Rules and Regulations
Please read the following information carefully so that we all have an understanding of the night’s event.
- Bands are allowed to register before their registration time. Registration will open at 4:30pm.
- After a band has registered, they may watch performing bands. During the course of the evening, bands may be asked to move to the visitors side of the field, so that paying attendees may be seated.
- Bands may change in the stadium restrooms.
- Bands will not be allowed to warm up prior to their scheduled warm-up time.
- NO DRUMLINE AND/OR PIT WILL BE ALLOWED TO WARM-UP IN THE PARKING LOTS OF THE STADIUM. All musicians must warm up in the band’s designated warm-up area.**
- Each band will be allowed one (1) non-paying chaperone per ten (10) students into the gate. This does not include your staff. Each band will be allowed up to ten (10) non-paying pit crew members. If there is a need for more than that, please contact Mr. Ward immediately.
- Each band has exactly fifteen (15) minutes to get on and off the field. This has never been an issue at the Invitational before. Please be courteous to the next band and make an effort to escort your band off the field immediately after your perform, so that the next performance may begin on time.
**If your sideline percussion and/or drumline do in fact begin to warm-up in the parking lot behind the stadium, they will be asked to stop by a Denbigh High School Band Booster Representative and be warned. Mr. Ward will be informed of the violation and will warn the Director of that Band. If the incident reoccurs, one (1) point will be deducted from that bands overall score at the end of the competition.
No band may warm-up before their designated time. If a band decides to go back to the warm-up area before their designated time, they will be asked to wait. If the request is ignored, that band will be disqualified from the event, receive no commentary from the judging panel, and will not be reimbursed for the event’s participation fee.