10/19/24 Bassett HS, Drums Along the Blue Ridge
Bassett High School
85 Riverside Drive
Bassett, VA 24055
Ticket Information
General Admission: $10
Students: $5
Children (ages 5 and under): Free
All tickets for this event are considered general admission. There are no reserved seats. No refunds or exchanges.
There will be metal detectors used at this event. There is NO clear bag policy.
There is currently construction in process on our new fieldhouse inside the stadium. All parking must take place in the school parking lot. There will be no car access inside the stadium. Handicap parking is located in the lower parking lot.
Logistics
PRELIMINARY EVENT/ FINALS EVENT
All ensembles will be performing in our preliminary event within their respective classes. Classes have been fairly balanced based on the registrants for this year’s event. You might be in a higher class than you are used to. This is due to the large number of similarly sized bands at DATBR. After the preliminary awards, we will have a directors meeting at the hospitality tent to draw for performance order for finals.
AWARDS
Prelim awards will be judged in class only. Awards presented will be 1st/2nd in Color Guard and Percussion, 1st in Music/GE/Visual Performance and class placement. We will not announce scores in the preliminary awards.
Finals awards will be judged as one contest, no classes. We will award 1st-11th place and also give first place awards in all captions.
ADJUDICATORS
Music: Ben Hylton- Myrtle Beach, SC
Music: Chris Foster- Cary, NC
Visual: Doug Casteen- Moseley, VA
Visual: Josh Potter-Charlotte, NC
Percussion: Andy Burnette- Collinsville, VA
Color Guard: Jenny Hudson- Smithfield, NC
The music and visual judges will switch from Ensemble/GE for finals. This will give a different panel read for your bands. Percussion and Color Guard will remain the same.
WATER STATIONS
We will provide a water station at the top of the hill entering the stadium.
CONCESSIONS
Our wonderful band boosters concessions will be available, so please eat with us! Please take advantage of our pre-order plan. Please do not tailgate, grill, or bring in outside food. As this event is a fundraiser for our program, encourage your students to eat at our concession stand.
SPECTATOR TICKETS
General admission tickets are available at the gate for $10.
Student tickets may be purchased at the gate for $5.
Children 5 and under are free.
VIDEO PASSES
A roped off area will be provided in front of the pressbox.
DIRECTOR/BAND REGISTRATION
Registration Tent will be located on the road as you enter the campus. Wristbands will be given to staff, chaperones, pit crew and performers.
PARKING
Equipment vehicle parking will be located in the lower parking lot. Bus parking will be in the back of the school. We will guide your bus/trailers to their designated location. Spectator parking will be located in the upper parking lot of the school. Pit Equipment transport trailers are available for each band.
GUIDES
Student Guides will be assigned to each band. They will meet you at registration when your buses pull into the front loop and will be available to assist you throughout your time on campus. They will check in with you if you make finals, but will not remain with you throughout finals.
WARM UP
Warm up is "open" for all bands. You may use the football practice field and areas around the right side of the school (looking at the school). There is no power guaranteed so you may want to bring a generator if you need power for warm up. Please be courteous to all bands when sharing space.
FIELD ENTRY/ EXIT
Field entry will be on the top right corner (Side B/2) facing the field from the press box. Field exit will be the bottom right corner (Side B/2) facing the field from the press box. Everything happens away from the scoreboard.
DIRECTOR/ STAFF/ DRIVER HOSPITALITY
We offer a highly popular hospitality tent for directors and staff! It is conveniently located at the top of the home side for easy viewing of performances. This is for prelims and finals. Come join us and relax!
CHANGING ROOMS/ RESTROOMS
Restroom areas will be available in the front of our building at your designated time. Please be quick during this process.
JUDGES COMMENTS
Judges' comments will be available on Competition Suite this year. Correspondence should come from VMBC regarding access.
1. Preorder for food- You can make your own copy for pre-order. This allows you to choose when you want your kids to eat and not have to stand in line. We will have the order ready when you choose and you can pick it up at the back of the concession stand with one check/credit card to make it easier for you. Please send it to us by Thursday if possible.
2. Updated schedule that we sent out last week.
3. Map of our campus with flow for the day. You will enter from the back of Side 2 and exit on the front of side 2
4. We will have help for your pit with trailers.
5. We will have power on the front sideline. If you need something from the back, please let us know early.
6. We will have HOSPITALITY for you at the top of the stands to GET AWAY and just be adults. We will have lunch and dinner for you and your staff. We will give you dinner passes for the concession stands for your bus/truck drivers. Hospitality is for directors/staff only. We want that to be a get-away for you.
Finals- top 11 scores. Franklin County will go first regardless of how they finish in prelims. We will then draw top 5 and bottom 5 scores from the morning at the hospitality right after prelim awards.