Find & register for a competition

Browse competitions

1. Sign in and click My Competitions in the top bar, then Browse Competitions (or go straight to the Browse Competitions page from your dashboard's Search shortcut).
2. Use the filter bar to narrow the list: Search by name, venue, or city; pick a State; pick a Class; or filter by Availability (Open, Closing soon, Full, Closed, Coming soon). Click Apply.
3. Each card shows the date, location, fee, and how many spots are left. Click View Details on one that interests you.

Not open yet?

Competitions marked Coming Soon aren't taking registrations yet. Open one and click Notify Me When Registration Opens — you'll get a notification the moment it opens.

Read the detail page

Before registering, the competition page tells you everything the host has shared:

• Event — date, venue, and the full street address the host has provided. Registration pricing appears in the signed-in registration section instead of the public event overview.
• Competition Classes — the size ranges for each class.
• Weather / Refund Policy — what happens to fees if the day washes out, if the host has published a policy. It also appears above the registration form, so you see it before you commit.
• Arrival, Parking & Logistics — check-in procedure, bus and equipment-vehicle parking info, and a competition map, if the host has posted one. Image maps appear right on the page; PDFs and other map links open separately.
• Published Lineup — registered bands and their scheduled times appear only after the host has finalized the schedule and notified bands.
• Event Contacts — who to call with questions, visible after your band is accepted (and always visible to the host team).
• Pay by Mailed Check — if the host accepts checks, this card shows exactly who to make the check payable to and where to mail it.

Register your band

At the bottom of the detail page (while registration is open):

Confirm your season profile first

If you haven't yet confirmed your band profile for the season the competition falls in, submitting the form pauses on a one-question page: either Update my profile now (it brings you straight back here when you save) or Register with minimal information. The minimal path is fine when you genuinely don't know next season's numbers yet — your registration goes through, but the host places you in a class manually and can see your profile is still unconfirmed.

1. Find the Register Your Band section.
2. Check the Competition Class field. Based on your roster, MusterSheet tells you "Your band qualifies for ..." — you can usually keep that, or choose to "up-class" into a harder class if you want the challenge. Some hosts assign classes themselves; in that case there's nothing to pick — the form says the host assigns your class, and once your registration is reviewed, your assigned class appears on the competition page's registration card.
3. If the section "Which captions are you competing in?" appears, uncheck anything your band isn't entering this year (for example, no percussion line). Don't sweat getting it perfect now — you can revise your captions from the competition page any time until your band performs (or a judge submits a sheet for you), and they get a final confirmation at check-in on competition day (see Before competition day).
4. If the competition runs a Drum Line Battle (some events end the night with the drum lines facing off), the form has an opt-in for it — check it if your line wants in. It's free to enter and decided by the host outside the normal judging.
5. Check Buses arriving and Band equipment vehicles arriving — these come pre-filled from your band profile's Travel Requirements, but this is a per-event snapshot, so adjust the numbers here if this trip is different. Editing your band profile later won't change what's already on this registration.
6. Enter Band staff attending and Bus drivers attending as two separate counts. Staff includes directors, instructors, chaperones, and other adults working with the band; don't include bus drivers in that field. The host can still see the combined staff-and-driver total for hospitality planning.
7. If the host offers an equipment shuttle at this event, you'll also see Host-provided equipment shuttle trailers needed — small trailers and tow vehicles the host supplies to move your equipment between parking or staging and the field. Don't count the trailers or trucks your own band arrives in; it defaults to 0 and only appears when the host has turned the shuttle service on.
8. Confirm the Registration fee shown, then click Submit Registration.

What happens next

Your registration goes to the host for review. The status shows on the competition page, on My Competitions, and on your dashboard:

Status	What it means
Pending Approval	The host hasn't reviewed it yet. Nothing to do.
Accepted — Payment Due	You're in! Now pay the fee — see Pay your registration fee.
Paid	All set. Watch for the schedule.
Waitlisted	The class or event is full. You'll be notified if a spot opens.
Rejected	The host declined the registration.

You'll get a notification (the bell in the top bar) whenever the status changes, and an email when your registration is accepted or when the host can't offer you a spot. Every competition email can be switched off individually under Settings → Notifications.

If the travel plan changes, any director or co-director attached to the band can reopen the competition page and use Arrival Counts to correct the buses, equipment vehicles, band staff, bus drivers, and (when offered) host shuttle trailers. Those five values belong only to this registration and stay editable through registration closing and the pre-check-in part of competition day; the form locks when the band checks in or starts its performance.

Withdrawing

If plans change, open the competition page, scroll to Danger Zone, and click Withdraw from Competition. You'll be asked to confirm — withdrawing can't be undone, and if you change your mind you'll have to register again from scratch. Contact the host directly about any refund.