Central College invites the public to the Intercollegiate Honor Band Festival at 2 pm on Saturday in Douwstra Auditorium on Central’s campus.

A public concert will conclude the two-day Intercollegiate Honor Band Festival, which takes place today and tomorrow. College students from 10 Iowa institutions will rehearse throughout the day today and again tomorrow morning. Participating schools include Buena Vista University, Central College, Clarke University, Coe College, Iowa Central Community College, Northwestern College, St. Ambrose University, Simpson College, the University of Dubuque, and William Penn University.

Senior lecturer of music and director of the Flying Pans Steel Band Stan Dahl and lecturer of music and director of bands Brad Lampe organized the event. They invited Captain David Regner of the United States Air Force Heritage of America Band, based at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia, and the USAF Heartland of America Band, based at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Nebraska, to conduct the concert.

The free concert will feature works by Andrew Boysen, Gustav Holst, Michael Markowski, Modest Mussorgsky, Florence Price, and Alfred Reed.