Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Sounds 1973
Adjudicators:	Roy Newsome
Venue:	Opera House, Winter Gardens, Blackpool, Lancashire

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Williams Fairey Band	James Gourlay	3	197
2	BNFL Leyland Band	Richard Evans	11	196
3	Britannia Building Society Foden Band	Howard Snell	9	195
4	Marple	Garry Cutt	7	194
5	Besses o' th' Barn	Derek Broadbent	12	193
6	British Telecom	Alan Lawton	1	191
7	Wingates Band	Nicholas Childs	5	190
9	Stalybridge Old	John Maines	13	188
10	United Norwest Co-op	Roy Curran	10	187
11	Poynton Band	Lindsay Lawrie	6	185
12	Blackburn and Darwen Band	Edward Tarling	2	183
13	Dobcross Silver Band	Mark Owen	4	180

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