The Junction City High School Marching Band will be among high school bands fro four states that participate in t he Central States Marching Festival at Kansas State University on Saturday.

The festival will feature 36 high school marching bands taking part in clinics with member of the KSU Marching Band staff and presenting field performances judged by a panel of nationally recognized marching band professionals. The bands will receive individual clinics with members of the video critique panel after their field performances and obtain a rating of superior, excellent or good by class with accompanying awards. The categories used in judging include repertoire, performance, coordination, auxiliaries and music.

General admission to the Central States Marching Festival is $10, or $5 with a student ID.

Band clinics will begin at 9 a.m. at Memorial Stadium. Field performances start at 11:45 a.m. at Bill Snyder Family Stadium and will run throughout the day and evening, capped off with a performance by the Pride of Wildcat Land, the Kansas State University Marching Band.