| Format: | Own Choice from a Specified List |
|---|---|
| Adjudicators: | Eric Ball |
| Venue: | City Hall, Newcastle-upon-Tyne |
| Position | Band | Conductor | Music | Draw | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Craghead Colliery
|
Eric Cunningham |
Jupiter Symphony
|
6 | 184 |
| 2 |
Easington Colliery
|
Cecil Peacock |
Festival Music (Symphonic Suite)
1956
|
7 | 183 |
| 3 |
S.H. & W.R. Shipyard
|
George Lee |
Festival Music (Symphonic Suite)
1956
|
5 | 181 |
| 4 |
Tullis Russell Mills
|
Drake Rimmer |
Lorenzo
1928
|
4 | 174 |
Horden Colliery
|
A. L. Palmer | 1 | |||
Hawick
|
James Amos |
Lorenzo
1928
|
2 | ||
Bowhill Colliery
|
Enoch Jackson |
Lorenzo
1928
|
3 | ||
Blackhall Colliery
|
Harold Strong | 8 | |||
| W |
Cowpen and Crofton
|
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| W |
Crookhall Colliery
|
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| W |
Durham Shakespeare
|
Choice of Lorenzo, Festival Music or Jupiter Symphony.
Prizes - 1st £50 and trophy, 2nd £30, 3rd £20.
8 bands competed.