Las Vegas-style entertainment comes to Albert Lea High School on Saturday.

The Albert Lea High School ‘CAT’aclysmic show choir, will host its annual show choir competition on Saturday. This marks the 14th year of this event and brings in schools for a day of entertainment and friendly competition.

The day will begin at 10:45 a.m. with schools from prep, class B, and class A divisions. Albert Lea’s Southwest Blue Sky will perform at 10:45 a.m. and Albert Lea’s SASS group will compete about noon. After lunch more schools will compete beginning at 1:30.

Albert Lea CATaclysmic will perform at the end of the afternoon in exhibition at 3:30 p.m.

Each choir performs for 25 minutes and meets with an adjudicator for a short critique while watching their performance on a videotape. At the end of the daytime competition, the top three winners from each class will be announced and the top five scores overall will be presented with the championship trophies. There will be no finals show in the evening this year due to a lower number of participants.

The show choir students and their parents work to put together a day complete with food and decorations.

Schools competing this year are Albert Lea’s Southwest Middle School, ALHS SASS, Waseca, Jackson County Central, St. James, Omaha North, North St Paul and the International School of Minnesota.

Tickets are available at the door and are $8 for adults and $5 for students for the whole day.

Following is a roundup of other events happening in the area this weekend.

Saturday, April 4

 The Humane Society of Freeborn County will hold a meet-and-greet event for its adoptable animals from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Albert Lea Animal Shelter.

 The Honda Gold Wing Road Riders will have an exhibit at Northbridge Mall from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

 The Austin Area Solos and Singles will hold a dance from 7:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Waseca American Legion Club. The Zen Zen Band will play. Cost is $7 for members and $8 for non-members.

Sunday, April 5

 The Conger Volunteer Fire Department will hold its annual pancake breakfast from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Conger Community Center. Pancakes, french toast, eggs, sausage, milk and orange juice will be served. Cost is $6 for adults and $4 for children ages 6 to 12.

 The Honda Gold Wing Road Riders will have an exhibit at Northbridge Mall from noon to 5 p.m.

 The opening reception for the Albert Lea Art Center’s April exhibits will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Art Center, 224 S. Broadway Ave. The secondary students’ art show is in the Storrer Gallery and the Norwegian art show is in the Herfindahl Gallery. Norwegian refreshments — lefse, rosettes, krumkaka, kringla, cream puffs, breads, coffee and punch — will be served in the Cruikshank Gallery. There will be music by Peter and David Grano.