The Mid-Prairie High School Jazz Band will be competing at the Southeast Iowa Bandmasters Jazz Festival this Saturday.

The band will be performing the songs Tall Cotton by Sammy Nestico, Back in Time by Pat Metheny, and Critical Mass by Jeff Jarvis. Awards are given to the top three bands in each class at the festival and the top two bands in each class automatically qualify for the Iowa Jazz Championships on April 5. The SEIBA Jazz Festival takes place Saturday at Iowa City West High School.