The fifth annual "Greeneville Band Classic" will be held on Saturday, Oct. 4, on Pioneer Field at Tusculum College.

The marching band competition hosted by the Greeneville High School Band Boosters will feature bands from 15 high schools in the region, including Chuckey-Doak, West Greene and South Greene high schools.

Other competing bands are from Cloudland, Red Bank, Sullivan East, Chilhowee, Patrick Henry, Cocke County, Elizabethton, Abingdon, Morristown-West, Carter, Powell and Science Hill high schools.

North Greene High School's band will perform the National Anthem to begin the event at 1:35 p.m.

Greeneville High School's band is scheduled to perform an exhibition at 7:50 p.m., followed by the awards ceremony at 8:30.

Gates open at 11 a.m.

Admission is $5 for adults, and children ages 5 and under are free.

For more information, go to the Greeneville Band Classic Web site at http://www.gcschools.net .htm