Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Ballet for Band 1983
Adjudicators:	Dennis Wilby
Venue:	Winter Gardens (Opera House Theatre), Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Britannia Building Society Foden Band	Howard Snell	5	194
2	Williams Fairey Engineering Band	Roy Newsome	9	193
3	Leyland Daf Band	Richard Evans	11	191
4	Besses o' th' Barn	Sandy Blair	8	189
5	Kennedy's Swinton Concert Brass	David King	13	188
6	British Aerospace Manchester Band	Eric Landon	2	187
7	British Aerospace Wingates Band	Geoffrey Brand	7	0
8	British Telecom Band	John Maines	4	0
9	Rochdale Band	Tony Cresswell	6	0
10	Stalybridge & Jones & Bros.	Trevor Walmsley	14	0
11	Point of Ayr Colliery EIMCO Band	James Scott	3	0
12	Dobcross Silver Band	Peter Weston	1	0
13	Roberts Bakery Band	Colin Cranson	12	0
14	Northop Silver Band	Jim Davies	15	0
15	Blackburn and Darwen Band	Alec Evans	10	0

Prizes - 1st £200 and trophy, 2nd £100, 3rd £50.
15 bands competed