Format:	Test Piece Contest
Test Piece:	Solemn Melody [arr. Gay] or Scenes from a Comedy 1997
Adjudicators:	John Maines
Venue:	Winter Gardens (Empress Ballroom), Blackpool, Lancashire, England, UK

Position	Band	Conductor	Draw	Points
1	Hazel Grove	Les Hall	2	179
2	Haslingden and Helmshore	David Holland	6	178
3	Pilling Silver Jubilee	Stephen Simpson	5	177
4	Golborne	Geoff Williams	14	176
5	Standish	Kenneth Rollins	7	175
6	Burnley Alliance Silver	David Shaw	1	174
7	Barnton Silver	Stephen A. Yates	13	173
8	Old Hall Brass	Neil Parkinson	9	172
9	Thornton Cleveleys	Christopher Andrews	11	171
10	Uppermill	Jim Hunter	3	170
11	Earby	Peter Young	4	169
12	Friezland	Lana Tingay	12	168
13	Douglas Town	Ken Mitchell	8	167
14	Nelson Brass	Keith Richmond	10	166