The Mercer Island High School marching band is competing in the KZOK School of the Rock contest again this year. The contest, put on by KZOK and The Rock Woodfired Pizza, features local high school bands, who create a video of them playing a classic rock song.

This year Mercer Island’s video features the band performing Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”. Voting is currently open in the contest, which runs from Jan. 4 until Feb. 1.

On Feb. 1 the top ten videos receiving votes will go to a judges panel, who will vote on Feb. 2 the top four videos. The first place winner receives $10,000 and all top four bands will get pizza from The Rock Woodfired Pizza.

In order to vote for Mercer Island text ROCK 16 to 24300. Standard text messaging rates apply and each phone is allowed 10 text votes per day.

The videos for all the schools, including Mercer Island, can be viewed at The Rock’s Web site.