Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Second Rhapsody on Negro Spirituals 1954
Adjudicators:	Kenneth Dennison
Venue:	Floral Pavilion, New Brighton, Cheshire

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Chester Blue Coat	William Maginn	1	80
2	Royal Buckley	J. K. Lloyd		78
3	Colwyn Borough	R. F. Moon		75
	North Ashton	Leslie Naylor
	Windsor Salford	Jack Clayton
W	Chapel-en-le-Frith

Prizes - 1st £30, 2nd £10, 3rd £5.
March contest - 1st(£10) North Ashton(Knight Templar) 2nd(£5) Colwyn (Castell Caerffili)
4th annual contest
5 bands competed.