
	Ystalyfera Public	H. G. Lewis	Symphony of Marches 1963	12
	Betteshanger Colliery	John Goold	John O'Gaunt [Vinter] 1968	14

16 bands competed.