| Format: | Test Piece Contest |
|---|---|
| Test Piece: | Festival Music (Symphonic Suite) 1956 |
| Adjudicators: | Derek Bourgeois , Philip Catelinet , Arthur Kenney |
| Venue: | Winter Gardens, Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK |
| Position | Band | Conductor | Draw | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Grimethorpe Colliery
|
Peter Parkes | 13 | 589 |
| 2 |
Desford Colliery Dowty
|
Howard Snell | 4 | 583 |
| 3 |
Point of Ayr Colliery Welfare
|
Denzil Stephens | 12 | 577 |
| 4 |
Thoresby Colliery Welfare
|
Keith Wilkinson | 3 | 576 |
| 5 |
Carlton Main Frickley Colliery
|
Denzil Stephens | 10 | 575 |
| 6 |
Kinneil Colliery Silver
|
John Childs | 14 | 566 |
| 7 |
Brodsworth Colliery
|
Kenneth Dennison | 6 | 551 |
| 8 |
Tredegar Town
|
Steve Walkley | 16 | 550 |
| 9 |
Lewis Merthyr Working Men's Institute
|
Lyndon Baglin | 5 | 547 |
| 10 |
National Smokeless Fuels
|
David Loukes | 11 | 546 |
| 11 |
Easington colliery
|
David Binding | 1 | 543 |
| 12 |
Newtongrange & Bilston Colliery
|
Nigel Boddice | 7 | 539 |
| 13 |
Harton & Westoe Colliery
|
Ken Robinson | 2 | 538 |
| 13 |
Fauldhouse Miners Youth
|
Tom Martin | 15 | 538 |
| 15 |
Betteshanger Colliery Welfare
|
David Burridge | 9 | 535 |
| 16 |
Blidworth Welfare BJ Mining
|
Alan Tyler | 8 | 530 |
16 bands competed